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In 1996 Robert Milner sold Wildrose Kennels, a retriever training kennel which he had owned and operated since 1972. That same year he retired from the USAF Reserve after 26 years of service as a disaster response officer. Those two paths would cross again in 2002. Shortly after the tragedy of 9/11 Milner got a call from the Memphis Fire Department requesting his assistance with their FEMA disaster search dog program. He took the job and went to work rebuilding their disaster search dog program. Slow progress of the transformation led him to reexamine the traditional dog training model of compulsion. He adopted B.F. Skinner's positive training model and was able to speed up the training program by 300%. Subsequently he adapted that training ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Robert Milner I deal with writer's block by sitting in front of a computer and writing something. I consider writing to be 90% dependent upon starting writing.
As wi…moreI deal with writer's block by sitting in front of a computer and writing something. I consider writing to be 90% dependent upon starting writing.
As with most of the endeavors in life, the only block is that of not starting.
I subscribe to Ann Handley's theory in her book "Everybody Writes".
The important part is to get the BUFD first. That is the Big Ugly First Draft.
Most of the good writing comes with the rewriting of the BUFD,
All of it requires sitting in the chair and punching keys (unless you are Hemingway, who wrote standing).(less)

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Robert Milner The best thing about being a writer is finishing the writing. That feels great. The second best thing is the royalty report. In today's world you can …moreThe best thing about being a writer is finishing the writing. That feels great. The second best thing is the royalty report. In today's world you can virtually get royalty reports daily, which is hugely motivational. Frequent sales and royalty reports are a classic example of B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning in action. The reward of seeing the sales and royalties shortly after the work of writing is the best defense against writer's block.(less)

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	Absolutely Positively Gundog Training: Positive Training for Your Retriever Gundog 3.98 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retriever Training: A Back-To-Basics Approach 3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retriever Training for the Duck Hunter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retriever Training: A Back-To-Basics Approach 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retriever Training - A Better Way 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2021 Notebook 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Retriever Training: A Back-to-Basics Approach by Milner, Robert (2000) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rare RETRIEVER TRAINING A Back-to-Basics Approach Robert Milner 1st Edition Fine/NF [Hardcover] Robert Milner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notebook: Lined Notebook Journal, Artsy Cover Notebook, 120 Pages ( 6 x 9 ) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A cue is not a command. Commands are not commands either. Words do not produce behavior. A cue is a signal to the dog that he will get paid for performing a certain behavior. The cue does not produce the behavior. The behavior is produced by the previous week of sessions with many payments for many repetitions of the behavior. To put the behavior on cue you gradually start preceding the behavior