Giving something up is not an easy exercise. It requires the ability to disengage, to deprive yourself. For your dog, the more specific...

The interest of the first appointment Depending on where you live, I will meet you either at your home or remotely. We then take stock of...

Your equipment for the walk is not suitable Sometimes the collar or the harness causes physical or emotional discomfort for your dog. The...

I am in favor of using various reinforcers, depending on their value, on the context, on the kind of training. ▶️ Remember the definition...

Reminder of the definitions 🔷 Reinforcement The action of bringing about a consequence following a dog's behavior, which increases the...

Whether it is to reinforce (= increase the probability of a behavior occurring = make your dog do this or that more often) or punish (=...

What a stealer ! You can see a bill of 10 $ on the floor ; what do you do ? Do you look around ? Do you pick it up ? Do you leave it ? Do...

Capturing a behavior of your dog means marking it (= indicating the behavior is desired with a word like "yes" or a gesture like a thumbs...

For some time, I have seen this idea popping up here and there : when we use conditioning to train a dog, we are manipulating him ; which...

Personally, if your dog bites when petted, I may teach him signals that allow him to anticipate he will be petted for a given time. I...

The dog is a complex being, and although it has lived with humans for at least 15,000 years, it remains an enigma in many aspects. Since...

Some day, while working with a k9 student of mine and his owners, we came across another couple being advised for their dog by a man that...

They are not pens, although in a sense they could have the same function: to approve or not a behavior, to value it or to refuse it. It...

Beyond his appreciation of individuals, whatever species they are, beyond his adaptation to the rules of life in his environment, his...

I won't be able to tell you how long after I was born I could walk on my two legs, or speak with intelligible sounds, or defecate on a...

Because your dog answers your cue positively, he does feel good ? It is essential for me to observe the dogs’ body language. For lack of...

What is learning for ? “Learning is all the processes which cause an individual to adapt their behavior to environmental conditions”...

Sometimes I'd like to finally suggest some armor on the dog's body, the prong collar the right way around (i.e. with the spikes facing...

When you are walking, if other humans wish to pass, and there is enough space, you keep walking. Still, if on the way or the sidewalk...

Let's start by being sure of what we are talking about. When a dog's behavior is reinforced, it is likely to happen more. What is...