Came across yet another Force Free trainer who gives behavior mod advice but her own dog is reactive, so I got inspired to post this topic. Included a couple screenshots of some of the other trainers in her comment section also commiserating about their reactive dogs.
It seems so prevalent so I have to ask — should owners be taking advice from trainers whose own dogs have behavioral problems?
Asking for evidence is apparently "character assassination".
"IPG" is also hilariously bad.
Counter-conditioning for a behavior deals with changing emotions, which presumes the dog is in a negative emotional state (like fear/anxiety).
But what about behaviors stemming from over-arousal or aggression? Do you use counter-conditioning for that as well or something else? How can you tell if you are actually changing the underlying emotions VS simply reinforcing alternative/incompatible behaviors?
Since there's no real data out there, I'm looking to see what the average duration for dogs put on SSRIs is. If you're a trainer and you wean them off before training, how long have they been on SSRIs?
Thank you in advance to everyone who participates!
Moving into my first ever home soon and I'm trying to figure out the best way to set up the living room. I have a 55" TV, the Ikea Stockholm tv stand in a walnut veneer, and a Joybird Lewis Apartment Sectional in Bentley Daisy yellow. I absolutely do not want to mount the TV above the fireplace, but I'm struggling to envision a good layout with the way the living room is designed.
I'd like to get an extra chair or two and a new rug, for sure, and I tend to like midcentury modern and boho styles.
Any suggestions on furniture layout would be super duper appreciated! 🙏
Moving into my first ever home soon and I'm trying to figure out the best way to set up the living room. I have a 55" TV, the Ikea Stockholm tv stand in a walnut veneer, and a Joybird Lewis Apartment Sectional in Bentley Daisy yellow. I absolutely do not want to mount the TV above the fireplace, but I'm struggling to envision a good layout with the way the living room is designed.
I'd like to get an extra chair or two and a new rug, for sure, and I tend to like midcentury modern and boho styles.
Any suggestions on furniture layout would be super duper appreciated! 🙏
Ivan breaks down what an e-collar actually is, does a demo, and goes a bit into how learning works.
Some points I think that are worth discussing:
> E-collars are not "shock" devices in the dangerous way people mean it — they are a low current pulse stimulation device designed to create sensation, not damage
> "It creates a clear felt consequence in the form of a sensation that the dog would rather avoid. If there is no clear consequence, there is no reliable information to the dog to learn from."
> "People hear the word aversives and immediately jumped to pain, fear intimidation, and damaged relationships. Those are not the same thing. What actually matters here is, is it predictable? Is it tied directlv to a behavior and can the dog avoid it? When those three things are true, it stops being scary and becomes understanding."
> "If it's unclear, if it's unpredictable or if it's inescapable...yes, that's going to create fear and stress and all sorts of bad things. However, when it's contingent and avoidable, it becomes information and control."
Why are many FF trainers against evaluations for behavioral cases? From what I can tell, but correct me if I'm wrong, the main reason is because they think allowing the dog to perform the behavior is harmful to the dog?
If you're a FF trainer who is pro-evaluations for behavioral cases, what do your evaluations encompass?