When Reinforcement Based Dog Training Doesn't Work #99

Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett

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4.8 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

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Reinforcement based dog training almost sounds too good to be true. Being able to have the dog of your dreams without ever physically correcting your dog or yelling or telling your dog “NO” sounds amazing. But what happens when your reinforcement does not work, and you end up living with what appears to be a four-legged monster?

In the episode:

• About one of my student’s dogs, Riko, who seems to be out of control.
• Why I believe our dogs are doing the best they can with the education we have given them.
• How reinforcement-based dog training has a bad rap in a lot of circles.
• About “positive not permissive”, something I’ve been talking about since 1996.
• How dogs need clarity and why clear is kind.
• The way to set up your ex-pen and why to use a crate.
• Why I love to see dogs have joy in their life.
• About the significance of what happens with dogs in the morning.
• Why to know what you are really reinforcing.
• What a pause is and why we need to create that pause for our dogs.
• About my morning routine with my puppies and extending the pause.
• How to start getting a pause with enterichement and then intentionally growing it.
• Why dogs need to learn we won’t always be in the room.

Resources:

• Podcast Episode 27: Do Dogs Need Rules? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/27/
• Podcast Episode 6: The Art of Manipulation - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/6/
• Podcast Episode 30: Why Dog Crates Are Not Dog Cages - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/30/
• Podcast Episode 16: The Thing Before Your Dog’s Thing - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/16/
• Video Blog: Understanding Your Dog’s Triggers - https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2019/01/understanding-your-dogs-triggers/
• Crate Games Online - https://get.crategames.com/
• Podcast Episode 98: Puppy Home Alone: Are You Creating Chaos or Calm? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/98/
• Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/9ImjWUCc7zI

Transcript

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0:00.0	Reinforcement-based dog training almost sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?
0:14.3	You can have the dog of your dreams without ever physically correcting the dog,
0:19.2	without ever yelling at the dog, without ever telling
0:22.1	the dog no. Isn't that sound amazing? But what happens when it doesn't work? What happens
0:30.0	when you do all of that and you end up living with a four-legged monster? What happens when reinforcement-based training
0:39.4	doesn't work? Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. And today, I'd like to introduce
0:44.9	you to one of my online students, Wendy, and her soft-coed Wheaton Terrier, Rico. Now, Wendy and
0:52.5	Rico have been in my program, but recently, she let me know she's really
0:58.7	overwhelmed by Rico's behavior. Let me share with you what that looks like. And if you are
1:05.2	listening to this podcast, you might want to jump over to YouTube when you get a chance and
1:10.0	you can actually see Rico.
1:11.9	You could see Rico trampolining all of their furniture. When Rico steals something from the counter
1:18.6	like a dish towel or a pair of sunglasses or any item he can reach, he then starts to play zoomies. And if by chance Wendy can catch
1:30.6	11-month-old Rico and get this item from him, it's not without Rico lunging and trying to bite
1:38.3	her. Well, she's trying to get the item. And then Rico chases her down trying to bite and lunge and get it back. Now, that kind of
1:46.8	sounds like a four-legged monster, right? But let me remind you that I believe that our dogs are
1:52.4	always doing the best they can with the education we've given them in the environment that we're
1:56.6	asking them to work. And so, I don't believe dogs are monsters. I believe dogs are reflection
2:04.3	of what we understand about dog training. So this podcast is to help Rico have the best life
2:11.7	possible and help Wendy and her family live in harmony with Rico. Reenforcement-based dog training really gets a bad
2:19.5	rap in a lot of circles. There are a lot of dog trainers with much bigger followings than I do
2:26.3	here on YouTube or online who will tell you, reinforcement is not going to stop behavior. And you
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