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She had heard of using a clicker for training, but \u201cstuck to lure-reward training, using a verbal marker informally\u201d with Marmalade\u2014until she attended A Weekend with Ken Ramirez in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2016, after a recent move to Iowa from Boston. Ken spoke about reinforcement, the pitfalls of coercion, elements of behavior science, and more. 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