Episode 9 - What is reinforcement?

In this week's episode, I share a recording of the online class from our monthly membership community, where on of our members asked "what do you do when you have difficulty connecting with your dog?"We have interesting conversations like this on the first Wednesday of each month in our live classes. You can join our community herehttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/dog-training-and-behaviour-modificationUse the code "podcast50" for 50% off your first month.Connect with us @glasgowdogtrainer on FB, Insta and YouTube. Email [email protected]

Just me in this week's episode. I muse on a few topics which I've been thinking about of late, including leadership in dog training and how to learn from our own lives an apple those lessons to our dogs. Join our free WhatsApp group where we discuss more deeply some of the topics I post on my socials. Click on this linkhttps://chat.whatsapp.com/BD36dZISt53GLPLW6JWQznWe are changing our membership programme but there's still time to join the current version before it's closed. Use the linkhttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/dog-training-and-behaviour-modificationand the code "podcast50" for 50% off your first month. 

Great guest this week - Jessica Smith. We talked about dog body language and why it's so important to understand it. Jessica can be contacted on her websitehttps://www.walkwisedogtraining.co.uk/And on socials @walkwisedogtrainingI'm revamping my monthly membership community, those who are on before the launch of the new features will still get all the access to the lessons and benefits. If you'd like to sign up before the price changes use linkhttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/dog-training-and-behaviour-modificationwith discount code "podcast50" for 50% off your first month.

This week, Sonny and I had a "bad walk". You might reframe it as a walk with a teenaged dog. Little, if anything went to plan. He paid me almost no attention. How did we get there? What happened? How did we handle it? What do we do next? All these questions are considered and answered in this episode. Podcast listeners get 50% off the fist month of our monthly membership community using the code "podcast 50" at checkout. Use the link to joinhttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/dog-training-and-behaviour-modification

Should I play fetch with my dog? Seems simple, right? Not so much. As with many things, there is a lot of nuance to it. Over the last weekend, there was an opinion piece, circulated widely, suggesting we shouldn't. As always, someone else had a different opinion.The two articles are held in the link below with all the relevant contact details of the people who wrote the original pieces.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JJqFkGc6if0oYkyY8buE4OU5N9pn4WqX1Mn6QvE5LTk/edit?usp=sharingjoin our monthly membership community of likeminded dog peoplehttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/dog-training-and-behaviour-modificationUse code "podcast50" for 50% off your first month.

This week we have guest Elle William.Elle is a certified professional dog trainer knowledge accessed, fear free certified trainer, and the founder of Give a Sit Dog training in Southern California USA. Although a relatively new trainer, she's taken great pride in the education and experience she crammed into the past five years of dog and human training. Her training methods are strictly reward based, with a strong emphasis on welfare, communication and the feeling of safety. She equally considers the human clients need to be heard, understood and rewarded for the efforts they put in. Reactivity is her passion, admittedly an obsession. And with the rise of social media becoming a go to source for advice on how to train a reactive dog, Elle has joined in with many other reinforcement based educators with her comedic style approach to exposing the pit falls of inhumane methods and training tools, while advocating for effective science based dog training.Link to the Canine Connections Challenge. We start Jan 1st but you can pre-order today to receive a 15% discount using the code "pod15" at checkout. Code is valid until Christmas Eve.https://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/connectedcaninechallengehttps://giveasitdogtraining.com/https://www.facebook.com/GiveaSitDogTraining/https://www.instagram.com/giveasitdogtraininghttps://www.youtube.com/user/artmusiclove123/videos

My guest this week is Leeron Liftik, a trainer and behaviour consultant in California. Leeron has extensive experience with shelter dogs and we had a really cool conversation. "Dogs are dogs; let them be that. The area I am called on most frequently to support is helping medium and high-drive personality working breeds to integrate into companion-level homes. My approach is creating change at an emotional level to impact behaviours informed by the resilience conditioning framework. By focusing on holistically meeting the animal's needs from an integrative platform, any maladaptive coping mechanisms inherently become obsolete. I maintain specialty in treating fear-based behaviours, aggression, separation related behaviours and gestational development for puppies. I work with dogs from all sorts of background but far and away have the most experience with shelter and rescue animals and they represent my preferred population."You can reach him via his Facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/ProfessionalDogNerd

Our guest this week is Drayton Michaels.Drayton has been working with dogs professionally for 24 years. He is a graduate of the Academy For Dog Trainers in 2007 and completed the course Living & Learning with Animals conducted by Dr. Susan Friedman. In 2009 Drayton released the very first documentary about Pit Bull dogs The Pit Bull Hoax. It featured Dr Ian Dunbar, Jean Donaldson, Dr. Nick Rodman and Diane Jessup. Drayton also featured in the film Beyond The Myth (Netflix) 2011 a film about the perils of BSL (Breed Specific Legislation). Drayton has appeared on numerous NYC & NJ news programs, including NBC's The Today Show, discussing positive dog training and Pit Bull Advocacy. In 2024 Drayton completed his first book, The Puppy Parents Handbook. A guide to raising a well trained puppy the 21st Century. Drayton's business Urban Dawgs works with an average of 400 dogs a year in private and group classes. He is a staunch advocate for reward based dog training and does not use methods that are fear or pain based. You can connect with him -IG @UrbanDawgs FaceBook @DraytonMichaels TikTok @ModernDogTraining YouTube - Modern Dog Training Human movement webinar - https://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/human-movement-for-dog-training-webinarUse code "pod10" for 10% [email protected]@glasgowdogtrainer on socials

This episode's guest is Nathan Bishop of Attune Dog Training. Nathan focus on helping dogs and their owners build strong, trust-based relationships through positive-reinforcement techniques. With over 10 years of experience and accreditation from the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers, he works closely with my clients to address the root causes of behavioural issues, ensuring long-term, sustainable progress.Nathan specialises in working dogs in domestic settings, tailoring my approach to each dog's unique needs. His training is real-world oriented, focusing on environments where dogs and their owners live and interact daily, with personalized support both locally in the West Midlands area and online. You can reach him -https://attunedogtraining.com/Instagram: @attune_dog_trainingFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/attunedogtrainingLinks to this week's coursesUse code "Pod10" for 10% discounthttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/calm-on-cuehttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/adolescentdogshttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/triangle-of-trusthttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/bulletproof-focushttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/teach-your-dog-to-walk-on-a-loose-leadhttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/Total-recall

In this week's episode, I talk about what should give you pause when selecting a dog training professional. It may not be all that it seems!You can get 10% off the following courses using the code "Pod10"https://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/calm-on-cuehttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/adolescentdogshttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/triangle-of-trusthttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/bulletproof-focushttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/teach-your-dog-to-walk-on-a-loose-leadhttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/Total-recallhttps://glasgowdogtraineronline.thinkific.com/courses/dealing-with-aggression-and-reactivity-in-dogs-a-guide-for-owners-and-trainers