In this episode, Jerry Bradshaw discusses:
- Classical versus operant conditioning.
- Recognizing and understanding the emotional states of your dog.
- How your emotions and confidence affect the emotional state of your dog.
- Understanding the classical effects of your operant conditioning.
- The magic in the emotions.
Key Takeaways:
- Most dog training starts with operant work then folds in classical conditioning.
- When training with a dog, you are not working in laboratory conditions. There are other associations happening and that context needs to be taken into account.
- Hunting for a toy and hunter for a man are two different things. You will draw more sustained, higher level drive when trailing with a bite at the end rather than hunting a ball or a pipe.
- Be aware of what lessons you are teaching when utilizing training tools.They may be learning a classical lesson instead of the intended operant lesson.
"Classical conditioning will always trump operant conditioning, in certain circumstances, if those two things come into conflict." — Jerry Bradshaw
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