Who’s Shaping Me?
Posted on Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Isn’t it funny how all of these posts on dogs shaping people have ended up having picture of a terrier with them. And not coincidentally many of your comments are about Jack Russell Terriers! Hmm, yes indeed [...]
continue readingWho’s Shaping Who Two
Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Carrying on from yesterday’s post here are some more ways dogs have learned to shape their humans. Many dogs learn how effective hunger strikes can be when shaping a human. People can’t stand to watch [...]
continue readingWho’s Shaping Who?
Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
It is fascinating to me how this shaping stuff works. Here we have one animal (ideally you) providing reinforcement
in order to get another animal (say your dog) to do what you want him to do. [...]