by Kay Laurence | Jun 4, 2018
7 min read Just because it is better than it was, does that make it the best we can do? This is part of the “good enough” resolution or avoid-any-more-hard-work ethos. Is time so precious that we cannot invest in doing better? Much of the material we integrate into...
by Kay Laurence | Jun 3, 2018
8 min read The origins of the protocol were first documented over 50 years ago, but it is not a well-known or frequently selected protocol. Susan Friedman explains the original experiment succinctly in her article Clearing the Path to Reinforcement with an Errorless...
by Clare Russell | Feb 1, 2019
5 min read A protection from harm You may be shocked to read that dog training and dog behaviour treatment is an unregulated industry. We have no industry wide recognised qualifications and no written standards of conduct that apply to any of us practicing with pet...
by Kay Laurence | Jan 21, 2019
3 min read Time is my ninth generation of collies. He lives for being a collie and all that collies have done for generations – work in partnership and assist in what their Person likes to do. This ranges from collecting sheep off the mountain to toddling round the...
by Kay Laurence | Jan 21, 2019
I wonder if we are not using our language or descriptions clearly enough, and equally just assuming what “fast” means. One of the crept-in-when-we-weren’t-looking jargon to litter up the system is “high rate of reinforcement”. I no longer think the...
by Kay Laurence | Jan 21, 2019
We are becoming surrounded by a culture of fast. We are being sold that immediate gratification is the only solution and this is not restricted to youth as all ages can be persuaded. There is a likelihood that a feeling of running out of time as you progress with age...
by Kay Laurence | Jan 17, 2019
Our cultural history of training dogs is laced with Person shows Dog types of principles. As if a person can actually “tell” a dog how to sit, when every dog knows how to sit at about 3 weeks old. But the process of training used to be focussed on taking away what was...
by Kay Laurence | Jan 17, 2019
“I think a big part of allowing yourself to believe there might be a better way of doing things is coming to terms with the fact that you aren’t doing things the best way already. I think that’s a stickler for a lot of people. People are trying to do the best for...
by Sylvie Mazan | Jan 7, 2019
Those who have had an experience of meditation often cite the plenitude feeling, which can go with this mental state: acute perceptions, intense feeling of being part of a broader whole, profound presence to the instant. No discontinuity, no analytical thought, just...
by Sarah Owings | Jan 1, 2019
What my dogs have taught me about connection Connection starts with invitation, no strings attached, no pressure to please. We humans usually have to restrain ourselves to get this right the first time we meet a dog. It is so easy to overwhelm with too much of our own...
by Silvia Franken | Dec 31, 2018
photo: Leslie Bosserman Positive connection is the process of growing together on the basis of mutual respect for each other’s needs. It develops through listening to each other, social interaction, clear communication and common experiences and learning. For me,...
by Heather Binns | Dec 31, 2018
This word is used so often! We all crave a connection with our animals. In the horse world this term is bandied about by many equine professionals promising the earth!! I learnt about connection with my horse Magnum and in order to describe connection here, I will...
