September 25, 2020
When your home isn't the right home for your dog (and other subjects)
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhD (Formerly known as SchoolAbout this episode
Warning: This episode meanders a bit! Annie's Facebook friend made the difficult decision to rehome her rescue dog, and Annie considers what it means to decide that a different family might be a better fit for anyone you love, be it human or dog, temporarily or forever. What if all forms of parenting were truly voluntary? Is it a dog's fault if behavior problems are exacerbated by an environment that may have been chosen for him or her more or less at random? Were slaves insane if they tried to escape their masters? Annie follows a line of thinking that touches on how we could use positive reinforcement to help prevent unplanned pregnancies, and on how both fear and generalizations based on false assumptions can cause racism. She also explains BF Skinner's unusual argument in favor of teen pregnancy. Join Annie for a live Q and A this Thursday (10/01/2020) @ 12 pm EST! https://event.webinarjam.com/register/183/n7z7lsnw Sign up for Annie's free Master Class at http://anniegrossman.com/masterclass School Sucks Drapetomania episode: https://schoolsucksproject.com/053-drapetomania/ Walden Two : https://www.amazon.com/Walden-Two-Hackett-Classics-Skinner/dp/0872207781 The Cut's story about the Stauffer family and their adopted son : https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/youtuber-myka-stauffer-rehomed-her-adopted-son-huxley.html --- Partial Transcript Annie: Hello, human animals. And hi to the dogs that may be in the room. If you are listening, that means you are alive. And that’s, that’s a good thing right now. So I’m glad to know that about you. I have a lot of really cool episodes coming down the pipeline that I am excited to share with you all. I’ve been doing interviews with the people who work at School for the Dogs and well, last week I got, sometimes I say “we” cause like, I think of School for the Dogs as like me and Kate, but then I know sometimes I say “I,” and sometimes I get lost. Like, am I, am “I”? I think, I think this podcast is “I.” I interviewed Anna Heyward, our apprentice, one of our apprentices last week that was kind of, I guess, part of the inside School for the Dog series. But I have been talking to lots of different people on our staff and I’m going to be sharing those conversations, just talking about to them about how they got into what, what they, how they got into training and what they’re doing now. And so that’s been really fun. You know, running a business through a global pandemic, I now know is intense and I think I feel so appreciative of our staff right now. I just feel gratitude. I think, you know, the intensity and shared mission of, you know, trying to keep a business afloat through all of this and trying to, you know, continue helping dogs I think has brought us all closer together. So it’s really been lovely to get a chance to talk to some of these wonderful people. And I am also doing a series of episodes about some of the really cool products we have in our shop. I’ve been interviewing some of the brand owners people who have worked to develop really interesting things that I’m psyched we get to share it with our clients. Full Transcript available at SchoolfortheDogs.com/podcast Get full access to Don't Be a Dick to Your Dog at dogtraining.substack.com/subscribe