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Fenzi Food For Thought — 190 episodes
The Best Training Isn't On Social Media
Let's Talk About Spay & Neuter
When Choice or Structure Isn't Obvious
Train the Dog in Front of You: Breed Tendencies vs. Individual Quirks
Your Dog Doesn't Need Intentional Aversives to Learn
Accepting Misunderstanding
The Benefits of Management
The Dog Conversations We Avoid
Trainers Behaving Badly
The Least Aversive Option
The Art of Choice in Dog Training
Are Dogs Really More Anxious Today? …And Other Things We Can't Actually Know
Punishment in Training: Does Safety Justify It?
The "Click" and Training the Dog in Front of You
Reading Stress in Dogs
The Depth of Behavior Challenges
About That Stress Inoculation...
From Sheep Crosses to Kindness in Communities
Why You Have A Dog Will Impact Your Training Choices
Fences, Escapes, and Ruling Out Medical Concerns
Rethinking Change in Dog Sports
Pain & Behavioral Issues
Fallout in Dog Training
Crating: Different Dogs, Different Issues.
How R+ Has Evolved Beyond the Training
What is Good Training
Stress & Resilience
When There Are Upsides to Training We Don't Like
Take An Extra Minute
What is Superstitious Learning? And What is Single Incident Learning?
Lessons from Electric Fencing
Beyond Reinforcement and Punishment
Conversations About Reactive Dogs
What is "Not Fine" For a Dog?
Dog Training Jargon
Training Outcomes in the Dog World
Can Dogs Be Willful?
Balancing Priorities in the Dog World
Understand What Motivates Your Dog
Trial Analysis
Puppy Integration
I Have a Puppy!
Getting Through Your First Competition
Raising a Puppy
Structure
Reactive or bored?
Habit
Cooperative Care vs. Low Stress Handling
Safe Walks
Who are dog sports really for?
Puppy Genetics
A Quick Look in the Mirror
Force Free Beyond Training
Critical Thinking
How and why science matters and where does it fit in the big picture?
Facing Bias in the Dog World
Learn About People
Do aversives cause aggression?
Different Opinions for Different Animals
Can We Stop Talking About "Them"?
Relationship-Based Training
Live with OC Canine Coaching
I Answer Your Questions About Moving Our Community Forward
The Rooster Problem
Train Your Dog!
Why Do I Play In Bite Sports
The Meaning of "Train the Dog in Front of You"
The Minutiae of Dog Training
Aversives for Clarity?
Life Is Complex
Words Are Power!
Counterconditioning, Desensitization, and Habituation
What Drives Behavior?
Get to the Root of the Problem!
Training or Management?
Pain, Discomfort, or Something Else?
Showing Up On Social Media
So Very Random
What's The Fastest Training Method?
Training a Concept Over Precision
Listening to Misunderstand
Response to Zak George
A Dog-Centric Existence?
Do Biting Sports Make Dogs Aggressive?
Dominance? Pack? Words...Are Hard.
Be kind!
Leashes!
Know How Training Works
Emotional and Overly Emotional
Dog World Problems
Bite Sports and Aggression
Handling off-leash dogs
About those dog sports...
More On Eye Contact
Reactivity Training in the Wild
Communication or Control?
The Quick and Dirty of Reliable Recalls
Reinforcement strategies for high arousal dogs
Instinct, emotions and behavior
From the vaults! Q&A on drives and arousal following a training session
From the Facebook vaults - Classical and operant conditioning to teach behaviors
From the Facebook Vaults - Crating
Dogs aren't children?!
Can you reinforce emotions?
Toddlers, elderly folks and dogs
Dog training versus reality
What can a board & train do (and not do!)
How are we using our words?
How do dogs get trained?
Eye Contact
Treating a dog like a dog
Stress: a necessary evil?
Training for the competition picture?
Does punishment work?
Live with Crystal Wing on High Drive Dogs
Choosing a Foundation Strategy
Building Toy Play in Low Drive Dog
But Does It Work For...?
Conversation vs. Education
Behavior Medication for Dogs
The Great Training Debate
Is Withholding Rewards Aversive?
Breeding Dogs and Getting a Dog
Mother Dog Behaviour
Relationship or Training?
Props in training
Emotions & Behaviors, again
Choosing reinforcers
Logic in Dog Training
Structure + Q&A
Adolescence
Reactive dog handler
Classical Conditioning Live with Q&A
Interview with The Canine Diva, Laurie Williams
Evaluating Dogs
The Blame Game
Structure or Choice?
Train Behaviour, Condition Emotions
Risk-Benefit Analysis
Societal Norms & Dogs
Guest: Dr. Amy Cook
Aggression with Guest Michael Shikashio CDBC
Reward "Ugly" Behavior?
Want to be a Dog Training Professional? With Guests Michael and Jamie Badial
Errors and the R+ World
Separation Anxiety with Guest Malena DeMartini
Engagement Training
Pros and cons of pushing a dog in training
Guest: Dante Camacho and Denise chat
Relationship
Behavior Meds for Dogs
Play in regards to behavior
Example of controlling behavior but not an emotion
Condition emotions & train behaviors!
Errors: The Big Three
Sensitive Dogs with Guest Sharon Carroll
The Spaces Inbetween
Stubborn, lazy, biddable?
Splitting for Reactivity
Emotional well-being vs observable behavior
Reducing behavior (in degrees)
The Great Book Rules
Perfection Paralysis
The Consolation Prize
All about criteria
Barking
Punishment in "degrees"
The Process of Behaviour Change
Flooding & Habituation
Matters of Arousal
Forging in Heeling
Reducing Reinforcement
Pros and cons of pushing a dog in training.
Singular vs. Mass Distraction
Planning your training session
So you had a bad day
Classical & Operant Conditioning
Exercise and reactive behavior
Correlation is not Causation
Trust. What is it?
Positive Bitesports
Adventure & Versatility
Get On Your Client's Radar
Harmony
So you had a bad day...
Balancing Drives & Control
Meet the hosts! Squeeze cheese fame, teenage dogs, and Fly Ball!
Bridging the Dog Training Divide
Handling Errors
Fenzi Food for Thought E001 - Movement Vs. Stillness