You may have heard of bootleg as it refers to unregulated booze but I bet you didn’t know bootleg can also be a cause for major challenge when it comes to dog training, and changing the behavior of really any living species.
I am referring to bootleg reinforcement. Here is a scientific definition: With bootleg reinforcement access to the specified reward or to other equally reinforcing items or events without meeting the response requirements of the contingency occurs. (rom Applied Behavior Analysis by John O Cooper)