Training With Kayce

Episode 17: IB: Supertool for building duration!

How fast can you build an hour of duration?  Let's explore how to do that and how long it takes, with the Intermediate Bridge and a JOB DESCRIPTION!

Episode 16: Sometimes it’s just one thing!

Sometimes we need to teach a single ‘rule of engagement’.  We discuss such a case: the need for an animal to come when asked.  This can be a life and death situation, as happened one year when Kayce needed to move her horse partner to evacuate for a hurricane at 2 am.  Cooperation with this strange request was essential, but the horse did not want to suddenly wake up and get on a trailer.  So Kayce made a point of teaching that she would follow up if she asked for ‘getting on a trailer’.  A similar case came up with another horse who suddenly, after an injury and some extreme weather, chose not to come in when asked.  Kayce and the horse's partner worked together to teach that coming when asked is not optional.  They gently, but steadfastly persevered till the horse decided to cooperate.  It is a matter of safety.  But getting this point across does not need to be scary or stressful.  Tune into what we did to change everything overnight.  Then Kayce and Joseph explore a few other things.  Thanks for tuning in!Video:  Usually, our horses want to be with us:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFeClufH6hM

Episode 15: Job Descriptions

In this Episode of Training With Kayce we explore job descriptions we explain to animals when training behaviors and how they help us describe to the animals what is going to happen when they do a certain task and what is coming next.

Episode 14: Devious Devices

Depending on devices can leave trainers in a lurch.  Whether we settle for managing behavior, rather than getting true compliance, or think we have control when we don't - if the device breaks.  We can even be tripped up by our prejudices which our animals may not share.  Please listen, like, and share YOUR thoughts in the comments below.Thank you!

Episode 13: Food, fluency and training - the real basis of relationship

In this episode, we explore the limits of using food to get the collaboration we want from animals.  We explore relationship, fluency, mirroring and other fine points of motivation.  Break the tether to food.

Episode 12: Build a training foundation that leads to crab collaboration!

Trainers tend to be 'hit the ground running' kinds of people.  But, it is worth the effort to meticulously and methodically construct your training foundation.  Kayce talks about the steps to vuilding a training system, based on a sound foundation, and how it pays you big dividends.  Hear about how this method of approaching training with all animals led to collaboration with a crab, who improved the training technique.

Episode 11: SATS! What’s all that?!?

An exploration of how SATS differs from Operant Conditioning, covering the use of cognition, vocabulary, concepts, mental maps, behavior components. complex behavior, naming and both terminal and intermediate bridges.

Episode 10: Let’s diminish ‘Punishment’

Problems with Operant conditioning terminology definitions, How they are subjective, and emotionally laden, How to fix that, and why a Negative Reinforcer is NOT a punisher.

Episode 8: Why Kayce hates and loves E Collars

In this episode Kayce talks about the use of E collars and a specific case that the E collar was used on a dog with a level 6 E collar and what happened.

Episode 9: What is the ’operant’ in operant conditioning

Some Operant Conditioning terms and explanations, with a bit of history thrown in.  Simple, to the point and relevant. If you have ever felt badgered by colleagues that taunt you to justify which quadrant you work in - this is the start of knowing how to answer.  If you hear the term 'purely positive' and you think something is wrong, stay tuned. Hone your understanding of key concepts with Kayce, who is trained as a scientist, specializes in communication skills, has a masters in education and was around for much of this history as a professional trainer of ALL kinds of animals.  Let's do it!