What You Need to Know Starting Off: Classical Conditioning & Pavlov

VIDEOS, PODCASTS, & LIGHT READING:

Introduction to Desensitization and CounterConditioning — VCA Animal Hospitals

Counterconditioning and Aggression — Aggression Bytes

Operant vs Classical Conditioning — Cog Dog Radio

DEEPER READING:

How Dogs Learn by Mary Burch

Principles of Animal Behavior by Lee Alan Dugatkin

Sanvictores T, Mahabadi N, Rehman CI. Classical Conditioning. [Updated 2024 Sep 5]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470326/

Poggiagliolmi S. Desensitization and Counterconditioning: When and How? Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2018 May;48(3):433-442. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2017.12.009. Epub 2018 Feb 2. PMID: 29395299.

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