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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.
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Podcast #187: Training Faster Behaviors Without Frustration, Part 2
In this episode, we explore strategies to achieve faster and more precise behaviors in dog training. I discuss how clarity, timing, and reinforcement...
#186: Training Faster Behaviors Without Frustration, Part 1
In this episode we discuss:
For full show notes and transcript, visit: www.hannahbranigan.dog/podcast/186
This episode is supported by Pa...
#185: Avoiding Triggers and Situations
In this episode, we discuss the practice of avoiding situations as part (or all) of a training plan. Often avoiding certain situations can be an impor...
#184: What's Wrong with "Drilling"?
In this episode we dig into the concept of drilling, and how it applies in dog training. It’s pretty common for most of us to have an emotional respon...
#183: Demand Barking, Part 3, with Kiki Yablon
In this episode, we discuss the history behind Kiki’s master’s thesis project, Signaled Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior to Address Excess...
#182: Demand Barking, Part 2
In this episode, we discuss using concepts around stimulus control to stop demand barking before it stops, how cues create expectations of what reinfo...
#181: Demand Barking, Part 1
In this episode, we are talking about Demand Barking. This is a three-part series, at least for now. For the first two episodes, I’ll be sharing my th...
#180: Building Food Drive and Nuanced Reinforcement with Ashlee Osborn
In this episode we discuss the importance of getting really, really good at working with reinforcement, how the topic of reinforcement and using it in...
#179: More Strategies to Reduce Errors
In the last episode, we talked about what errorless learning really means. And I shared a few strategies that might make it easier to apply in your tr...
#178: How to Apply Errorless Learning Principles in Practical Training Sessions
In his 1968 book, The Technology of Teaching, B.F. Skinner wrote:
Errors are not a function of learning or vice-versa nor are they blamed on the...
#177: Dr. Clive Wynne Says Some Controversial Things About Dominance
In this episode, we discuss what is the ethological definition of dominance?, how does dominance show up in behavior?, how might dominance be relevant...
#176: Taking Short Cuts with Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing with Kiki Yablon
In this episode, we discuss what is stimulus-stimulus pairing and how it works?, what is a “classically conditioned recall” and why might we consider...
#175: Over the Top - High Arousal in Dogs
In this episode, we discuss what is arousal?, how does arousal show up in our training?, how does arousal affect both people and dogs?, how arousal af...
#174: Families with Dogs and Kids with Jennifer Shryock
In this episode, we discuss the most important thing for dog professionals to know about working with families, the importance of understanding develo...
#173: Dealing with Problem Behaviors - Using Alternate Behaviors
In this episode, we discuss that the first step to dealing with a problem behavior is to identify the function, figuring out a plan to control access...
#172: How to Tell That Your Classical Conditioning Plan is Working
When we pair two stimuli together as part of a classical conditioning training plan, it can sometimes be hard to determine when the association has be...
#171: Maintenance Mode
In this episode, we discuss, when you might outsource maintenance to the environment?, functional difference between intrinsic and extrinsic reinforce...
#170: How To Avoid Too Much Drilling
In this episode, we discuss tradeoffs when using systematic “drills” to isolate specific aspects of an exercise, drills help us isolate specific aspec...
#169: Advocating For Your Dog with Erin Moore
In this episode, we discuss what inspired Erin’s Tiktok, what advocating for our dogs even means, why does it matter?, what gets in the way?, how does...
#168: Things That Are Saving My Life Right Now
In this episode, we discuss why everything is hard (just kidding, no answers here. Why IS everything so hard?); behaviors, routines, and material acqu...
#167: What is Ethics About and Why Should We Care?
In this episode, we discuss what are “ethics” and why should we care?, can we answer the question “am I a good person?, how can we measure welfare?, t...
#166: Why is Shaping So Hard?, Pt. 2
In this episode, we discuss why we often consider shaping to be an advanced technique, why I think it doesn’t have to/shouldn’t be that way, why I thi...
#165: Why is Shaping So Hard?, Pt. 1
In this episode, we discuss why we often consider shaping to be an advanced technique, why I think it doesn’t have to/shouldn’t be that way, why I thi...
#164: Play & Aggression with Karen London
In this episode, we discuss what could aggression possibly have to do with play?, the importance of engaging in play for behavioral wellness, what do...
#163: Is It Really R+ or Could It Actually Be R- (With a Cherry on Top)?
In this episode, we discuss, can we use a tactile cue like leash pressure to train in an R+ framework or is it still just R- that we put a treat on to...
#162: Working with Compulsive Behaviors Pt 2, with Dr. Michaela Hempen
In this episode, we discuss a question from one of my favorite listeners about a stereotypic/compulsive tail chasing behavior in her dog, brainstormin...
#161: Working with Compulsive Behaviors Pt 1, with Dr. Michaela Hempen
In this episode, we discuss what are compulsive behaviors?, using the language of stereotypy vs compulsive to describe this category of behaviors, cri...
#160: Spring Clean up for Dog Trainers, Pt 3: The Things We Overlook
This week we are finishing up our Spring Cleaning series... you’ve already organized all your resources you’ve collected over the weekend, you’ve work...
#159: Mentorship with John Anthony Shahor
In this episode, we discuss what does mentorship mean?, what makes a good mentor?, what makes a good mentee?, how can you get the most out of a mentor...
#158: Spring Clean up for Dog Trainers, Pt 2: Planning and Record Keeping
In this episode, we discuss getting a fresh start with your planning and record keeping, what gets in the way of being your best self, where to start...
#157: Rescuing RiffRaff, Pt 2: Placing a Dog With a Bite History with Gaby Boijsen
What kind of people adopt a dog with a bite history? This episode is the second in a 2-part special series following the journey of RiffRaff, a rescue...
#156: Rescuing RiffRaff, Pt 1: Fostering a Dog With Aggression with Gaby Boijsen
This episode is the first in a 2-part special series following the journey of RiffRaff, a rescue dog with a tendency toward violence. This sounds like...
#155: Spring Clean up for Dog Trainers, Pt 1: Organizing and Applying Your Hoard of Resources
This week we are starting a “spring cleaning” of sorts for our training with a decluttering and organizing theme, but I’m not going to talk about how...
#154: Training Bloopers with Karen London
In this episode, we discuss some of our truly epic training bloopers, why Karen encourages us to think of them as “bloopers” instead of failures, the...
#153: Tips for Raising Criteria Without Breaking Everything
In this episode, we discuss the power of starting your session conservatively, how being in a position to increase your criteria rapidly is better tha...
#152: Reactive Behavior with Grisha Stewart
In this episode, we discuss why reactivity is such a big topic, why it’s so hard, so common, and so important, how our own emotions and behavior play...
#151: How to Improve Your Timing
In this episode, we discuss why timing matters in dog training and why you cannot escape it, how it’s really about processing time, reaction time does...
#150: How Not to Socialize Your Puppy
In this episode, we discuss what most people get wrong about socialization, which is worse - bad socialization or no socialization?, what is the solut...
#149: Memory as Behavior... What? with Stephanie Keesey-Phelan
In this episode we discuss what if we looked at memory as behavior?
For full show notes, visit: www.hannahbranigan.dog/podcast/149
This...
#148: Episodic Memory with Marsha Penner
In this episode, we discuss a super nerdy deep dive into episodic memory and even more about memory and learning and brains.
For full show notes...