Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training
A behind-the-scenes look into the reality of dog training, behavior, teaching, and learning. We love our dogs, we love our jobs, but sometimes it's not all unicorns and rainbows. Sometimes at the end of the day, you just need a drink and friend who gets it. We'll keep it fun, and keep it real.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 186
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2024
#47: Task Analysis with Dr. Mallory Quinn and Theresa McKeon
How many different components go into accomplishing the smallest of tasks? In episode 47, we breakdown task analysis with Dr. Mallory Quinn, owner and founder of Applied Behavior Analysis Sports Inno…
01:00:19 |
Tue 13 Feb 2018
#46: Using Feedback with Andrea Harrison
In episode 46, we sit down with Andrea Harrison again to discuss the importance of using feedback. Andrea teaches online classes through the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, that help trainers get their hea…
00:52:52 |
Mon 05 Feb 2018
#45: Training a Deaf Dog with Terrie Hayward
In episode 45, Terrie Hayward joins me for a discussion about the obstacles and special skill-building needs that come with training a deaf dog. Terrie, M.Ed., CSAT, CPDT-KA, ACDBC, KPA-CTP is a Kare…
00:38:38 |
Mon 29 Jan 2018
#44: The Fine Line Between Prompt and Cue
In this episode, we break down prompts and cues. How are they different? Where do you draw the line? Are some "good" and some "bad"? The words are used interchangeably in our everyday language, but l…
00:30:47 |
Mon 15 Jan 2018
#43: One New Habit for the New Year
In episode 43, we go over some very important advice to take with you into the new year: don't try to do it all at once. Start small… as always, we are shaping behavior after behavior. For full show …
00:25:14 |
Tue 09 Jan 2018
#42: Five Key Concepts for 2018
We're rounding out 2017 by forecasting 2018. On this episode, I explore 5 key concepts for 2018 with Ryan Cartlidge, the founder of Animal Training Academy. For the full show notes, visit www.wonderp…
00:43:14 |
Sun 31 Dec 2017
#41: Motivate Your Training Sessions
In episode 40, we discussed Motivating Operations. This week we are going to zoom in on a particular type of Conditioned Motivating Operations - the reflexive version, or CMO-R. For full show notes, …
00:37:11 |
Mon 18 Dec 2017
#40: Motivating Operations
This week…..well, I hope you’ll bear with me. If you thought previous episodes were extraordinarily geeky, this one may set a new standard. For full show notes, visit: https://wonderpupstraining.com/…
00:41:18 |
Tue 12 Dec 2017
#39: Motivation with Dr. Susan Friedman
In dog training circles, motivation is - well - kind of a hot topic. It's a big concept and we care a lot about it because, of course, reinforcement drives behavior. So, it's worth spending some time…
01:08:13 |
Wed 22 Nov 2017
#38: Lego Blocks Not Cinder Blocks
To be most effective in our shaping, we want to strive for continuous incremental progress. When we are doing it at our very best, we increment every rep, but in such small increments that the dog is…
00:20:16 |
Tue 14 Nov 2017
#37: What makes a good reinforcer?
Traditionally, we say that a reinforcer is something the learner wants. But it's not that simple. It's never simple is it? It's important to remember that reinforcement is a process defined by the re…
00:31:44 |
Tue 31 Oct 2017
#36: The CER with Lindsay Wood Brown
In this conversation, Lindsay Wood Brown and I attempt to unpack the concept of the Conditioned Emotional Response (CER) as applies to dog training. In addition to running through (and utterly confus…
00:25:36 |
Tue 24 Oct 2017
#35: Retrieving for All Occasions with Elsa Blomster and Lena Gunnarson
Today's podcast guests, Elsa Blomster and Lena Gunnarson, are the authors of Retrieving for All Occasions, which is, in their own words, the kind of book they would have liked to read when their firs…
01:18:28 |
Tue 17 Oct 2017
#34: Structure and Choice with Leslie McDevitt
In this episode, we talk about finding a balance between providing structure for our dogs and also letting them make choices. As usual with, this was a very REAL conversation. Unfiltered. Unedited. S…
01:01:13 |
Tue 10 Oct 2017
#33: Better, Faster, Stronger... Fluency!
Fluency is, in many ways, another word for mastery of a skill or behavior. Which is, of course, what we want for our learners. But there are a LOT of factors and moving parts that all have to work to…
00:38:42 |
Tue 03 Oct 2017
#32: Training Word of the Day: Latency
In this episode, we also talk about the factors that can affect latency, and somethings to think about in your training if you want to improve the latency of your behaviors. For full show notes, visi…
00:32:12 |
Tue 19 Sep 2017
#31: Start Button Behaviors with Emelie Johnson Vegh and Eva Bertilsson
This week we are sitting down with Emelie and Eva of Carpe Momentum (remember these guys from episode #23?) and talking about the idea of choice in our training session, and working with “Start Butto…
01:10:34 |
Mon 11 Sep 2017
#30: Stimulus Control Freak
How much information does the stimulus, or combination of stimuli, convey? The better the information, the more likely the brain is to attach it to an action. We pay attention to reliable information…
00:42:59 |
Thu 07 Sep 2017
#29: Whiteboard Love
Am I the only one who has a deep love affair going on with whiteboards? If you can't relate to this obsession of mine- you might want to tune out. If whiteboards get you going, too, then by all means…
00:23:13 |
Tue 29 Aug 2017
#27: No Reward Markers with Fanny Gott
This week through the magic of the internet, I got to talk with Swedish dog trainer, Fanny Gott and we discussed a rather hot topic in dog training circles - No Reward Marker. For the full show notes…
01:34:37 |
Tue 08 Aug 2017
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