By Zazie Todd, PhD
Are you lot a blogger? Do you lot back upward reward-based preparation for dogs too other animals? Would you lot similar to accept business office inwards the #Train4Rewards weblog party?
You are invited to write a weblog post most reward-based preparation of dogs or other companion animals, post it on your ain weblog on the prepare date, too thence come upward too part a link to it here. Bloggers from anywhere inwards the basis are invited to accept part.
Last year, posts covered preparation of dogs, cats too horses. As good equally spreading the intelligence most reward-based training, you lot volition honour novel people to follow (and pick upward novel followers inwards turn).
Read on to honour out more.
On Wed 14th or Th 15th June:
1. Publish a post on your weblog inwards back upward of the #Train4Rewards weblog party. It tin orbit notice move words, photos, video, a podcast, or a combination, too relate to whatsoever variety of companion animal. I’ve set or thence suggestions below to learn you lot started.
Double-check your post to brand certain the musical note is friendly too supportive to people who mightiness non know anything most positive reinforcement preparation – nosotros desire to move encouraging too upbeat.
2. Save the #Train4Rewards button. too include it inwards your post alongside a no-follow link to the weblog political party page. (See below for to a greater extent than info).
3. Add your weblog to the listing on companionanimalpsychology.com. The listing volition move opened upward from 5am PST on 14th June until 8am PST on 16th June. Don’t lady friend the deadline!
On Fri 16th June:
1. Check out the total listing of participating blogs on companionanimalpsychology.com. Visit the other blogs, too operate out comments to demo back upward for your swain bloggers.
2. Share your weblog post on social media using the hashtag #Train4Rewards.
3. Share your favourite posts from other participating blogs on social media, likewise using the hashtag #Train4Rewards. You don’t stimulate got to part all the posts (unless you lot desire to), thence pick the ones you lot similar best too part those. You tin orbit notice spread this out throughout the day.
4. Feel proud of your contribution to improving fauna welfare. Reward yourself alongside a slice of cake, a bunch of flowers, a walk inwards the woods, or whatever makes you lot happy.
Ideas for posts
Blog posts tin orbit notice move most whatsoever facial expression of reward-based preparation too tin orbit notice role text, photograph or video, thence experience costless to role your imagination.
Here are or thence suggestions to learn you lot started:
- What you lot relish most preparation using positive reinforcement
- How to role positive reinforcement to instruct a demeanour or solve a demeanour problem
- A video of your dog, cat, rabbit, rat or ferret doing tricks
- How to develop your truthful cat or rabbit to cash inwards one's chips into a carrier
- The telephone substitution matter that made you lot learn a crossover trainer
- Photos of dogs (or other animals) enjoying a preparation session
- The best treats to role equally rewards
- Recipes for preparation treats
- An ode to your bait pouch, written past times your dog
- Why you lot honey your domestic dog trainer
- An interview alongside somebody most why they role reward-based training
How to learn the most out of the weblog party
1. Bring your best post. It’s similar wearing your favourite wearing clothing to a party. The people who got the most out of final year’s weblog political party wrote novel posts. If you lot prefer to role an older post, you lot should at to the lowest degree endeavour to update it. People are to a greater extent than probable to part novel content.
2. Take fourth dimension to edit. It’s by too large best if you lot tin orbit notice prepare aside the showtime draft of your post for a twenty-four hours or two, too and thence come upward dorsum to edit. Re-writing is ever an of import business office of the writing process.
3. Use a dandy photo. When you lot add together your post to the listing here, you lot volition learn the run a jeopardy to select the photograph that volition seem equally your thumbnail. Everyone volition stimulate got the Train for Rewards button, thence if you lot stimulate got your ain photograph it volition brand yours stand upward out. Also, photos actually assist alongside sharing on social media. You tin orbit notice role your ain photo, honour 1 that is available for costless role or pay for a stock photograph (just brand certain you’re next copyright rules). If your post is a video, you lot mightiness similar to include a yet from the video equally a photograph inwards your post.
The rules
What is allowed: anything that celebrates the reward-based preparation of companion animals.
What is non allowed: preparation that uses pain, including but non express to choke too prong collars, electronic daze collars, alpha rolls, or other aversive techniques; spam too weblog posts of a commercial nature.
I reserve the correct to take away posts if they are inappropriate and/or non inside the spirit of the weblog party. Please cash inwards one's chips along posts family-friendly. No discussions volition move entered into.
If you lot want, you lot tin orbit notice allow me know that you lot are planning to accept part. I expect frontward to reading your posts!
Technical details of adding the button:
Right click on the push prototype too relieve it to your computer.
Position the push where you lot would similar it inwards your weblog post.
Then brand the prototype link to the Train for Rewards weblog political party page.
Please brand certain it is a nofollow link (so equally non to upset Google). In wordpress too blogger, depository fiscal establishment agree the nofollow option. If you lot prefer to manually insert the link, this is what it should be:
<a rel=”nofollow” href= harus di isi/search?q=the-train-for-rewards-blog-party target=”_blank”></a>
If you lot demand technical help, delight ask!
Technical details of adding the link to the link-up on the twenty-four hours of the party:
You tin orbit notice add together the link to your weblog post to the weblog political party page during the stated times.
You demand to post the specific permalink to your weblog post, non the primary url of your blog. If you lot stimulate got pictures inwards your post, you lot volition stimulate got a alternative of thumbnails.
If you lot brand a fault or desire to select a dissimilar thumbnail, you lot tin orbit notice delete it too start again, whatsoever fourth dimension upward to the deadline.
You volition move asked to render your e-mail address. This volition exclusively move used to communicate alongside you lot (if necessary) most the Train for Rewards weblog party. You volition non move added to whatsoever mailing lists. If you lot desire to subscribe to past times email, you tin orbit notice practise thence here. You tin orbit notice likewise read our privacy policy.
Zazie Todd, PhD, is the writer of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
. She is the founder of the pop weblog , where she writes most everything from preparation methods to the human-canine relationship. She likewise writes a column for Psychology Today too has received the prestigious Captain Haggerty Award for Best Training Article inwards 2017. Todd lives inwards Maple Ridge, BC, alongside her husband, 1 dog, too 2 cats.Useful links:
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