{"id":7073145,"date":"2026-10-02T17:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7073145"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:14:14","slug":"being-positive-about-positive-reinforcement-the-pawsitive-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7073145","title":{"rendered":"Being Positive About Positive Reinforcement (The Pawsitive Post)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-7710038040403710351\">\nWhat should we do when someone is wrong on the internet about dog training or cat behaviour, and is it worth trying a DRI for humans&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjEiyaoAkoPCDKEHjeqyu6eHndRxcEllU4tgrQSQTote0KxvDpxkkTM8RrEkJ9Q60JSOqRPq-d6Ph6vZbZ9mBgTLW6_C222kndof1Ub3GuySXLNu1qgtPMuQDbhxQDnxVQkuPojOO4Al9WVkbIdju45-5btlmTAVTlzq7JAzaRK9MomCTL4iCkK2ddsvbE\/s1285\/PPiC-Ep68-screenshot-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A screenshot of Zazie Todd and Kristi Benson chatting over Zoom for The Pawsitive Post podcast\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"722\" data-original-width=\"1285\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjEiyaoAkoPCDKEHjeqyu6eHndRxcEllU4tgrQSQTote0KxvDpxkkTM8RrEkJ9Q60JSOqRPq-d6Ph6vZbZ9mBgTLW6_C222kndof1Ub3GuySXLNu1qgtPMuQDbhxQDnxVQkuPojOO4Al9WVkbIdju45-5btlmTAVTlzq7JAzaRK9MomCTL4iCkK2ddsvbE\/w640-h360-rw\/PPiC-Ep68-screenshot-2.jpg\" title=\"Being positive about positive reinforcement (dog training and cat behaviour)\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>By Zazie Todd, PhD<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Being positive about positive reinforcement in dog training (when someone is wrong on the internet)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kXLX_h-sXow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Being positive about positive reinforcement<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Kristi and Zazie chat about the need to be positive when talking about dog training and cat behaviour, and how they cope when someone is wrong on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>We talked about:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 The value of positive reinforcement, and gratitude for the positive reinforcement we get for the podcast<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 How to cope when someone is badly wrong on the internet and the post takes off<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 The idea of a DRI for ourselves: differential reinforcement of an incompatible behaviour\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 The idea of a revenge blog and how we have both written some of them<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 The value of likes, comments, and shares on social media and the difference they can make to the algorithm<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 The need to stay informed about science and the scientific process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Also mentioned in this show:<\/p>\n<p>The books we recommend in this episode are:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 <i>Memorial Park<\/i> by Louisa Scarr<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 <i>Starter Dog: My Path to Joy, Belonging, and Loving this World<\/i> by Rona Maynard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Happy listening or watching!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should we do when someone is wrong on the internet about dog training or cat behaviour, and is it worth trying a DRI for humans&#8230;\u00a0 By Zazie Todd, PhD Being positive about positive reinforcement Kristi and Zazie chat about the need to be positive when talking about dog training and cat behaviour, and how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7073146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11766],"tags":[62409,2221,2649,59038],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7073145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal","tag-pawsitive","tag-positive","tag-post","tag-reinforcement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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