Books. DVDs. Conferences and clinics. Dog treats and toys. And more! In this section, you’ll find notes from conferences I have attended, as well as my opinions and reviews of all sorts of different animal training products. If you have a book, DVD, toy, or other type of product that you’d like to see reviewed on my site, let me know!
I’m sharing some of my notes and thoughts related to the 2025 ABAI convention, which was held at the end of May in Washington, D.C. One talk I enjoyed was an invited talk given by Dr. Tom Cariveau. Dr. Cariveau conducts research about skill acquisition and stimulus control. A lot of the research he discussed […]
I’ve been out of town for most of the past week in Washington, D.C. for the annual convention for the Association for Behavior Analysis, International. This year was ABAI’s 51st annual convention! Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz and I gave a workshop on Friday as part of the pre-convention program. We had a great group of workshop […]
On the Thursday before ClickerExpo, Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz and I gave a one-day PORTL workshop to an excellent group of about 40 Karen Pryor Academy trainers. Here’s one interesting idea that came up during our discussions. As we interact with our animal or human learners, the patterns of behavior we reinforce can sometimes unknowingly create […]
At the end of September, Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz and I gave a two-day PORTL shaping workshop in San Diego. We had an awesome group of participants, and it was a really great weekend. Emily Larlham, who hosted the workshop, posted a video with some highlights from the event. (In the photo to the right, Emily’s […]
Thank you to everyone who entered the holiday book giveaways that I featured on my blog earlier this month. The winners have been picked, and the books have been shipped. I’d love to hear what books you are reading currently or what books you plan to read at the beginning of 2019. I’m always looking […]
This holiday season, I’ve decided to share twelve books with you. At the bottom of this post, you can enter for a chance to win a copy of this book. You can also visit this page to find the entire list of books and giveaways. Today is the last day of my holiday book review […]
