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Episode 195: Lucy Butler Part 2: SMART Goals and Ruleg matrices
Lucy Butler is a special ed teacher who at the start of the 2021-2022 school year was given the assignment of working with all the...


Episode 194: Lucy Butler Pt 1: Celebrate Success
It’s mid-July. School is out which means it is a great time to have a return visit with Lucy Butler. Lucy is a special ed teacher who...


Episode 193: Clinic Posts Pt 2: Yes and No Answers
Last week we began a conversation that was centered around the on-line clinics. Even though the clinics are on-line and you go through...


Episode 192: Clinic Posts - Part 1: The Conversation is not a Burden
We are beginning a conversation that is centered around the on-line clinics. Even though the clinics are on-line and you go through them...


Episode 191: Dr Michaela Hempen Part 2: Animal Welfare: Behavior Analysts Wanted!
In part 1 Dr Michaela Hempen introduced us to her day job. Michaela works for the European Food Safety Agency. This is a scientific...


Episode 190: Dr Michaela Hempen: Assessing Animal Welfare
We are joined again by Dr. Michaela Hempen, but this time, Michaela is not talking about Blondie and the cribbing project, but about her...


Episode 189: Mary Hunter Part 3: What Are You Clicking - Your Behavior or Your Animal’s Behavior?
We begin Part 3 with a discussion my favorite of Mary Hunter’s recent StaleCheerios posts: “Are you clicking for your own behavior or...


Episode 188: Mary Hunter Pt 2: Reinforcement Strategies
This is part 2 of our conversation with Mary Hunter. We are continuing to use Mary’s recent StaleCheerios blog posts as the launching...


Episode 187: Mary Hunter Pt 1: Desperation Clicks and More Problems with Punishment
We’re beginning a three part conversation with Mary Hunter. Mary has a masters degree in Behavior Analysis from the University of North...


Episode 186 Spring! Pt 2: Turning “No” into “Yes”
What do you do when your horse or your dog gives you a “no” answer to a request but you really do need a “yes answer” response? That...


Episode 185 Spring! Part 1: Environmental Changes
Maple syrup buckets prompt the start of our conversation about environmental changes and the effect they can have on training. We talk...


Episode 184: Picking Criteria Pt 3: From Training Rhythms to Core Beliefs
This is part 3 of a conversation that began with a question about picking your starting criteria. Once your training session is...


Episode 183: Picking Criteria Pt 2: From Degrees of Freedom to Finding Your Starting Point
We begin this week’s conversation with degrees of freedom. What does that mean and how does that help us to choose our starting criteria?...


Episode 182: Picking Criteria - Which Way Up Is Your Training Funnel?
How do you choose your starting criterion? That’s the question that launches this week’s podcast. It takes us to the image of a funnel....


Episode 181: Spanish Walk, Building Confident Puzzle Solvers, Balance and The Stay-At-Home Clinics.
We’ve been talking about my new Stay-at-Home, Learn-from-Home clinics, but as always that’s taken us down some great rabbit holes. This...
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