Is Your Training Too Operant?

Controlled Aggression

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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Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

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