This badge signifies the completion of the course, Genuine Choice in Practice: Your Questions Answered.

Think offering a “choice” means letting animals opt out? Think again.

In this course, we’re breaking down what genuine choice really looks like in professional animal training and why it’s more complex than adding a second option or scattering a pile of food. Based on Israel Goldiamond’s degrees of freedom framework, this discussion reveals how genuine choice involves multiple behaviors producing the same meaningful outcome. We’ll walk through common myths, practical examples using both R+ and R− procedures, and how to recognize (and build) genuine choice into your own sessions.

Whether you’re training parrots, primates, hoofstock, or any species in managed care, this course can help guide you in using genuine choice to reduce coercion, strengthen behavior, and promote optimal animal well-being. Already doing it without knowing? You might be! By addressing your most frequently asked questions, this course provides clarity and practical steps for integrating genuine choice into your animal training.

This course takes 1 hour to complete.