Kay Laurence - Learning About Dogs
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Kay Laurence - Learning About Dogs
Kay Laurence and Frances McCormack of "Learning About Dogs" launch the 5th Series following the questions raised from the first year with a new pup. Explore the first four series with Kay and Sue McGuire, talking about the life we live with dogs. Both Kay and Sue have extensive experience of re...
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Learning Flexibility
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When we plan the future of this wonderful new life we can begin to think in terms of how we want them to be as adults. This can make...
Too Much Freedom?
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As much as we would love to be able to let our youngsters enjoy plenty of freedom to explore, learn, run free; the realities of the...
Setting the Future with a Family of Dogs
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Important conversations when we graduate from one dog to two:
Hands that are magic
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Our hands are very often used for communication and for the pup most importantly CONTACT.
The way we use our hands, w...
Growing so fast: 16-20 weeks old
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A period of exceptional growth where the pup's world seems to shrink as they grow larger. Feet seem gigantic and unmanageable, teet...
Building Confidence with Familiarisation
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Most of us want to take our pup out-and-about with us; from the countryside walks to brunch at the local café or pub. We will plan t...
Active Learning: 16 weeks old
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Kay Laurence and Frances McCormack of Learning About Dogs introduce a new member of Frances’ family: Nika, a collie pup from rescue....
Learning to say "no" to your pup
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Kay Laurence and Frances McCormack of Learning About Dogs introduce a new member of Frances’ family: Nika, a collie pup from rescue....
A Partnership: stand up for your puppy
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Kay Laurence and Frances McCormack of Learning About Dogs introduce a new member of Frances’ family: Nika, a collie pup from rescue....
Building the First Routines
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Kay Laurence and Frances McCormack of Learning About Dogs introduce a new member of Frances’ family: Nika, a collie pup from rescue....
Introducing Nika
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Kay Laurence and Frances McCormack of Learning About Dogs introduce a new member of Frances’ family: Nika, a collie pup from rescue....
First Days at Home
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Kay Laurence and Frances McCormack of Learning About Dogs introduce a new member of Frances’ family: Nika, a collie pup from rescue....
Season 4 Finale: Can YOU Identify Good Training?
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Teaching Irrelevant Cues While Teaching Relevant Cues
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Keeping Track of All That You Have Taught Your Dog
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Can We Ever Do Enough Work on Discrimination Skills?
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Being a Square Peg in the Round Hole of the Dog Training World
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Competition is Great! But Not at a Cost to the Dog
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Teaching a Dog to Walk Well Before Running
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Simple Moves Before Complex Ones
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Rewards are Cues and Cues are Predictors
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Sitters Anonymous
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Standing Still is a HUGE Default Behavior
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
What are Default Behaviors and Why Teach Them?
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Teaching False Behaviors
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
The Trap of 98 Not Rights
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Adaptations Build Resilience in Behaviors
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Approach Dynamics
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
What do you need to know before teaching dogs?
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
Can You Measure Learning?
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely suc...
What to Learn
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Sue McGuire Teaches Dogs join forces for the fourth season of the hugely succ...
What is learning?
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Learning. Is it a construct? An idea?
We cannot do the learning for the dogs, we can only set up situations where lear...
Dog Considers Their Name is White Noise?
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It's time to flip another concept on its head--the whole idea that the dog MUST pay attention when you say their name before you sta...
Proofing. A term that makes us crazy
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Kay Laurence of Learning About Dogs and Sue McGuire of Plays with Dogs, join forces for the fourth season of the hugely successful,...
Season 4 Premier! Same friends, new format and new ideas!
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The Learning About Dogs podcast is your main source for all these dogs, teaching dogs, understanding dogs, and living with dogs.
Reward Skills: Markers: To Click or Not to Click
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Markers are an integral part of the communication process when we are interacting with our learners.
Whether you choose...
Reward Skills: Habit or Active Learning?
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Do we want habits or active learning?
Probably both but there is a clear distinction between them which is dependent on the va...
Reward Skills: Introducing You to Our New Friend, Reward Predicting Stimulus
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On this episode of the podcast, we do a little introduction of a new term that is so much BIGGER than a cue. What are cues anyway?<...
The Point of Learning or How to Get Peaches
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What is the point of learning?
"When that brand new brain gets into motion it is going to have to find out how to secur...
Rewards!! Delivery Patterns and Sources of Rewards
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In the early days of using positive reinforcement and clicker training, the delivery of that reinforcer, (reward), was not part of t...