http://marissahenry.com/dogs-are-so-confusing/ My Thoughts on Life, The Bachelor(ette), and the Pursuit of Happiness Fri, 02 May 2014 01:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://marissahenry.com/dogs-are-so-confusing/#comment-1127 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:05:59 +0000 http://marissahenry.com/?p=455#comment-1127 I have found that many people confuse negative reinforcement and punishment. These people include dog trainers, college students, and surprisingly, even many college professors and Introduction to Psychology textbooks. In fact, I recently read the book Don’t Shoot the Dog! by Karen Pryor and was a bit dismayed to find this confusion there as well. Note that this is not an attempt to flame the book or criticize it unduly. I like the book and learned a lot from it. I recommend it highly to anyone interested in training animals (and sometimes even those interested in training their children). Nonetheless, I do believe that the book suffers from the problem of confusing negative reinforcement and punishment. As such it propagates this confusion because many dog trainers look to this book as a definitive source on the science of behavior.

]]> http://marissahenry.com/dogs-are-so-confusing/#comment-1125 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:37:54 +0000 http://marissahenry.com/?p=455#comment-1125 I have found that many people confuse negative reinforcement and punishment. These people include dog trainers, college students, and surprisingly, even many college professors and Introduction to Psychology textbooks. In fact, I recently read the book Don’t Shoot the Dog! by Karen Pryor and was a bit dismayed to find this confusion there as well. Note that this is not an attempt to flame the book or criticize it unduly. I like the book and learned a lot from it. I recommend it highly to anyone interested in training animals (and sometimes even those interested in training their children). Nonetheless, I do believe that the book suffers from the problem of confusing negative reinforcement and punishment. As such it propagates this confusion because many dog trainers look to this book as a definitive source on the science of behavior.

]]> http://marissahenry.com/dogs-are-so-confusing/#comment-1117 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:23:56 +0000 http://marissahenry.com/?p=455#comment-1117 abcinfo@animalbehavior college.com Speak with an Admissions Counselor today!! Start a rewarding career as a dog trainer .

]]> http://marissahenry.com/dogs-are-so-confusing/#comment-1098 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:49:21 +0000 http://marissahenry.com/?p=455#comment-1098 Though I have two college degrees (unrelated to dogs) and have practiced as a holistic health practitioner, working with dogs will always be a part of my life. I’ve also completed numerous dog training academies and set up training programs for professional trainers.

]]>