Caden and Melanie dig into geeky topics and (Caden's) burning questions in one of my all-time favorite episodes:

+ How can dog trainers/dog enthusiasts without a science background judge the quality of a research paper?

+ How relevant are studies done on rodents or humans to dog behavior?

+ A sidetrack into European animal welfare laws and tool bans around the world.

+ ... and a few random science-y questions I've been mulling over in my brain:

+ Can a classically conditioned response (such as "drive leaking," for example a police dog vocalizing in anticipation when hearing the siren) be made conscious and then turned into an operant response by means of consequences?

+ Are there ever situations where it is a good idea to use "flooding" with a fearful dog?

+ The difference between flooding and controlled intentional stress inoculation.

+ Why it is smart to not only include reward seeking behavior (positive reinforcement) in our dogs' education, but also teach them how to avoid discomfort (negative reinforcement.)

Get in touch with Melanie:

Website: https://www.caninedecoded.com/

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Resources, podcasts and people mentioned in this episode:

Police K9 Radio podcast—link to the episode with Dr. Melanie: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/interview-with-dr-melanie/id1439541675?i=1000710803832

The colleague I give a shout out to in this episode is Sharon Carroll in Australia:

http://avantidogtraining.com.au/

Shoutout to Game's amazing breeders (KNPV kennel van het Merlebosch in the Netherlands): https://www.vanhetmerlebosch.eu/

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caden [dot] cristopher [at] gmail [dot] com

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