Constructional Approach to Animal Welfare and Training
Constructional Approach to Animal Welfare and Training
Latest Episodes
Episode 31 - Brand New Approach to Leash Walking with Chuu
How can we teach our dogs to have mutually enjoyable leisure walks? How can we apply Constructional Approach to achieve our goals on a walk? These are big questions we have been asking ourselves since 2020. In this episode, we will update you o...
Episode 30 - Lions and Tigers and BARRY, Oh my!
We are back to podcasting!! In this episode, we share our recent work with one of the shelter dogs - Barry!Barry, a 9-month-old, 100-pound puppy, was jumping and mouthing all over us to an extreme level. And he needed help to learn how t...
Episode 29: Spotlight on Sammy!
In this episode, we share Sammy's journey of finding his forever home. Sammy was a dog that loved people. However, he was engaging in behaviors that prevented him from getting adopted. He would excessively jump inside his enclosure and when int...
Episode 28: Touching New Frontiers - Applications of Constructional Affection to Other Species
In this episode, we explore the application of Constructional Affection to other species, such as equines, tortoises, birds, etc! To get us started, Sean and Maasa are discussing the conjugate reinforcement schedule and several questions to con...
Episode 27: Three Dogs' Journeys - Ryder, Carmel, and Shelby
We have been going to our local animal shelter and working with their dogs for a while now! So, we wanted to share stories of three dogs that we got to work with: Ryder, Carmel, and Shelby. You will hear how the Constructional Approach helped t...