When you decide that you want to modify the behavior of your dog (or another human being) there is one fundamental decision that you must make-namely are you going to base your training methods on ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators is continuing to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2019. Q: I mentioned to a friend that I am sending Bert, our new dog who ...

Everyone knows that giving a dog a reward for responding in the correct way during training changes his behavior. For example, when we are lure training a dog to sit, we move a treat over a dog's head ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've got a food motivated pup or are looking for a little incentive during training, the right dog treats can make a huge ...

For almost a century, psychology and neuroscience researchers have been trying to understand the processes via which humans and other animals acquire new skills or learn to deal with specific ...