I’ve been chatting some with Joy Malin, a professional artist from New York City. Joy is both an artist, specializing in oils, and an art instructor, teaching students about painting and the fundamentals of art. She is also the owner and director of Malin Fine Art, an independent fine art brokerage firm. Joy has always […]
Have you seen Lili Chin’s latest poster? It’s inspired by this great quote from Ted Turner (behaviorist and head trainer at Sea World): “If you can teach a whale to pee in a cup, you can train your dog without punishment.” The illustration features twelve great examples of wild animals who have been trained to […]
On (almost) Wordless Wednesdays, I often feature rescued animal in north Texas. Last week I posted about Roy, a good looking dog who was looking for his forever home. Well, guess, what? Roy found a home last week! You can see a picture of Roy snuggling with his new dad on the Extreme Mutt Makeover […]
I’ve just uploaded an article to my site that you need to read. It’s by behavior analyst Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz, who is a professor at the University of North Texas. The article is about B.F. Skinner, shaping, trial and error learning, errorless learning, and Isreal Goldiamond’s constructional approach. Clicker training originated out of research conducted […]
On (almost) Wordless Wednesdays, I often feature rescued animal in north Texas. Remember Lilli, who was competing in the Extreme Mutt Makeover? I attended the final competition this past weekend. It was awesome seeing how much the shelter dogs had learned, with just six weeks of training. Many of the dogs from the competition have […]
A big thanks to all of you who checked out my review of Lisa Edward’s new memoir, A Dog Named Boo and entered my giveaway for a copy of the book. Also, thanks to those of you who helped tweet about the giveaway or promote it on facebook. Twenty-three people entered by leaving a comment […]
