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
#26: The movement cycle and loopy training
This week I want to pick up where we left off last week talking about splitting, because one one of the things that helps me a lot when I think about how to split behavior and develop my training pla…
00:28:56 |
Wed 02 Aug 2017
#25: Breaking up is hard to do (splitting for committed Lumpers)
In this episode, we talk about where to look for “splits” when training a behavior. For the full show notes, visit: http://www.wonderpupstraining.com/blog/podcast-25-breaking-hard-do-splitting-commit…
00:21:33 |
Mon 31 Jul 2017
#24: Raising Fearless Puppies with Laura VanArendonk Baugh
Have you ever felt the pressure of getting a new puppy and felt totally frozen, not wanting to screw that puppy up? Me too. On this episode, we are diving into all the feelings of that pressure with …
00:58:11 |
Tue 18 Jul 2017
#23: Dealing with Errors with Emelie Johnson Vegh and Eva Bertilsson
I hope you appreciate the several, unintended, Dr Who references in this episode. If that’s not enough to keep your interest, you might want to unsubscribe (just kidding!). Listen on for more from Em…
01:13:22 |
Wed 12 Jul 2017
#22: Pondering on Stimulus Control with Kathy Sdao
So what exactly *is* stimulus control? We're pondering (and attempting to answer that) on this episode featuring Kathy Sdao. For show notes, visit: http://www.wonderpupstraining.com/blog/podcast-22-p…
00:44:16 |
Mon 03 Jul 2017
#21: Why Bother With Training Plans
Why plan at all when it could all change? Planning does the thinking and deciding in advance. It simplifies information, by acting as a filter… for you and for your clients. This episode goes in dept…
00:23:35 |
Tue 27 Jun 2017
#20: Teaching People to Teach Dogs - Myths and Mistakes
Founder of Smart Dog University and Faculty member at Karen Pryor Academy, Laurie chats with me about mistakes we made when first learning to teach people how to train their own dogs, why we really C…
00:50:19 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
#19: Making Time to Train Your Own Dogs
Ever feel like life gets away from you and you just don't have time to train? Me too. All. The. Time. It's a super common problem we all face. Professional trainer or avid amateur, we all have consta…
00:18:08 |
Tue 13 Jun 2017
#18: Conversation with Ken Ramirez
This week we got to hang out with The Ken Ramirez! (I know! Squeeeeee!) Ken is the Executive Vice-President and Chief Training Officer of Karen Pryor Clicker Training where he helps oversee the visio…
00:33:51 |
Tue 06 Jun 2017
#17 - Debugging your counter conditioning
We talk about classical conditioning in dog training circles a lot, and I’ve been hearing the term CER more and more frequently in larger conversations, which is AWESOME. Most people know that classi…
00:31:14 |
Wed 31 May 2017
#16 - Can't decide? Displace!
We've all seen and experienced displacement behavior... but what does that mean? Displacement behavior is most likely to be exhibited when you (or your dog) are faced with tough choices... conflictin…
00:28:58 |
Tue 23 May 2017
#15 - "Force Lite" with Shade Whitesel
#15 - "Force Lite" with Shade Whitesel by Hannah Branigan
00:37:54 |
Tue 16 May 2017
#14 - Conversation with Andrea Harrison
If you’ve ever been guilty of overthinking your training, struggling with ring nerves, or generally freaking out about dog stuff… you’ll definitely be interested in our guest this week - Andrea Harri…
00:51:23 |
Wed 10 May 2017
#13 - The Nature of Reinforcement
Have you heard that positive reinforcement doesn't work? WAIT what? Of course, positive reinforcement works. It’s pretty damn effective and we have decades of scientific evidence behind the concept. …
00:18:38 |
Thu 04 May 2017
#12 - Conversation with Theresa McKeon
This week we are talking with Theresa Mckeon from TAGteach International. If you are in the dog training world, either professionally or as a hobby, and aren’t familiar with TagTeach, you should defi…
00:57:55 |
Mon 24 Apr 2017
#11 - What to do when you get stuck
Have you ever been trying to train a behavior, or maybe UNtrain a problem behavior, and after making a certain amount of progress... get totally stuck where you can't seem to move forward to the next…
00:28:47 |
Mon 10 Apr 2017
#10 - Ignore this (just kidding!)
I’ve been spending some time lately pondering on how my use of language has changed… or even evolved somewhat in the area of dog training. It sounds like splitting hairs, but I do think the specific …
00:12:55 |
Wed 05 Apr 2017
#09 - Conversation with Amy Cook
This week we spend some time hanging out with Amy Cook, PhD. Amy is a fast-talking, tap-dancing, ultra-cool dog geek who teaches with me at the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Amy has been training dogs fo…
00:29:29 |
Tue 28 Mar 2017
#08 - Using a distraction as a cue
In this episode, I consider the term "distraction proofing", what it means, how I feel about it, and some considerations we should have when training with or for distractions. Before I started this e…
00:26:20 |
Tue 21 Mar 2017
#07 - Conversation with Shade Whitesel
Shade has the exceptional qualification of being one of the only trainers out there training and competing successfully in the sport at high levels and with excellent scores, all without using physic…
00:36:49 |
Tue 14 Mar 2017
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