Cincinnati

Training Wild Animals Through Positive Reinforcement

Eunice Framm, senior keeper of barnyard animals at the Cincinnati Zoo, has taught pigs to bowl, goats to paint, and red pandas to receive vaccines. She, and all other keepers, do so through the zoo’s ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Sankey, C., Richard-Yris, M.-A., Henry, S. et al. 2010. Reinforcement as a mediator of the perception of humans by horses (Equus caballus). Animal Cognition 13(5), 753–764.

A central question in the interspecific human/animal relationship is how domestic animals perceive humans as a significant element of their environment. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that ...
insider.si.edu

Animal training : successful animal management through positive reinforcement / [compiled] by Ken Ramirez

Articles reprinted from various sources. NZPWHS copy 39088015032105 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Laura Peebles & Ellen Fingerman In Memory of Dr. Hilary Petit, ...
Psychology Today

"Bad Dog?" The Psychology of Using Positive Reinforcement

"Eugene, you're a bad dog. Why did you try to fight with Melvin?" "Monica, why did you attack Rosie? Bad dog!" "Bad dog, bad dog, bad dog! Good dogs don't do that." "My dog Joey was badly abused by ...