Sep 1, 2018

In Part 2 of the P.O.P. Marker podcast, we'll discuss Conditional Opportunity Markers when they're used in conjunction with aversives. If you choose to establish opportunity timeframes for behavior when aversive stimuli are involved, you must proceed with some caution... dogs do not learn the same way that we do!

Aug 15, 2018

In this series, we're going to cover Predictive, Opportunity, and Possibility Markers in detail. In this Episode, we'll discuss Conditional Opportunity Markers when they're used in reward-based dog training.

Aug 4, 2018

In this Episode, we'll discuss how to teach a young dog or puppy to stay on a training cot for 20 minutes straight, without using gestures/hints, words/cues/commands, leash corrections, or aversives of any kind. How would you do it?

Jul 28, 2018

In Episode 3, we'll finish the discussion on verbal obedience cues.  We'll talk about the use of obedience cues when aversives are used in training to address non-compliance and to enforce compliance.

Jul 15, 2018

In Episode 2, we continue the discussion of verbal obedience cues, and what these sounds really mean to a dog. We'll look at a few examples of obedience cues used in "positive-only" training approaches, and we'll discuss why these cues might not lead to the behavioral compliance levels that one might expect.