If I am (or anyone else...) is already too stressed, how would the immediate removal of the if - then or
preferred reward behavior ever go beyond a few days, let alone well past the «long enough» time period «scientifically» stated by experts to form a new, healthier habit?
Not exact matches
«Americans want
rewards that recognize them for their everyday banking actions, including daily spending, as well as activities they consider more responsible investment
behaviors, such as investing for retirement,» says Aron Levine, head of
preferred banking at Merrill Edge, a division of Bank of America.
After all, you are trying to teach your dog to delay the self -
rewarding behavior of eliminating until given the opportunity to do so in the place that you
prefer.
«Habits come quickly to cats, so if the owner
prefers not to encourage the rubbing and darting
behavior, it will require not
rewarding the cat on demand.»
The
preferred goal is to work with the dogs to help them learn to be calm around each other in these types of exciting situations — sometimes we may teach an alternate
behavior that can be
rewarded, like sending both dogs to separate crates or mats anytime the doorbell rings and
rewarding them there.