Karen Pryor Clickertraining - reinforcement

It's not Click/Treat, it's Click THEN Treat! Mechanical skills for clicker trainers

Casey Lomonaco — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:56:36 -0500

From observing students in class, it is easy to see that new clicker trainers are often frustrated due to a lack of mechanical skills. What follows is a discussion of the issue, along with a few fun ways to improve your skills as a clicker trainer.

"Are You Karen Pryor?"

Laura VanArendonk Baugh — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:57 -0500

Er, not today.

"Drive-Building." And photos!

Laura VanArendonk Baugh — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:24:34 -0500

This is the fun part!

Analyze Behavior and Get Results

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:21:44 -0500

Use reinforcement to get more predictable training results.

The cognitive moment in operant conditioning

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:58:52 -0500

a feral dog learns "why"

Punishment- the new taboo

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:34:09 -0500

And you think talking about sex was awkward? Talking about punishment is all but taboo...

Dog Seeks Job

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:55:10 -0500

How do dogs know what their job is?

Why do dogs fail to respond to cues?

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:39:24 -0500

Gail Fisher's article in the ADPT "Chronicle of the Dog" suggests a valuable consciousness raising exercise for all of us.

Reinforcement and ritual

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:38:26 -0500

getting past the one trick one treat stage

Making Progress with Prey Drive and other distractions

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Mon, 21 May 2007 13:59:18 -0500

Here's what Tigerlily's performance behavior looks like at 2 and a half years old

Seasonal distractions

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Mon, 14 May 2007 09:50:57 -0500

A warts and all look at reinforcement under different conditions

Leave the Ducks Alone! (How to Train a Dog to Respect Livestock Without Positive Punishment)

Shahrazade — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:59:23 -0500

Does your dog chase ducks, chickens, sheep, horses, or other domestic animals? This is a method I successfully used to dissuade my Border Collie/Corgi mix from chasing ducks- without positive punishment, which is the universal recommendation of traditional trainers in this situation.

Release Cue: It's a red Light

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:21:26 -0500

The release cue doesn't mean "do whatever you want" when what the dog wants to do is train.

Faster Sits, No Barking, and #$%@&* Cats!

Laura VanArendonk Baugh — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:38:49 -0500

While it is true that Laev would probably not in the grand scheme of things really care much, I felt strongly that I should rise to the challenge and find a non-compulsive way to reduce our latency.

Freestyle seminar

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:26:28 -0600

we went to a freestyle seminar this weekend with Laurel Rabschutz

Midwinter with Dandylion and Tigerlily

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:14:48 -0600

they alert on the ash-bucket

Is aggression reinforcing?

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:21:23 -0600

Here's a few questions we can ask about behaviors to determine if they are reinforcing behaviors or not

Better Than Expected, Part II

Laura VanArendonk Baugh — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:29:02 -0600

How our clicker-trained bitework is progressing

Will work for Click

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:07:21 -0600

(and will work even harder than for food alone)

Dogs want to know!

Jenny Ruth Yasi — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:34:17 -0600

A click plus food reinforcement is more reinforcing than food reinforcement alone.