The DogNostics Blog - Ramblings about All Things Pet!
With Niki Tudge and Louise Stapleton-Frappell
Beyond Acquisition: Why Continuous Reinforcement Still Matters
- Building, generalizing, and rebuilding strong behavior for the real world A dog learns to sit beautifully in the kitchen in response to a verbal cue. The behavior is fluent – the dog performs it accurately, smoothly, and readily. The guardian no longer reaches for a...
The 3 Ds of Dog Training: When More Isn’t Necessarily Better
Distance, duration, and distractions - the familiar 3 Ds - are commonly used in dog training to help us develop and proof behavior. They give us a wonderfully simple framework. Can the dog perform the behavior when we're farther away? Can they maintain it for longer?...
What is Wellfaring & Should You Be a Welfarist?
Wellfaring™: The DogNostics Philosophy & Approach A holistic training and care philosophy that prioritizes the pet’s emotional state (well-being) alongside their physical, environmental, and ethical standards of care (welfare). Here at DogNostics, instead of...
Can you Build Effective Marketing Campaigns? How to Drive New Business With Existing Tools You Use!
A marketing campaign is a strategic, coordinated series of targeted efforts designed to achieve a specific business goal—such as launching a new service, driving sign-ups for an email list, inviting customers to an interactive "chat and shop" event, or boosting brand...
Beyond the Behavior: Micro-Shaping with Purpose
Micro-Shaping, Target Training, and Keeping the Learner at the Heart of Our Training Decisions As trainers, we spend a great deal of time learning how to teach behavior. How do we select criteria? How finely should we split a behavior? When should we...
The Small Business Guide to Trademarks: Protecting Your Brand’s Identity
Building a brand takes time, effort, and significant investment. Whether you have spent months perfecting a unique business name, designing a memorable logo, or crafting a distinctive slogan, that identity is one of your most valuable assets. Understanding how to...
Stop Asking Your Dog to Sit All the Time
Why one of the most common behaviors in dog training may also be one of the most overused. If you've followed my work for a while, you may be surprised to hear me say this, but teaching Sit is not one of the first things I teach a puppy. In fact, when Jessam joined...
Beyond Food & Water: Why It’s Time to Professionalize Pet Care & The Questions Pet Owners Should Ask Before Hiring a “Professional”
Beyond Food & Water: Why It’s Time to Professionalize Pet Care & The Questions Pet Owners Should Ask Before Hiring a "Professional" We need to talk about a massive blind spot in the pet industry. When people think about hiring a dog trainer or a behavior...
How To Film Your Skill Submissions For DogNostics Programs and Courses
Lights, Camera, Competency! Master Your DogNostics Video Skill Submissions Hi everyone, and welcome! We are so excited to share a fantastic short presentation with you today—and we have to give a massive shout-out to the brilliant Louise Stapleton-Frappell for putting...
Why “Training Out” an Emotion is Neurologically Impossible
One of the most profound takeaways from affective neuroscience—the study of how the brain processes emotions—can be summed up in a single sentence: You cannot train away an emotional system. Whether you are working with a reactive dog, a stressed horse, or even a...
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