Whether you have a brand-new puppy or recently adopted an older dog, you’ve likely come across the term “positive reinforcement” when looking up training techniques. But, what is positive ...

When you are trying to teach a new skill, whether it's teaching your dog to sit or getting yourself to stop doomscrolling before bed, rewarding good behavior is often better than punishing mistakes.

Positive and negative reinforcement have become buzzwords for animal behaviorists. But, they are also concepts that you can use as a dog parent to help your pup develop into a well-behaved canine ...

Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...

We love our dogs, and we want to do right by them. Other authors of articles on training have noted how it is difficult to wade through all the sources and information available on television, the ...

Are you keeping up with your New Year’s resolution? If you're like most folks, you're probably hard at work on that new diet or workout program. While you’re doing those next 25 crunches, ask yourself ...