Last week, I did a webinar for Animal Training Academy about the topic of multiple markers. (The webinar replay is available for ATA members on the Animal Training Academy website.) Positive reinforcement trainers often use a clicker as a marker. However, many other types of auditory and visual signals can also be used effectively as […]
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Chewie’s Diary Week 59: A cone on my head? Part 2
I’m just recently back from New York, where I spent three days lecturing as part of ClickerExpo, an annual conference organized by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. This year, I gave two lectures at the conference. In addition, I presented two learning labs and participated in a symposium about multiple markers. It was a busy weekend! […]
Chewie’s Diary Week 58: A cone on my head?
Today, I’m on my way to New York. I’ll be speaking this weekend at ClickerExpo, an annual conference organized by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. Chewie doesn’t get to come with me to the conference, but she has definitely been helping me prepare for my lectures, as you can see in the photos below! Chewie stands […]
What’s the cue? A few thoughts about stimulus control
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 […]
Click your heels: Analyzing complex behaviors
This year has been incredibly busy for a variety of reasons! In addition to my dog training business, I was in charge of planning the 8th annual Art and Science of Animal Training Conference and, for the first time this spring, I taught an undergraduate behavior analysis class at the University of North Texas. Unfortunately, […]
Teaching conceptual thinking: It’s not asking too much of your dog
In March 2015, I attended the 7th annual Art and Science of Animal Training Conference in Denton, Texas. This post is part of my notes from the conference. For the rest of my notes from the conference, please visit this page. I loved Ken Ramirez’s talk at this year’s Art and Science of Animal Training […]