You’ve probably heard the term “positive reinforcement” when it comes to dog training and visions of pockets stuffed with liver treats dance in your head. But what is “positive reinforcement” really? Positive reinforcement is one of the four principles in operant conditioning and simply means that if something pleasant follows a behavior, that behavior has been reinforced and will get stronger. Operant Conditioning is so called because the animal (dog or human) “operates on”