School For The Dogs Podcast

Annie wanted to get pet insurance for her young dog, Poppy, and decided to dive deep into researching all the options out there -- and oh boy, there sure are a lot of options! In this episode she speaks to several industry experts and company representatives, looks at reviews, reads the fine print, and, after narrowing down the options, discusses the matter with her husband, Jason, whose opinion about what to get ends up being a little different than hers.  ----- Pet Insurance comparison: https://www.caninejournal.com/pet-insurance-comparison/ Companies mentioned in this episode:  The Dog Tale  https://thedogtale.com/ Wagmo https://wagmo.io/ Crum and Forster https://www.cfpetinsurance.com/ Pumpkin  https://www.pumpkin.care/ ASPCA Pet Insurance  https://www.aspcapetinsurance.com/ Hartville Pet Insurance https://www.hartvillepetinsurance.com/ Lemonade https://www.lemonade.com/pet Pet Assure  https://www.petassure.com/ Eusoh Sign up for Eusoh through School For The Dogs and get 30% percent off the monthly member

As far as Annie knows, there is only one other female-owned dog training storefront in Manhattan: Amanda Gagnon Dog Training. Both Amanda and Annie also have toddlers. Annie reached out to Amanda, whose daughter is a couple years older than Annie's, for advice on how to approach parenting in a reward-based, non-coercive way. Learn more about Amanda at http://www.amandagagnondogtraining.com/Canisius College's Masters in Anthrozoologyhttps://www.canisius.edu/academics/programs/anthrozoologyOh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Righthttps://amzn.to/2QCvbGc---Partial Transcript:[Intro and music]Annie:So today I am here with Amanda Gagnon, who, you know, you and I actually have so much in common that I feel like this conversation could probably go on for five hours, like some Joe Rogan Experience episode or something.  And we’ve actually never even chatted in real time before, so it’s pretty exciting that we’re getting to talk at all. But why don’t you sort of give

Following a tragic loss in her family this week, Annie, worried about how the death will impact the health of her grief-stricken loved ones, remembered the first chapter from the 2012 book Zoobiquity, on the potentially-fatal heart condition that was discovered separately by veterinarians and by human cardiologists: Broken Heart Syndrome. It's called Takotsubo (when it effects humans) and Capture Myopathy (when in other species). The chapter goes on to talk about the "One Health" movement and to argue that human doctors (aka veterinarians who only work with one species) could learn something from those who work with medical conditions in other animals, and encourages readers to be more humble about humans' place in the animal kingdom.Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowershttps://amzn.to/32Yd4NeFeatured "Black-chinned emperor tamarin (S. i. imperator).jpg" by Kevin Barret is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0---Partial Transcript:Annie:Y

This weekend (Saturday April 24th at 4PM ET) we are hosting a screening of the short film Patient Like The Chipmunks, by Drs. Bob Bailey and Miriam Breland-Bailey, followed by a conversation and Q and A session with Dr. Bailey himself. In advance of this event, Annie has recently read aloud some of Dr. Bailey's work. Today, she reads a famous essay written not by him, but by his business partners: the late Keller Breland and Marian Breland (who would later married Dr. Bailey, hence the hyphenated name).  This article, The Misbehavior Of Organisms, first appeared in American Psychology in 1961, and was titled in response to BF Skinner's book, The Behavior Of Organisms. The Brelands had worked closely with Skinner as graduate students, and were the first to bring his laboratory work into the commercial realm. There, working with over 100 species of animals, they discovered that  it just isn't always possible to operantly condition a behavior. The reason? Sometimes, an animal's baked-in instincts take over and c

School For The Dogs is currently taking applicants for its six month Professional Course, which begins June 1!  In this episode, Annie responds to a listener who is interested in becoming a dog trainer, but is worried that she may end up in a program that is a scam... She describes the evolution of School For The Dogs' Professional Course, discusses some some others, and talks about the many different paths people take towards becoming a professional dog trainer. She also answers a listener's question about a young dog who is resource guarding her food. Apply to the School For The Dogs Professional Course before May 1 at http://schoolforthedogs.com/professionalcourseAlso mentioned in this episode: Kennelwood Academy - https://kennelwoodacademy.com/The Academy of Pet Careers - https://www.theacademyofpetcareers.com/Animal Behavior College - http://animalbehaviorcollege.comJean Donaldson's Academy For Dog Trainers - https://www.academyfordogtrainers.com/Victoria Stillwell Academy - https://positively.com/dog-tr

This is a rebroadcast of a previous episode-- we're sharing it because shaping is today's challenge in our Dog Training in 21 Days Challenge on Instagram. Join the challenge! Tag us and use use hashtag #dt21days. Through the end of this month, use code DT21DAYS to get our full Dog Training In 21 Days Course for free at http://schoolforthedogs.com/dt21days. Special announcements: We are now taking applications to our Dog Training Professional Program, which is fully remote this year. If you're interested in becoming a dog trainer -- and maybe even working for School For The Dogs some day -- visit http://schoolforthedogs.com/professionalcourse. Applications are due May 1. Also: Do you have pet insurance? Tell us about it and get $5 off your next purchase at http://storeforthedogs.com. Go to: https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/petinsuranceAbout this episode: "Shaping" is simply the process of breaking a behavior down to its smallest components and slowly raising your criteria in order to build new behaviors. By re

We've been running a challenge on Instagram this month based on our Dog Training in 21 Days course! Day 17 is teaching stand. This is an often-overlooked behavior that is a great thing to teach both because it'll hone your training chops and also because it'll keep your dog from just guessing that after you ask for a sit you usually want a down, and vice versa. Sometimes... you're going to want a different stationary behavior! You might also want a dog to stand during grooming, or if you're ever doing any kind of commercial work or modeling with a dog, or if you're in the dog show world. Jump in and join the challenge on Instagram! Tag @schoolforthedogs! Get the full Dog Training in 21 Days course free through 4/30 at http://schoolforthedogs.com/dt21days. Use code DT21DAYS at checkout. Like this podcast? Go to iTunes, rate us five stars, and leave a review! Thanks!---Partial Transcript:Annie:So this guy goes to a dog trainer with a dog who he says has separation anxiety. And he says, the weird thing is when w

There are two types of conditioning we use in dog training: Operant (aka learning by consequence, or "Skinnerian Conditioning") and Classical (aka learning by association, or "Pavlovian Conditioning"). When we teach new behaviors, we tend to focus on Operant Conditioning. In this episode, Annie talks about the differences between these two kinds of teaching/learning, and reveals how, in many cases, Classical Conditioning can produce very reliable behaviors with little effort. This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in 2018. We are sharing it as it relates to today's challenge in the Dog Training In 21 Days challenge we are running this month on Instagram. Join us, and tag us in your videos! Get access the entire 21 Days Course for free through the end of April at http://schoolforthedogs.com/dt21days; code DT21DAYS at checkout.Notes: AnnieGrossman.com/podcast26 https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/teaching-come-and-drop-it-using-classical-conditioning/ Music: "Time Is On My Side" cover by Toast G

In advance of School For The Dogs April 24th screening of Bob Bailey's short film, Patient Like The Chipmunks, Annie is reading aloud some works by Dr. Bailey and his late wife, Dr. Marian Breland-Bailey. Today she is reading from their 2001 article, The ABCs of Behavior, from The Trainer's Resource: The APDT Chronicle Of The Dog. The ABCs are Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequences. Sign up for the screening at http://schoolforthedogs.com/bailey Purchase The Dog Trainer's Resource by The APDT Chronicle Of The Dog - https://amzn.to/2Rv3ZsU---Partial TranscriptAnnie:The Association of Professional Dog Trainers puts out a quarterly magazine which you can subscribe to digitally or in print. Or, you also get it if you become a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers.  It is called Chronicle of the Dog. And it contains some excellent essays about dog training, about learning theory, about the business of dog training.They have put out some, what do you call it? Like anthologies. Yeah, I guess antholo

Longtime East Villager Mike Wolf wondered into School For The Dogs a few years ago and... never left. Mike started out as a walker with us, and now leads puppy playtimes, School Yards, does Day School sessions with us and also does Day Training sessions with our clients. He was one of our first apprentices, and is currently completing our Professional Course. Interested in becoming a professional dog trainer? Our next Professional Course will be held entirely online! Interested? Fill out an application at http://schoolforthedogs.com/professionalcourse21---Partial Transcript:[intro and music]Annie:Glad to have you on School for the Dogs podcast, you have been a School for the Dogs employee and, et al, for a long time now.Mike:More than three years.Annie:Oh my goodness.Mike:I know. If we can still be measuring time, feels a little arbitrary, but.Annie:So, I know a little bit about how you came to us, but why don’t you share a little bit about how you ended up at School for the Dogs, and then we can talk about l

This is a bonus episode-- a rebroadcast of Episode 19. It covers how to teach a dog to sit using a bit of a lure and a novel cue: A snap. This exercise is today's challenge in the Dog Training in 21 Days challenge we're running right on Instagram! Join us there for instructions, demonstrations, and more. Get the full Dog Training in 21 Days course for free through the end of April at http://schoolforthedogs.com/dt21days; use code DT21DAYS at checkout. This episode originally aired on August 6, 2018.  Newsflash: Your dog already knows how to sit! But he may not know the cue you want to associate with that behavior. Annie breaks down how to use the "capturing" technique to teach "sit" anew and to add a novel cue.  She covers:-The downsides of "luring" a behavior or "molding" it-The trap of trying to teach a behavior by asking for it repeatedly-The difference between a "cue" and a "command"-How to add a cue-The never-ending process of "shaping" a behavior-How to fade a lure and turn it into a cue---Partial Trans

Bonus episode! Annie reads some casually-written but oh-so-important training tips from the website belonging to Dr. Bob Bailey, behavior1.com. Annie will be showing Dr. Bailey's film on the history of his company, Animal Behavior Enterprises, and the history of operant conditioning, and then hosting a conversation with Dr. Bailey, on April 24th at 4PM Eastern. Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/bailey Dr. Bob Bailey is an animal trainer, inventor, designer, writer, teacher, diver, and photographer. He is the widower of B.F. Skinner's graduate student, Dr. Marian Breland Bailey. All proceeds from the screening will go to the Marian Breland Bailey Memorial Fund at Arkansas' Henderson State University. About the Baileyshttp://www.behavior1.com/page8.htmlPage 9 http://www.behavior1.com/page9.htmlMore about Patient Like The Chipmunkshttp://www.behavior1.com/page5.htmlDr. Sophia Yin's video about Chicken Camp with Dr. Bob Bailey from 2000https://archive.org/details/Chicken_Training_Camp_2000---Partial Transcri

Touchscreen devices can be used to teach a nose touch, which is a basic, building-block behavior that School For The Dogs' trainers teach almost every dog they work with. A nose touch can be taught with a person's hands and a dog's nose; the person clicks when the dog's nose touches the screen, and then the dog receives a reward. Using a touchscreen device and one of a handful of apps, you can take the clicker out of the equation and your dog's nose will register a sound when it makes contact with the screen, essentially doing the job of any good marker signal.  Annie discusses the origins of her use of touchscreens with dogs and talks about some of the more advanced work that can be done with screens, such as teaching a dog to read, teaching cue differentiation, and more.Episode on teaching touch: https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/podcasts/episode-60-the-most-important-behavior-youll-ever-train/More on using touch screens:Dogs Take Selfies Too - https://anniegrossman.com/2013/11/training/dogs-take-selfies-too

Good Dog Trainers will refer to giving a "cue" vs giving a dog a "command." A cue implies an opportunity; a command implies a threat. It just occurred to Annie that it's sort of like the difference between getting a special offer you can take advantage of and getting a bill you have to pay: Both result in the behavior of you spending money, but in one case you're engaging in that behavior because of positive reinforcement, and in the other, negative reinforcement. This may be a useful way to help the uninitiated understand the difference between cues and commands.---Partial Transcript:Annie:I was just answering a question from someone. It’s actually for a presentation I’m putting together and Bailey who I work with doing Petcademy, which offers online training to people who are adopting and fostering dogs from a number of shelters throughout the country. Anyway Bailey and I are doing a presentation for a company about Petcademy. And there was a question in the deck about understanding a cue versus understandi

Warning: If you're not a very nerdy aspiring dog trainer or a science geek when it comes to the history of the study animal behavior, this episode might not be for you! You've been warned. Annie talks about the evolution of dog training, starting with hypotheses about the domestication of dogs, the rise of the "pet" dog in the late 1800s, covering the work of Pavlov and Watson in the early 1900s, the birth of clicker training in Skinner's lab in the middle of the century, up through the rise of dominance-based trainers on TV in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This is the audio from a lecture Annie put together for the School For The Dogs Professional Course. School For The Dogs has been training up dog trainers for four years, and is in the process of putting much of this curriculum online for aspiring dog trainers. If you're interested in learning more about the SFTD Professional Course and would like to be notified when it launches, email annie@schoolforthedogs.com. ---Partial Transcript:Annie:So th

On April 1 we are starting the Dog Training in 21 Days Challenge (#DT21DAYS). We’re using the hashtag on Instagram but if you don’t have IG, you can still participate!  Each day there will be a simple challenge for you to complete. They are outlined below and we will be posting about them each day on Instagram as well as sharing what we are doing for it on Instagram Stories. Please join, get your dog excited about learning and flex those dog training muscles!To participate: Post a video or image everyday for 21 days showing your participation.  Tag us and use #DT21DAYS so we can see. For anyone who wants to participate outside of social media, you can visit the link in bio, click Dog Training in 21 Days  (http://schoolforthedogs.com/dt21days) and checkout with code DT21DAYS. The code will make it completely free.Note: It’s okay to miss a day(s), just jump back in when you can.Today's episode is an interview with Leeyah Wiseman, who will be demonstrating each day on our Instagram. You can also follow Leeyah on

This is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays on Instagram @schoolforthedogs.Get alerted about the next one or ask a question in advance at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.She also sometimes goes live to answer questions on Clubhouse. Find her there: @anniegrossman.Today, Annie spoke to the human belonging to Penny (@heytherepenny on Instagram) about how to help young Penny feel more comfortable alone and how to start to prevent separation anxiety before it begins. Annie gives lots of tips on crate training, talks about how to create crate "FOMO," use the Treat and Train, and more. Join us on Instagram in April for our Day 1 of our Dog Training in 21 Days Challenge!---Partial Transcript:Annie:Hi, is this Penny?Angela:Yes, this is Penny.Annie:And tell me your name.Angela:My name is Angela.Annie:Hey Angela. I’m recording this for School for the Dogs podcast. Is that okay?Angela:Yes.Annie:And where are you guys based? Are you in New York City?Angel

Annie reads a satirical essay she wrote, approaching the gun control debate from the point of view of a dog trainer. With dogs, we can create antecedent arrangements to control the environment in order to keep dogs from eating our shoes. If only it were so easy. If only it were so easy keep people from shooting each other...A FAREWELL TO FOOTWEAR: A DOG TRAINER WEIGHS IN ON THE SHOE CONTROL DEBATE by Annie Grossman As an animal trainer by profession, I am specifically interested in shoes that get into the hands, or, rather in the mouths, of dogs. From what I witness in the homes of my clients, the deleterious use of shoes by dogs is a problem with no easy solution.Almost daily, I hear of incidents relating to shoe carnage: people coming home to find their Uggs in pieces all over the living room floor; midnight vet runs spurred by decimated Nikes causing intestinal blockage; children arriving at school late and in tears because the goldendoodle has absconded with a sandal. The problem goes beyond mere inconven

School For The Dogs' trainers and clients love treats that dogs can lick straight from a container. One woman has cornered this market, and we're so glad. Her name is Brandi Barker. She started out training dog, but now is the fulltime force behind Bark Pouches, which are little squirt bottles filled with shelf-stable deliciousness. She and Annie talk about how she entered the world of dog training, how she came up with her product, and more. Get Bark Pouches at storeforthedogs.comhttps://storeforthedogs.com/collections/bark-pouchor at BarkPouch.com https://www.barkpouch.com/---Partial Transcript:[Intro and music]Annie:Hello folks. Thank you for being here. I am here with Brandi Barker, who has the world’s best last name if you’re into dogs [laughs].And Brandi who is joining us from Chicago? I believe.Brandi:I actually moved to Columbus, Ohio.Annie:Oh, okay. From Columbus, Ohio. Why don’t you tell us about your amazing product and then we can go from there.Brandi:Okay. Sounds good. So it’s called Bark Pouch,

This is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays on Instagram @schoolforthedogs.Get alerted about the next one or ask a question in advance at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.She also sometimes goes live to answer questions on Clubhouse. Find her there: @anniegrossman. Join her on Clubhouse tomorrow 3/19 at 12PM ET to give your answer to the question: What is a good dog? Need a Clubhouse invite? Text 917-414-2625.Today, Annie answered the following questions: -Is it considered "positive punishment" if you use body pressure to encourage walking (from @vagabondpaws) -What is the best way to keep your puppy off of furniture? Saying "No" or "Off"? (from @eleniannm)-How do you get a 12-week-old puppy to potty outside (from @eastvillageenzo)-How do you get a puppy to eat her kibble if she only wants to eat treats and people food? (from @heytherepenny) -What are good toys to leave in the crate (from @303lauren) -How can you best train yourself before gett