Latest Showdogtraining Podcast Episodes
#184: What's Wrong with "Drilling"?
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - February 28, 2024 22:13 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode we dig into the concept of drilling, and how it applies in dog training. It’s pretty common for most of us to have an emotional response just to the term itself - for good reason! But is there any baby in this bathwater? In this episode, we discuss that drilling is significant ...
#183: Demand Barking, Part 3, with Kiki Yablon
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - February 12, 2024 23:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss the history behind Kiki’s master’s thesis project, Signaled Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior to Address Excessive Vocalization in Dogs, what gave her the idea - the case of the dog barking when guests are over, how training stay on a mat actually seems to ...
#182: Demand Barking, Part 2
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - February 02, 2024 21:16 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss using concepts around stimulus control to stop demand barking before it stops, how cues create expectations of what reinforcement is available, using naturally occurring events that are already built into your routine to signal when reinforcement is available and when...
#181: Demand Barking, Part 1
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - January 18, 2024 22:16 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we are talking about Demand Barking. This is a three-part series, at least for now. For the first two episodes, I’ll be sharing my thoughts and what I’ve learned about working with dogs that “demand” bark. And then for the 3rd episode, we’ll talk to a guest on the subject! In ...
#180: Building Food Drive and Nuanced Reinforcement with Ashlee Osborn
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - October 19, 2023 20:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode we discuss the importance of getting really, really good at working with reinforcement, how the topic of reinforcement and using it in training is FAR more nuanced than most trainers recognize, food is probably the most convenient reinforcement but it does require specific condit...
#179: More Strategies to Reduce Errors
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - October 05, 2023 20:27 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn the last episode, we talked about what errorless learning really means. And I shared a few strategies that might make it easier to apply in your training. Of course, the major benefit to using errorless learning concepts in your training is the outcome of behaviors with a cleaner learning h...
#178: How to Apply Errorless Learning Principles in Practical Training Sessions
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - July 21, 2023 18:57 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn his 1968 book, The Technology of Teaching, B.F. Skinner wrote: Errors are not a function of learning or vice-versa nor are they blamed on the learner. Errors are a function of poor analysis of behavior, a poorly designed shaping program, moving too fast from step to step in the program and ...
#177: Dr. Clive Wynne Says Some Controversial Things About Dominance
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - June 23, 2023 20:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss what is the ethological definition of dominance?, how does dominance show up in behavior?, how might dominance be relevant in dog training?, differences in dog-dog vs dog-human relationships, and does dominance require aggression or punishment? For full show notes, ...
#176: Taking Short Cuts with Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing with Kiki Yablon
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - June 06, 2023 20:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss what is stimulus-stimulus pairing and how it works?, what is a “classically conditioned recall” and why might we consider calling it something different, revisiting the differences and interplay between operant and classical conditioning, the difference between descri...
#175: Over the Top - High Arousal in Dogs
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - May 19, 2023 21:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss what is arousal?, how does arousal show up in our training?, how does arousal affect both people and dogs?, how arousal affects reinforcers, and “eating as behavior” and how to build functional food drive with a dog that won’t eat. For full show notes and transcript...
#174: Families with Dogs and Kids with Jennifer Shryock
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - April 26, 2023 22:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss the most important thing for dog professionals to know about working with families, the importance of understanding developmental milestones, working with and setting expectations, finding ways for children to safely participate in training, and the importance of prov...
#173: Dealing with Problem Behaviors - Using Alternate Behaviors
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - March 02, 2023 19:40 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss that the first step to dealing with a problem behavior is to identify the function, figuring out a plan to control access if possible and practical, if that reinforcer is not practical to work with, identifying a substitute reinforcer that is as close as possible to t...
#172: How to Tell That Your Classical Conditioning Plan is Working
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - February 14, 2023 21:25 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsWhen we pair two stimuli together as part of a classical conditioning training plan, it can sometimes be hard to determine when the association has been made between the old stimulus and the new stimulus… the “food” and the “bell”, to draw from a popular example. In this episode, I answer a ques...
#171: Maintenance Mode
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - February 06, 2023 18:57 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss, when you might outsource maintenance to the environment?, functional difference between intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcers in maintaining behaviors, how easy it is for behaviors to start slipping before we notice, one way to avoid or minimize that slippage is to des...
#170: How To Avoid Too Much Drilling
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - January 26, 2023 19:37 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss tradeoffs when using systematic “drills” to isolate specific aspects of an exercise, drills help us isolate specific aspects of an exercise and give us the advantage of Deliberate Practice for expertise, what is meant by “fun”?, play and fun often introduce more varia...
#169: Advocating For Your Dog with Erin Moore
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - January 09, 2023 22:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss what inspired Erin’s Tiktok, what advocating for our dogs even means, why does it matter?, what gets in the way?, how does trauma affect our ability to advocate?, what societal factors may be in play?, and how can we support ourselves and each other? For full show n...
#168: Things That Are Saving My Life Right Now
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - December 14, 2022 19:46 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss why everything is hard (just kidding, no answers here. Why IS everything so hard?); behaviors, routines, and material acquisitions that are helping take the edge off; behaviors that reduce my daily annoyance level and make it easier to enjoy my dogs (stationing/cratin...
#167: What is Ethics About and Why Should We Care?
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - December 05, 2022 19:06 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss what are “ethics” and why should we care?, can we answer the question “am I a good person?, how can we measure welfare?, the five freedoms/five domains of welfare, every animal has right to freedom from, hunger, thirst, discomfort/injury, and to express normal behavio...
#166: Why is Shaping So Hard?, Pt. 2
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - November 16, 2022 18:46 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss why we often consider shaping to be an advanced technique, why I think it doesn’t have to/shouldn’t be that way, why I think how many of us first learned about shaping is contributing to the problem, how the expectations we have around shaping (based on how we were ta...
#165: Why is Shaping So Hard?, Pt. 1
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - October 10, 2022 19:44 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss why we often consider shaping to be an advanced technique, why I think it doesn’t have to/shouldn’t be that way, why I think how many of us first learned about shaping is contributing to the problem, how the expectations we have around shaping (based on how we were ta...
#164: Play & Aggression with Karen London
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - September 07, 2022 19:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss what could aggression possibly have to do with play?, the importance of engaging in play for behavioral wellness, what do we mean when we are talking about play in this context?, and how Karen incorporates play into her protocols when working with aggressive behavior....
#163: Is It Really R+ or Could It Actually Be R- (With a Cherry on Top)?
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - August 15, 2022 20:46 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss, can we use a tactile cue like leash pressure to train in an R+ framework or is it still just R- that we put a treat on top of to make us feel better?, putting food in the picture doesn’t necessarily make it positive reinforcement, so how can we tell what contingencie...
#162: Working with Compulsive Behaviors Pt 2, with Dr. Michaela Hempen
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - August 03, 2022 21:10 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss a question from one of my favorite listeners about a stereotypic/compulsive tail chasing behavior in her dog, brainstorming steps one might take when unpacking a stereotypic (I’m practicing my language!) behavior problem, taking a baseline to help with staying objecti...
#161: Working with Compulsive Behaviors Pt 1, with Dr. Michaela Hempen
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - July 20, 2022 22:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss what are compulsive behaviors?, using the language of stereotypy vs compulsive to describe this category of behaviors, cribbing behavior in horses and the effects on welfare, and a case study of Blondie, including getting a baseline, changing the environment for train...
#160: Spring Clean up for Dog Trainers, Pt 3: The Things We Overlook
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - May 28, 2022 01:31 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsThis week we are finishing up our Spring Cleaning series... you’ve already organized all your resources you’ve collected over the weekend, you’ve worked out a new better system for your planning and record keeping and this time you’ve got the magic one that will actually work. Now let’s get to...
#159: Mentorship with John Anthony Shahor
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - May 10, 2022 18:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss what does mentorship mean?, what makes a good mentor?, what makes a good mentee?, how can you get the most out of a mentorship relationship?, and what is the most important thing to focus on to be a better mentor? For full show notes, visit: www.hannahbranigan.dog/p...
#158: Spring Clean up for Dog Trainers, Pt 2: Planning and Record Keeping
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - April 26, 2022 19:16 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss getting a fresh start with your planning and record keeping, what gets in the way of being your best self, where to start when nothing is working for you, looking at switching systems a little differently - regularly switching systems IS a system!, identifying what is...
#157: Rescuing RiffRaff, Pt 2: Placing a Dog With a Bite History with Gaby Boijsen
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - April 12, 2022 18:45 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsWhat kind of people adopt a dog with a bite history? This episode is the second in a 2-part special series following the journey of RiffRaff, a rescue dog with some seriously problematic behavior. In this episode, we discuss what was Gaby even thinking when she was working with this dog?, did ...
#156: Rescuing RiffRaff, Pt 1: Fostering a Dog With Aggression
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - April 05, 2022 18:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsThis episode is the first in a 2-part special series following the journey of RiffRaff, a rescue dog with a tendency toward violence. This sounds like a common story, but I assure you... RiffRaff’s story does not end the way you think. No spoilers though! In this episode, we discuss what we know...
#156: Rescuing RiffRaff, Pt 1: Fostering a Dog With Aggression with Gaby Boijsen
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training - April 05, 2022 18:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 606 ratingsThis episode is the first in a 2-part special series following the journey of RiffRaff, a rescue dog with a tendency toward violence. This sounds like a common story, but I assure you... RiffRaff’s story does not end the way you think. No spoilers though! In this episode, we discuss what we know ...
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