Seeing with New Eyes
➤ Seeing with New Eyes
Key Skills
Life with Dogs
Puppies : First Year
Connection Collective
Every Dog Every Day Book
Teaching with Reinforcement Book
Training with Food
Curiosity drives learning. Be curious
Thoughts that deserve time to digest, integrate and mature into changes.
Or just a way to browse and stretch the thinking muscles.
The Need to Correct an Error
When learning is littered with costly mistakes we will carry anxiety and avoidance. Errors are feedback. There should be no fear of error just opportunities to learn.
What Words Conceal
The language across all kinds of media paints a picture of dogs and our relationships with them.
Since the Dawn of Dog Training
The old joke reminds us that the only thing dog trainers can agree on is that their training method in the best one. It becomes increasingly difficult to know which method is “right” and whether it will suit the dog, the situation and trainer’s skills.
Back to Basics?
The word “basic” is often derided as synonymous with “shallow,” but in its origins it is the very opposite: foundational, profound, supportive.
Not Today and Not for My Sheepdogs
Standard protocols of extinction, impulse control, counterconditioning are quickly grabbed off the shelf as satisfactory solutions. These solutions are unlikely to help your collie, your sheepdog as the focus is heavily on suppression of who they are and why they live.
The Cost of Cherrypicking
When we admit that the ideas we’re sharing are derived from the work of others, we demonstrate our own commitment to learning
A Road to Nowhere
When familiarity is stripped away we seek recognisable signposts that will take us back to comfort and security. This is survival instinct. It is worth listening to as it keeps us alive.
It’s Not Training
A carefully planned learning pathway, paced to suit that particular learner for their life ahead.