Training With Kayce

It is a huge benefit for animal and human, if the animal knows its body parts and can target with any body part, OR ANY BODY POINT.  And it is so easy to do.  I talk about it here.  Again.  Please try this!  Here are the links for the 2 videos covered in this episode:  https://youtu.be/1BI_NtuLpKU   and https://youtu.be/fRoxWSVsVBs  

Three TRUE stories about animals performing with the opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors", at the Kennedy Center!  Here is a photo of my monkey, myself and my trusty assistant, around the same time as this performance occurred (Note the wardrobe!):    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2964962081323&set=a.2964961761315  

Even if you ban fireworks, there is still thunder, gunshots, airbrakes... and more. Get ahead of the game and teach your animals how to cope with these potentially traumatizing events.

Trainers often express frustration when clients fail to complete homework assignments in dog training sessions. Is it necessary and effective to assign homework and take detailed histories from clients?

I was amazed to learn more about how hormones interact to affect ourselves and our pets.  Join Julie Alexander and I as we discuss this important, but complex, topic.

Kayce explores whether operant conditioning is a conscious process. Operant conditioning is a method that teaches animals to change their behavior in order to control their environment. There is a debate surrounding whether this type of conditioning is conscious. 

Natural behavior, resilience, health, and the dog's needs are influencing and even directing the way we teach and care for dogs. This is a good thing and I am happy to be seeing this. The philosophy of SATS has always been one of mutuality: mutual respect, responsibility and benefit. So glad to see a maturation away from tool ideology and toward the documented and studied needs of the dogs.

Dedicated professionals in this swine research unit wanted to change the way pigs perceived blood draw procedures - and so they did.  Amazing video from an amazing crew.  All animals can benefit from learning to cooperate in their own care.

Have you heard of 'Fear Free at the vet's? It's great! This is better. Go for it. Listen in and get started today.

Most dogs can be great colleagues, companions and collaborators - with the proper support and education. But that support and education is not encompassed in an obedience class. An obedience class can be a great experience for both dog and owner, but it is not the solution to a behavioral problem. So what is? Join me to explore an easy way to develop the best of dogs.

Swaggers is a thoughtful, methodical horse who is very selective on how, and with whom, he engages. We confer on ways we take him forward more quickly. Since this recording, Ivy has made substantial progress in being able to touch Swaggers.   Swagger before: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1?ui=2&ik=7eb7cd293d&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1777865908641260868&th=18ac3f9fd6d6e544&vie...

Operant conditioning is an important tool, but it is not the apex of training technology or learning leadership, Patti Menzel, liaison between the autism community and the cooperate community and certified SATS trainer joins me to talk about the reality of growing up as an operant conditioning subject, and the damage and trauma it brought. We discuss simple changes that bring better result all aro...

In this episode Kayce talks about why you should start training over using a barrier

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In this episode Kayce is joined by Melissa Bergeron as they discuss how contrast can be used as a tool to transform dogs 

Have you ever wondered what a 'startle' is, and how it relates to fear??? I did and I learned this and more from Daniel Shaw.

Julie and Kayce explore Perception Modification for humans, genetics of breeding and behavior and more. We have fun. Join us.                

Kayce and Kris explore working with high drive dogs. We talk about the challenges, the culture, and some advances. Best of all, we start to explore how to better work with, and care for, these amazing dogs.

Mira Jones shares how she starts and develops scentwork dogs, using various tools, including the Intermediate Bridge.

In this episode Kayce talks nose scent work.