I talk a little bit about how to chain behaviors together.

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The articles I mention are at

I talk a little bit about trigger stacking and how a few inconveniences can lead to an unreasonable response.

https://www.canadianveterinarians.net/media/cefnrfvl/marnie-ford.pdf

https://kylosi.com/en-US/blog/behavior/understanding-behavior/trigger-stacking-in-dogs-why-your-calm-pet-suddenly-snaps/

I talk a little bit about a love of animals, fostering, and Chihuahua myths, among other things, with Veronica from Lil' Paws, Big Hearts

Chihuahua Rescue. The Lil' Paws, Big Hearts' website: https://www.lilpawsbighearts.org/

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I talk a little bit about teaching a dog name recognition and, by extension, check-ins.

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For this 6 month anniversary episode, I sit down with my youngest daughter to answer some of her questions.

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I talk a little bit about what appropriate play looks like.

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I talk a little bit more about the problems with punishment.

I talk a little bit about the differences between service dogs, therapy dogs, and emotional support dogs.

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I talk a little bit about the quote that it takes 400 repetitions to create a new synapses unless done with play, why it turns out not to be true, but we have an obligation to make learning fun.

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My references for this podcast:

Affenzeller, N., Palme, R., & Zulch, H. (2016). Playful activity post-learning improves training performance in Labrador Retriever dogs (Canis lupus familiaris). Unpublished manuscript. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Ahmad, S., Hussain, A., Batool, A., Sittar, K., Malik, M. (2016). Play and Cognitive Development: Formal Operational Perspective of Piaget’s Theory. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(28), 72–79.

Queensland Brain Institute (2018, July 23). How memories are formed. Retrieved from https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain-basics/memory/how-are-memories-formed

Selemon, L. D. (2013). A role for synaptic plasticity in the adolescent development of executive function. Translational Psychiatry, 3, e238. doi:10.1038/tp.2013.7

TCU Purvis Institute of Child Development (Personal communication, January 23, 2020)

I talk a little bit about generalization and discrimination, the differences, when each may be appropriate, and how to apply each.

The story I related is from "The Thinking Dog: Crossover to Clicker Training" by Gail Tamases Fisher, available at

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