The True Killer - Ill-informed “Professionals”

[ClareMarsh]

Not sure if this has been posted before and I've missed it

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-tru ... ing-skills

[tylerthegiant]

If PR isn't working for someone, my immediate thought is, is it being executed properly? I've had and rescued dogs with behavioral issues, some doozies too such as DA and once I started using PR totally different dogs. That of course is not large sample of dogs to be working with but it is my experience. Learning theory doesn't change because someone has a dog of X breed or X background, it still works the same. Study after study (not only in the dog training world) shows PR works better than PP. It's a no-brainer to me, scientifically speaking.

Although I think the article was good, especially addressing the PR does not mean permissive, technically withholding the expected reward, which is used in PR training all the time, in behaviorism is technically a -P. It is actually impossible to NEVER use P in dog training.