Episode 369 Catching Up With Dominique Part 2 Knowing What to Click

Episode 369 Catching Up With Dominique Part 2 Knowing What to Click

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April 6, 2026 · 49 min

About this episode

In this episode, Dominique and the host discuss effective strategies for teaching behaviors and understanding what to click during training.

In 2025 Dominique needed to take some time off over the summer. I went ahead and did a series of interviews, including one with Dr Claire St Peter and Dr Carol Pilgrim, episodes 349 to 351. We were talking about stimulus control. Those episodes aired in the fall. The episode you’re about to listen to was supposed to air back in the fall as well, but somehow it fell between the cracks and we moved on with other interviews instead. Now we’re airing that conversation. In Part 1 we talked about the standard instructions for teaching cues and the way that I prefer to teach them. The standard instructions make use of extinction. I prefer to teach behaviors in pairs. I make use of a very powerful reminder: for every exercise there is an opposite exercise you must teach to keep things in balance. The result is strong stimulus control. In Part 2 Dominique asked about learning what to click. When you are first starting out and you’ve never taught a behavior before, how do you know what to click? How do you avoid making a total mess of your stimulus control because you are clicking so many different versions of the behavior you’re after. We talked about becoming a selective sifter. Even…

People in this episode

Guest: Dominique

Topics covered

  • stimulus control
  • clicking behavior
  • training techniques

Keywords

  • selective sifter
  • narrow end of the funnel
  • behavior training

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Catching Up With Dominique, Knowing What to Click

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