How Dogs Learn | drsophiayin.com 

I discovered this wonderful woman too late! I'm so grateful so much of her invaluable work is online to help me and countless others with our animals. Rest in Peace, Dr. Yin. xo

RIP Dr Yin, you will be greatly missed. The veterinary community is mourning your loss. :-(

I am so excited to start training my dog using more positive methods! He is a sensitive boy and doesn't respond well to dominance or fear based training. I learned a lot about successive approximation while doing my psych degree and trained rats with this method but never thought to transfer it to my dog!

A great loss to those of us who have so much appreciated her help training our dogs

excellent video

Still miss you so much Dr. Yin.

I'm finding Dr. Yin's methods really helpful! Not really sold on the treat dispenser though .. I like my dog to look to me for his food and rewards as I think it helps build our relationship. I hand feed a lot and often use organic chicken dog kibble for training rewards. I feed fresh food twice a day (meat, veggies, oatmeal, eggs ...) from a bowl. He chows down in less than a minute so I hold the bowl for him to avoid food aggression and I reinforce one of his commands (SIT or DOWN or COME) before I feed him.

What DVD set is this a part of? Is it still available?

So, what happens when you're out of food, you've got nothing to bribe your dog to do something you need, like a re-call or a leave-it?

That chicken, though! 😝

I find with fattening my dog up. He is skinny since I found him on the street

What do you call the automatic feeder?

Thank you. this will help a lot :)