‪New blog post exploring the meaning of "fallout," both as Murray Sidman characterized it and how it's used in the animal training community.

There may even be "fallout" from positive reinforcement training, but take a read before you come at me!

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I write about dog behavior and training and dogs and sound. This post is about some decent studies on the affects of music on dogs. Most previous studies have huge flaws and obviously didn’t have an acoustician or objective musician on the team.

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I have a friend who got an allergic reaction to an early Pfizer COVID vaccine and a worse one (ER) to the booster. She's not anti-vax. Scientist friends, where might she find info on the ingredients or likelihood of allergies for the two current vaccines available in the US?

Here's a post on how to create a custom masking sound for a sound-phobic dog, particularly one who is afraid of thunder or fireworks. So many products sold to supposedly help such dogs are bogus. This is simple, non-sexy biophysics.

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I felt I had to speak out about the Pet Shell.

During testing with loud (94 dB) white noise, the sound level was 81.0 dB inside the Pet Shell. Examples of noises in that range are a gas-powered lawnmower, a busy freeway at 50 feet, & an electric lawn edger.

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My writing mentorship through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants Foundation starts Sunday, 1/12/25.

Whether you're blocked and don't know where to start, have an entire book to polish, or anything in between, I'd love to work with you!

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Ever since I lost my 13-year-old dog three months ago, I've been considering how we look back on our companion animals' lives. It hit me that the "peak-end rule," as described in Daniel Kahneman's work, was painfully relevant.

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I told this story on someone's FB feed and got the idea to tell it here. Clara was a feral puppy, except that I made it into her life before the socialization window closed. Nobody else really did. I'd take her in the car when I took Summer and Zani to a doggie day care a couple days a week.

My book on puppy socialization with coauthor Marge Rogers is 25% off at Amazon. Both formats: paperback and ebook.

You know that people are going to get Christmas puppies, right? Sometimes it's a good idea; sometimes it's not. But this book will help start them off on the right foot.

My award-winning book on canine cognitive dysfunction, written for lay people who have dogs with the condition, is on sale at Amazon through December 4th. The ebook is half price and the paperback is 25% off. 1/2

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"...no influence of CBD was observed in cats..."

No effect of CBD found on behavioral or physio measures of stress for cats.

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Here's a good list of science-related feeds.

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Hey behavior science trainer friends. @kikiyablon.bsky.social ,
@trainingmatters.bsky.social , @fearfuldogs.bsky.social and more.
Kiki, you were talking about setting up a feed for behavior analysis/training here.

There is a behavioral science feed, but I don't think it's a good match. 1/2

This will be great! Debbie is so knowledgeable and teaches this stuff so well!

When I was working on my master's in engineering science, I looked forward to the December break. But when I got there, I floundered. My mind wanted problems to solve. Sometimes I'd go back to my studies; sometimes I'd find something in real life, like a garden space optimization problem. 1/2

I've been thinkin' about extinction—operant extinction in behavior science, that is. Helping our dogs through necessary extinction periods is a kindness.

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Yes it's me, arriving from X. I've been blogging about dog training and related stuff since 2012. Here's a post of mine I'm proud of that sits at #1 for most related Google searches.

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