#behaviorist

[fadinggentlemenduck]

We got our dog when she was 6 months old from a neighbour of relative's relative - it wasn't an official place to get a dog from but the guy wasn't able to take care of over ten dogs

Our puppy was a bit anxious but after like a moth she got used to everything

However when we moved (she was around 5 years old) it had gotten bad and now after my sister and her boyfriend moved with her it's even worse

Maybe she's not scared of storms and fireworks but she panics when radiator clicks, when you turn on electric stove, when wind blows and when rain falls on roller shutter casing (not sure if I wrote it right)

She's trying to hide in small spaces (in a wardrobe, under a desk, in a bed, under a bed, on someone's laps, under armchair) but it usually works for around half a minute, she pants, she scratches every surface she can see, follows everyone around

We tried laying with her, taking her on our laps, letting her hide where she wants (and giving her new options) sometimes like how they are sometimes with blankets, giving her calming meds recommended by vet (and probably more I can't remember right now) and most of the time nothing works (sometimes something will but not 100% of the time) and it's so tiring both for her and for us

I don't want to give up but I have no idea what to do

[mandana-the-service-pup]

Practicing our skills. I’m so happy I’m working with a behavior consult. The exercises are the same but the subtle changes she makes during our meetings have made such a huge difference. I would honestly recommend it to every SD team at some point. Even if you work with a trainer regularly it’s so nice to smooth out those peculiarities you just can’t seem to shake.

[thepuppost]

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[tenth-sentence]

If behaviourists were right, then the world would be like that: a person's nature would simply be the sum of external influences upon them.

"Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human" - Matt Ridley

[another-whump-sideblog]

I'm getting whumperflies from my textbook's chapter on behaviorism. The cold, calculated way it talks about behaviors completely separate from the person doing them and the emphasis on reinforcement and punishment are just so very whumpy. Generally it uses attention as an example of reinforcement, which leads to stuff like "it's effective to avoid eye contact and conversation while restraining a patient so that misbehaving isn't unintentionally reinforced through attention." Like that's one of the whumpiest things I've ever read and it's in a psychology textbook. Imagine a whumper just completely ceasing any eye contact or conversation while Whumpee is being punished because attention is a reinforcer

Behaviorism is so fucked up

[syoddeye]

writing this but thinking about gundogs and soft mouths. it's instinctive, selectively bred into certain dogs to retrieve and carry their master's quarry back in their mouths without damaging the body.

then, there are dogs like terriers, for which soft mouths are not desired traits or behavior. they're meant to catch, shake, and maul their prey. bite and tear. kill 'em dead.

so. i'm thinking about price. price likes dogs. he finds ghost first. command sees the hulking behemoth and mistakes him for a ratter. it's not that they're wrong; ghost is a lethal and terrifying hunter. but under a firm hand, he's in control. careful. he knows how to have a soft mouth, to bring back the sweet things his captain wants no worse for wear.

then price meets soap, who's a fucking ratter if price has ever met one. more than capable of tracking and retrieving, but he always leaves bite marks. soap chews his toys before he brings them back. but if price so chooses, he'll mangle them. tear them to pieces.

but when price meets gaz? the young man is somehow both and neither. whatever price needs, gaz can be. he wants to be. he's top dog, best in class. possesses a hunter's eye for prey, too. which puts gaz on the more interesting path, one of succession. after all, one day, price will retire, and who will take the leads then?

[eqan]

i did not have dewey being diagnosed with dog adhd on my 2024 bingo card but here we are

[dogpixie]

woman in her late 20s bought the 2 bedroom fixer upper house next door w the help of her family (im not jealous......) (asking was 405k they paid 475k but thats not the point of this post..) and she has a large, reactive goldendoodle... NOOOO !!!! they havnt moved in yet bc it needs work first and im so worried for porys sanity :( she rly hates strange dogs esp big dogs! and its reactive too like how bad can it get... sigh...

[cowboyjimkirk]

this dog. refuses to go on walks, play frisbee, and go to daycare. just stands still and will not be moved. an actual Aussie mix who refuses to exercise

[blujayonthewing]

I'm really glad elyss came several years before melliwyk, because mel's alignment shift from chaotic neutral to chaotic good sometimes feels a little embarrassing in an 'I can't keep my own feelings to myself for the sake of committing to the bit' sort of way, but the counterpoint to that is that elyss, steadfastly true neutral, just simply Does Not Care about anyone other than her own loved ones or anything outside her own immediate interest no matter how much I sometimes wish she would

[thepanplumbob]

cowberry-jam -> doglover-trait

[lovedeluxe92]

i made it through 4 hours..now just gotta get through the next 8 hours

[quetzalpapalotl]

My pet peeve is people using the words pavlovian and classic to describe operant conditioning. Similarly, people have no idea what positive, negative, punishment and reinforcement mean in behavioral sciences.

[theasylumchild]

Saw the cutest shoes in the window of a store. Went in. Saw they were $285. Decided to spend that money on a dog behaviorist instead

[i-miss-breathing]

Hey fellas do you think the whole centuries long debate (you’ll see a lot in the 20th century) about animal consciousness was intentionally hinted at in Danny phantom through ghosts being considered non sentient and Sam’s love for animals or am I just insane and piecing things together for no reason in order to procrastinate my psychology homework?

[percysheliey]

final class of the semester done …. no new boyfriend …… no outside uni friends ….. am i the problem