Today Show Segment
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Tamar Geller is the trainer's name. She is very vehemently opposed to punishing and is advocating positive reinforcement! It wasn't much of a demonstration, other than showing how she taught an eight week old pup 'sit' and how to back off from food (impressive!) but she did get to talk about not punishing and how awful and counter-productive things like rubbing a puppy's nose in a housetraining accident are. I liked the way she pointed out that these accidents are problems of location, of WHERE the dog is going, not the fact that the dog is going . . .
She also made a very eloquent case for adopting shelter dogs
She also made a very eloquent case for adopting shelter dogs
That does sound interesting. Was she against punishment, or against correction? I think that those are two very different things. I think it's horrible when people try rub the puppy's nose in their mess or hit their dog for doing something wrong, but I don't think there's anything wrong with telling your dog "no"!
I'd like to see how she taught the puppy how to back off of food. Usually that's a difficult thing to teach with positive reinforcement, since it's a self-rewarding behavior.
I'd like to see how she taught the puppy how to back off of food. Usually that's a difficult thing to teach with positive reinforcement, since it's a self-rewarding behavior.
If you want to see more of Tamar Geller, she is the trainer featured on the Animal Planet show "Who Gets The Dog".
I personally don't care for this show, due to what I've read in the body language of these dogs while being put through three different homes in rapid succession, before being awarded as a "game show prize". Some of the dogs handle this just fine, some do not. Although they are finding a home for a shelter dog, I wish they would pick the dogs they use a little more carefully.
I personally don't care for this show, due to what I've read in the body language of these dogs while being put through three different homes in rapid succession, before being awarded as a "game show prize". Some of the dogs handle this just fine, some do not. Although they are finding a home for a shelter dog, I wish they would pick the dogs they use a little more carefully.
Sounds great renee! Good on her for using postive methods. Food refusal is easy to teach with positive reinforcement! You just get an EXTREMELY low grade food (depends on the dog, I use carrot) as the temptation, and an really high grade food (hotdogs) for the reward. Once they have learned the command you can up the temptation and lower the reward, till they are refusing hotdogs for kibble and the like.