Annie was pretty psyched to see The New Yorker had two articles in a recent issue that looked like they'd touch on the science of behavior as it relates to both training dogs and raising children. One article is about pandemic pet ownership and rescuing dogs from China; the other is about sleep training infants. Ultimately both underscore what she already knew: The science of behavior and its applications are pretty misunderstood, and few people share the kind of passion that Positive Reinforcement dog trainers have for molding behavior (canine or human) without using force and coercion.  

Mentioned in this episode:  Why People Treat Their Dogs Like Humans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFKvCL_JC8 What Will Become Of Pandemic Pets? (Note: Digital version has a different title than the print version of this article) 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/28/what-will-become-of-the-pandemic-pets 

The Promise and Peril of a High-Priced Sleep Trainer https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/28/the-promise-and-the-peril-of-a-high-priced-sleep-trainer 

People Of Earth, Hello: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/28/people-of-earth-hello 

Anna Heyward's Bad Dog article in The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/bad-dog

 Infant Sleep Info Source https://www.basisonline.org.uk/ 

Some We Love, Some   We Hate, Some We Eat by Hal Herzog https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061730858?tag=thedogs00-20 Inside Of A Dog by Alexandra Horowitz https://www.amazon.com/dp/1416583432?tag=thedogs00-20   Dogs by Ray and Lorna Coppinger https://www.amazon.com/dp/0226115631?tag=thedogs00-20 Annie's dad's first cartoon in The New Yorker circa 1961 https://bit.ly/3il..So this issue comes the other day, and lo and behold, the first two articles — this is the issue, June 28th issue. It has a girl putting on eyeliner on the cover. The first two articles, one is called Pet Projects: Why are we so crazy about our animals by Nick Paumgarten... Full transcript at SchoolfortheDogs.com/Podcast

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