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[Episode 124] Constructional affection with Sean Will

Release Date: 07/20/2020

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Animal Training Academy

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3:10 - Sean shares how he started on his training journey and how constructional affection was ‘born’
15:50 - Ryan asks: Do some trainers have a reliance on food? Or are not looking for other methods or reinforcers?
20:20 - Sean introduces how he used CAT and CA with his own dog.
21:20 - Sean describes the procedure of Constructional Affection and outlines the two main steps required: Step 1: The interaction guidelines & Step 2: The affection required
28:07 - Sean defines the term ‘complex fading procedures’
29:15 - Ryan asks how Sean applies the process to the dogs in the shelter and if there are some dogs are more or less suitable for this particular process.
32:30 - Sean shares the story of ‘Big Mike’
39:10 - Sean describes that the schedule we are using is not actually a schedule of reinforcement but that the application of affection is actually a conjugate reinforcement procedure or technique.
43:20 - Ryan shares his experience with trying to apply it to his own situation at home with Fibi and Summer and asks Seans advice on the difficulties of split attention and being able to settle the dog using attention.
52:25 - Ryan asks how has constructional affection been applied with humans?
53:00 - Seans discusses the philosophies of the constructional approach.
58:15 - Ryan asks if some people have challenges with the application of the procedures.
1:03:00 - Sean explains what he would like to see occur in the next 5-10 years.

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