Season #2 Premier "FUN" in Training

01/29/20 • 54 min

We're not quite sure why dog training turned into an exercise of "must be fun" or "must be entertaining" in order to be of "value."
In this first episode of season two of the "Learning About Dogs" podcast, Kay Laurence of "Learning About Dogs," and Sue McGuire discuss what is a behavior and what is a trick? Is there a difference?
We have all seen the marketing. Tricks for fun! Agility for fun!
How is the dog to know if what is being taught is for fun? The labels we use for human comfort often come at a cost to the dog.
All teaching should be done carefully and thoughtfully and for the benefit of the dog and the life they live with us.
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One Dog's Trick is Another Dog's Lifeskill by Kay Laurence
New Online Course from Kay Laurence-Learning About Dogs
Training Beyond and AboveThis course is for people who relish learning as a community with a plentiful opportunities to travel with new eyes and change the way you look at things.

We shall go Beyond and Above the standard recipes that will generate many Aha moments, engineer more questions, dissolve assumptions and challenge habits. This is not a course for replicating demonstration but identifying how to learn from demonstration, select critical points, identify skill sets, build clear task analysis, explore the concepts, adapt and apply the concepts to new conditions

Classes: At Humane Society of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, California
Taught by Sue McGuire TAKL Certified
"The Art of Teaching Dogs" Level 1: Saturday February 29th
We start with how the teaching process works and develops into clarity of understanding for our dogs. This first level class explores the reinforcement process. We will investigate how rewards compliment a behavior. Reinforcement types, delivery and patterns are in play when developing behaviors. Only with a deep understanding of what dogs find motivating, can we begin to unravel the mysteries of how dogs learn.

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Bonus Episode: Cue Technology: Singing your Cues

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Giving a cue and responding to a cue is a conversation where questions are asked answered. We give cues and the dog can answer, dog will also give us cues and we need to listen.
This edited BONUS version of the Cue Technology episode is a must listen.
Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs, as usual, has a unique and fascinating approach to the technology of cues.
Not to be missed is a course on Cue Technology that she is offering through Learning About Dogs. The six-week, online course, is must learning.
The course starts September 18th. For a full description of the course go to Learning About Dogs CUE TECHNOLOGY.Sue McGuire, Producer of the Learning About Dogs podcast, is presenting a course on Living with Dogs, which is an evidence-based course. Participants will provide evidence of their own learning about how they will teach and live with dogs.
The course starts October 5th at the Humane Society of Sonoma County, in Santa Rosa, California.

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Listener Questions to Learning About Dogs, the Hosts Answer!

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On this episode of the Learning About Dogs podcast, we questions from listeners
We have a Facebook group, "Whilst I was listening to your podcast," where listeners can pose questions and ask for clarification on discussion topics heard on the podcast. We pulled some of these inquiries and are answering them in this episode.
Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire, teacher of "The Art of Teaching Dogs," always have questions after an educational adventure. One should never stop learning and asking questions.
This is one of many such episodes planned for the second season of this podcast.
To catch up and listen to past episodes, which we STRONGLY encourage you to do, here is a link to the full list.
New Online Course from Kay Laurence-Learning About Dogs
Training Beyond and AboveThis course is for people who relish learning as a community with a plentiful opportunities to travel with new eyes and change the way you look at things.