Tag: positive reinforcement
-
Help, my dog won’t take treats!
“What do I do if my dog isn’t food motivated?” This question came up during my online dog training class, and I realised it deserved its own post. Dogs (like humans!) need to eat to live, so food is inherently rewarding. But a number of factors will affect how tempting specific foods are for your…
-
Why I train dogs the way I do (and what it has to do with the patriarchy)
I watched the Louis Theroux documentary on the manosphere recently — the one where a succession of men (and some women) explain, with remarkable confidence, that women are happiest when they step back, make themselves smaller, and let men lead. That their opinions are, at best, a distraction. That compliance is a virtue. It brought…