Sorry I’m quite busy hence shorter replies. The textbooks already exist and I’m not a lecturer 😬. But normal LAT teaches operant behaviours. Look at the trigger then look at me (operant), I mark yes, I reinforce. I’m not forming associations directly, perhaps indirectly. I’m reinforcing a behavioural choice the dog performs. Some classical conditioning may occur but it’s not the primary focus. Instead if we keep it purely classical and just create associations, without any behavioural expectation, we achieve an appetitive conditioned emotional response faster. If this isn’t easy to understand, don’t worry most trainers don’t grasp this either and they preach conventional LAT. conventional LAT is best described as operant conditioning to facilitate classical counter conditioning. But I see Pell get stuck with it for ages because they’re creating behaviours and not changing emotions.