Strategic reinforcement delivery for dog trainers

Precision Mechanics for Professional Trainers

Agnieszka Janarek Agnieszka Janarek
Start: 01 Mar 2026
Next: 01 Apr 2026

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  • Duration: 6 weeks.
  • Learning materials: Written lessons with video tutorials.
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If you’re a professional trainer, you already know reinforcement works.

But here’s the harder question:

Is your reinforcement delivery shaping behavior the way you think it is?

Because:

  • reinforcement placement changes movement patterns
  • delivery speed changes latency
  • marker timing changes emotional tone
  • treat trajectory changes position stability
  • break structure changes session fluency
  • transport strategy changes engagement

Most training problems are not motivation problems.

They’re delivery problems.

WHAT THIS COURSE IS REALLY ABOUT

This is not a course about “using treats.”

It is a course about:

  • reinforcement architecture
  • marker systems under stimulus control
  • mechanical fluency
  • delivery patterns that build (or destroy) precision
  • how reinforcement creates default behavior

If your dog:

  • creeps forward after reinforcement
  • bites your fingers
  • breaks position
  • offers chaotic behaviors during shaping
  • struggles with transport between reps
  • loses clarity during sessions

The problem may not be criteria.

It may be mechanics.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Over six weeks, we dissect:

• Marker cue systems (one? two? when?)

• Reinforcement placement and its behavioral consequences

• Toss vs direct delivery (and why it matters biomechanically)

• Transport strategies that preserve engagement

• Clean break structures

• Reinforcement schedules in early shaping

• How poor delivery creates extinction loops

• How reinforcement patterns build emotional stability

You will begin seeing training sessions in slow motion.

And once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF:

  • You are a trainer who wants sharper mechanics
  • You feel something in your sessions is “off” but can’t pinpoint it
  • You want fluency, not just success
  • You care about stimulus control
  • You want to stop blaming dogs for what mechanics created

This course is technical.

It is precise.

It will expose things in your training you didn’t know were there.

And that’s the point.

STUDENT REVIEW

Carolina Sixt wrote:

  • “Wow! I mean seriously wow”
  • Who even knew there was so much to consider to make sessions truly successful and less frustrating?
  • With every feedback I got, my understanding and my skills as a trainer increased.
  • No matter your level — you improve.”

This isn’t about learning something new.

It’s about refining what you already do — to a professional level.

WHAT CHANGES AFTER THIS COURSE?

You will:

  • deliver reinforcement intentionally
  • design cleaner shaping loops
  • reduce frustration behaviors
  • increase clarity
  • improve transport and transitions
  • understand why reinforcement value fluctuates
  • stop accidental extinction
  • build stronger emotional stability in dogs

And most importantly:

You’ll stop reinforcing things you didn’t mean to reinforce.

This is Carol and Sweep’s video before and after this course – look at the change with this stand!!!

Who will be your instructor? 

INSTRUCTOR

Agnieszka Janarek

Founder of Tromplo

Background in Applied Behavior Analysis

Specialized in translating behavioral science into real-world mechanics.

Course Testimonials

Wow! I mean seriously wow! This is the second course I take with Tromplo and there will hopefully be many more to come 😀 Who even knew there was just so much to learn and to consider to make your training sessions as successful as possible and thus also more enjoyable and less frustrating for both you and your dog?!
I found both the written lectures and the videos highly informative and it was easy to implement at home and with every feedback I got for the videos I sent in my understanding and my skills as a trainer have increased. Not only that, but it was a pleasure all along and the homework sometimes was very thought provoking.
The site is very well structured and userfriendly, feedback is fast and always meticulous, with suggestions for your next session, so no matter your level you will improve.
I believe that most dog owners would benefit from this course and since you can do it anywhere anytime as long as you have an internetconnection it really is superconvenient =)

Carolina Sixt

October 19, 2024

Lessons:

  • Week 1 01 Mar 2026

    • Introduction

      Read this before proceeding to the first lesson!…

    • Does it matter?

      How many times have you heard the phrase “reward the dog” in different training situations? I probably couldn’t count…

    • Communication

      Reinforcement is communication with a learner. In a good relationship communication never stops. By reinforcing we talk to…

    • Take your pick

      Type of food we chose for certain behaviors matters. If chosen correctly, reinforcement can increase the rate…

    • Home Delivery

      Today we will focus on one type of delivery pattern: home delivery. It means you will…

    • Multitasking

      Performing several activities at once is a “must-have” skill for every trainer. That is why today we will…

  • Week 2 08 Mar 2026

    • Transport – treat magnet

      Following a hand full of treats. What can be easier, right? I can tell you from my own…

    • Transport to offered behavior with object

      The majority of the time, I work with offered behaviors. That is, I use shaping to…

    • Handler’s practice

      This lecture will give you some more ideas on how you can work on your timing and delivery skills.

    • Transport to offered behavior without object

      We are continuing to work on transport. Now, after transport, we will add the behavior of WITHOUT object.

  • Week 3 15 Mar 2026

    • Non-food reinforcers

      What is a reinforcer? How stimulus gets properties of a reinforcer?  We already covered the topic of primary…

    • Take-out

      One of the deliveries along with marker cues that I find useful is take-out, the opposite of home delivery.

    • Take out – adding dynamics

      This week we will focus on adding dynamics to our take-out delivery pattern. That lecture is…

  • Week 4 22 Mar 2026

    • Eating is a behavior

      Eating is a behavior. Too often, we forget about it. We take it for granted.   We label dogs…

    • Keep it away

      At some point in our training, either for competition or just improving our skills, we need to put the…

    • Click and treat? Marker cues – revisited

      Today we will dive deeper into marker cues.  Regardless of whether or not you use multiple marker cues.

  • Week 5 29 Mar 2026

    • Distance delivery

      One of the few struggles I noticed in training is how to reinforce a performed behavior at a distance.

    • Throw me away!

      Throwing and tossing treats are skills necessary for every handler. I almost can’t imagine a session without at least…

    • Duration as criteria

      To begin with, we need to define what we mean by duration.  What is the duration of the…

  • Week 6 05 Apr 2026

    • To praise or not to praise?

      One of the most popular questions that are asked in the context of reinforcing behaviors is the question of…

    • Jackpot

      How many times have you heard about the jackpot for a “better repetition”? Or if the dog does…

    • Value of the reinforced

      We cannot discuss reinforcement in isolation from a given behavior. Will food always reinforce every single behavior? Not if…

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