“Give one and a half tablets twice daily for 2 weeks”
I’ve lost count of the number of times I have said this to my clients across my consult room table and simply moved on to see my next patient, thinking no more of it.
Well, the boot was recently on the other foot, and I can tell you it was very uncomfortable….
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By Terrie Hayward, MEd, CDBC My animal training and behavior clients are often surprised to...
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It was December of 1999. A few of us were sitting around complaining about how hard it was to get our students to let go of food – luring. Someone came up with the idea that we might introduce skateboard training, since it would be very hard to train that behavior through any form of prompting. They would really have to shape the behavior.
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By Erica Boling, PhD Canine training and behavior problems don’t always come with a single,...
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Environmental enrichment (EE) is a technique designed to enhance the quality of life of captive and domestic animals, by providing environmental stimuli to promote psychological and physiological well-being….
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Everyone has different strengths in how they communicate with clients, and one way to approach a situation won’t work for everyone. In our “How to Talk About…” series, IAABC members talk about the strategies they use to approach tricky situations in their behavior work — offering a diverse array of perspectives so you can add more to your behavior consulting toolbox!
This issue’s topic is, how to address situations where it’s not possible to create a consistent environment for behavior work. The two scenarios reflect situations many of you will be familiar with in your work with in-home clients or in shelters.
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