So out of interest, I looked up drives to see what my books say are inherent/instinctual. As far as I can tell the only drives that are instinctual are things like primary reinforcers. That of course implies that anything else is a secondary reinforcer and therefore is learned ( Read more... )

 Yep, my membership in balancedtrainer  didn't last very long (not intentionally). It also somehow ended up with me "taking pot shots" against someones service dog when I didn't know they had a dog or a service dog and I wasn't talking to that person about their dog.... ? I was comparing the behavior of long, old working breed lines vs. a dog of unknown parentage ( Read more... )

I was looking at Delta Society' website to see if they accepted other animals or just dogs can across this interesting little bit of information ( Read more... )

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And so the transformation begins!


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I'm starting to really dislike dog sports.
*gasp* TEH HORROR.

Is livejournal losing it's fun? I've had this journal since 2004 and it does seem to go through its highs and lows. This might be a low. I still read my friends' list about once a day (see dudes, I love ya).  But shamefully, I spend most of my net time (which isn't much these days) on ( Read more... )

Max took off today and tomorrow for my birthday.

DO NOT DISTURB.

Oh and Peapod got fixed this morning. 

Even though this one happens to be with one of the Jonas Brothers 

...in spandex

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