Learning Theory For Real Life Dogs

You can love your dog and still feel baffled by their choices. Why do they blow off a recall they “know,” pull like a freight train, or lose their mind at another dog the second the stakes go up? We’re going back to the foundation that makes all of it make sense: learning theory, the scientific framework behind how behavior is built and changed. I’m Meg, and I walk through the two big pillars we use in dog training: classical conditioning and operant conditioning. We talk about how associati...