If you want to learn more about reward based training and how it can help you teach your dog many different helpful behaviors, read through the articles at the links below.

K: Positive Training        
     1.     Everyday training
     2.     Indirect access- Get Your dog’s Attention + heel and leave it training
     3.     Clicker training IS Operant Conditioning and Shaping
     4.     Operant Conditioning Explained (.pdf)
     5.     Help your dog choose to be good
     6.     What every good dog should know .pdf (Teaching the Dog Scout test behaviors)
     7.     Teaching Self Control – Proper greetings (.pdf)
     8.     Dog Body Language 101 (.pdf) What is your dog saying to you?
     9.     How dogs learn.pdf
    10.   Rewards? What Rewards?  Great list of possible rewards for your dog
    11.   Training steps for teaching "Heel"
    12.   Training steps for teaching "Stay"
    13.   Training steps for teaching "Leave It"
    14.   Training steps for teaching "Leave it" (alternate method)