Clicker training and positive reinforcement is the Moneyball of the animal training world. I've come to understand this in the last few days because I've had the same phrases and disputes thrown at me when I talk about positive reinforcement, operant conditioning, and marker based training. It is also important to note that operant conditioning is not a philosophy of dog training in the way the aversion or punishment based training is or that dominance or pack leader training

Recently I posted a Facebook live video and promised a blog post on certification in the pet industry and my thoughts on it. I got half way through that post and decided to spike it because what I thought I'd ind in my research I wasn't finding but what I did fin was almost worse. I thought I would find a ton of online courses for little cost that would allow anyone to become a certified dog trainer and they might be out their but they are well hidden on the web. Instead what