Coercion and Its Fallout (Revised Edition) by Murray Sidman

2020-03-27T00:55:08+00:00By |Categories: Products For My Dog|Tags: |0 Comments

Coercion and Its Fallout (Revised Edition) by Murray Sidman. Our society is quick to use punishment to get others to do what we want, and dog training is no exception. Are punishment-based methods of training really as quick and effective as we’re often led to believe or even as they seem sometimes? Or are we [...]

Side effects of punishment, part 3

2019-04-29T01:38:16+00:00By |Categories: Continuing Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This is part 3 in my series on the use of and side effects of punishment. My source is Murray Sidman's Coercion and Its Fallout. In the last post, I quoted from his chapter on Escape. This post discusses Chapters 8 & 9 on Avoidance. Rather than escaping a coercive or punishing event, avoidance means [...]

Side effects of punishment, part 2

2019-04-29T01:37:21+00:00By |Categories: Miscellaneous Dog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

In my posts from December (2010), I quoted Murray Sidman's Coercion and Its Fallout on the effects of punishment. I want to continue with some of the points in his book, namely the potential side effects of the use of punishment. As I mentioned before, this book is about human behavior, not about dogs. However, [...]

Side effects of punishment, part 1

2019-04-29T01:35:19+00:00By |Categories: Continuing Education|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

In a prior post, I quoted Murray Sidman's Coercion and Its Fallout on the effects of punishment. I want to continue with some of the points in his book, namely the potential side effects of the use of punishment. As I mentioned before, this book is about human behavior, not about dogs. However, since we [...]

Is punishment necessary in training?

2019-04-29T01:34:43+00:00By |Categories: Continuing Education|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

An ongoing debate among dog trainers is the use of and need for punishment. Some trainers use primarily punishment to train dogs. Some use primarily positive reinforcement and try to avoid using any punishment. Most fit somewhere along the spectrum. Some say you can have a highly trained reliable dog without the use of punishment. [...]

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