George A Miller published “The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information.” Psychological Review What a mouthful. It may be a big complicated name, but the premise is simple. Miller studied mammalian psychology and realized that a mammal can remember only seven…   Continue

Behavior problems seem to spring upon us before we realize there is something wrong. Our dog has been walking nicely and having fun. They sniff the ground, and keep themselves busy while we are having a walk. Then one day the puppy is a lunging, growling threat at the end…   Continue

“OHHH Live is Good!” Most people do not understand the benefits of dopamine in dog training. It is in truth, the chemical of feeling good. It is the chemical that gives you a natural high. With animals, feeling good means survival is easy. It is what they strive for. We…   Continue

Teaching a Dog vs Shutting a Dog Down Someone recently said ‘Dogs cannot think’. This caught me by surprise so I went to one of my peers and they confirmed that ‘that person’s dogs cannot think because she has used operant conditioning to stop them from thinking’. This hit home,…   Continue