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How can you presume to be a teacher or trainer in the absence of requisite educational credentials? The dog training industry is in dire need of regulation as unqualified individuals, lacking accredited education, are causing financial harm to consumers and subjecting dogs to mistreatment and abuse due to inadequate training and skill deficiency. The video below is an introductory clip of Bernhard Manel, highlighting his expertise and stance on the dog training industry. If you are unfamiliar with his work, how can you claim to be qualified to teach concepts like 'prey drive' in dogs? If your teacher lacks knowledge, how can you be certain of receiving accurate instruction?

Here's a little up date on Lou Lou! AKA as Lola 😂😂..

Have you ever heard the term "drive leaking, leaking drive" from a working dog enthusiast/ trainer. Left wondering what that is while scratching your head? Well ladies and gentlemen I'm here today to explain how that doesn't exist❗❗ In the mid-20th century, researchers James Olds and Peter Milner conducted groundbreaking experiments that revolutionized our understanding of the brain's reward system. Through their experiments, known as the "Olds and Milner experiments," they demonstrated the powerful role of stimulus rewarding in shaping behavior and emotions. The experiments stemmed from the hypothesis that the brain has specific regions responsible for pleasure and reward, and that stimulating these regions could elicit strong reactions from experimental animals. Olds and Milner primarily performed their experiments on rats, using electrode implants to directly manipulate specific brain regions. Their most significant experiment involved the use of intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) in rats. Electrodes were surgically implanted in the rats' brains to target the mesolimbic pathway, a key reward circuitry involving the nucleus accumbens. This region is known to be involved in reward processing and plays a significant role in mediating pleasure experiences. The rats were placed in an operant chamber with a lever that, when pressed, delivered a mild electrical stimulation to the implanted electrode. Olds and Milner found that the rats quickly learned to press the lever repeatedly, seemingly bypassing basic needs such as food and water, to receive the pleasurable electrical stimulation. The animals were willing to endure extreme measures to satisfy their cravings for this rewarding stimulus. Interestingly, the experiments also revealed that the rats exhibited preference for certain brain stimulation sites. Each rat had its own "pleasure center" within the nucleus accumbens, and only stimulation of that specific location would result in the desired pleasurab

Evaluation: Ladies and gentlemen meet Lulu! Lulu doesn't appreciate her owners inviting guests over to her place of residents. Stay tuned to see what progress Loulou makes.

Clicker Conditioning with a 3 month Rottweiler puppy named thunder ! As you can see Thunder is learning very fast...