Positive Reinforcement training resource--tons of articles!

shibamistress

I had a hard time deciding where to put this (ha! And I'm a mod!) and finally decided it might need its own thread as it didn't quite fit in other places.

This is a great page that includes everything you could possibly want to know about positive reinforcement training: what it is, why and how it works, methods for using it (even on horses and people!), and why dominance based methods are not useful. Great reference!

http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/index.htm

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BanjoTheBetaDog

on people!! I am going out for dinner in a few minutes... awkward if I bring a clicker on a date, right? =)

INU RYUU

BanjoTheBetaDog said:
on people!! I am going out for dinner in a few minutes... awkward if I bring a clicker on a date, right? =)

You don't need a clicker for a date; a smile, laugh or nod can be a nonverbal conditioned postive reinforcer.

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slappy9876

Thank you for all of these :D

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Bootz

INU RYUU said:

BanjoTheBetaDog said:
on people!! I am going out for dinner in a few minutes... awkward if I bring a clicker on a date, right? =)

You don't need a clicker for a date; a smile, laugh or nod can be a nonverbal conditioned postive reinforcer.

I don't think Banjo realize that woman has been using this on men for ages!

Kira_Kira

My boyfriend's clicker is bacon...

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BanjoTheBetaDog

I actually did bring a clicker... (she has seen me use it before) and tried to train her. It was actually kind of fun for both of us, she was a good sport about it for about 5 minutes. Then she used aversive training on me and now I won't be using it on her again.