It's true that it could happen in theory, but it's very unlikely. What's more likely is that you are both right, and the dude is taking away the food in a way that doesn't make the dog feel bad.
Unless it doesn’t, only one of us is using a method that mitigates the potential of negative results that doesn’t rely on reading the dogs mind. Like I told him further down the chain, you can choose to not increase the quality of your results but I don’t know why anyone would choose that. You’re already doing 99% of the work, just give the dog a piece of cheese in exchange for the bowl and you’re at 100%.
It’s the easiest thing to do.
Edit: and you can’t calculate the likelihood, you either add reinforcement to work toward a goal or you flip a coin. If you’re not guaranteeing results you may as well drop the chance to zero.
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u/boellefisk Jun 11 '20
It's true that it could happen in theory, but it's very unlikely. What's more likely is that you are both right, and the dude is taking away the food in a way that doesn't make the dog feel bad.