Fellow Creatures: Every Interaction with Your Pet is a Training Opportunity

I've got a new post over on my Psychology Today blog, Fellow Creatures

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By Zazie Todd PhD

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It looks at the fact that our pets--dogs and cats--are always learning. Of course we know we're training our dog in an official training session, but actually they're learning all the time. And so are cats, despite their reputation.

Which sometimes means we teach our pets to do things we would really rather they didn't.

Read the post here: Every interaction with your pet is a training opportunity


Zazie Todd, PhD, is the award-winning author of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy and Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy. She is the creator of the popular blog, Companion Animal Psychology, and also has a column at Psychology Today. Todd lives in Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband, one dog, and two cats. 

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