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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Trainingby: Karen Pryor  List Price: $12.69 Price: $9.42 You Save: $3.27 (26%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 636 EAN: 9781860542381 Edition: 3rd ISBN: 1860542387 Label: Ringpress Books Ltd Manufacturer: Ringpress Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 220 Publication Date: 2002-03 Publisher: Ringpress Books Ltd Studio: Ringpress Books Ltd Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "Whatever the task, whether keeping a  four-year-old quiet in public, housebreaking a puppy,  coaching a team, or memorizing a poem, it will go  fast, and better, and be more fun, if you know how  to use reinforcement."--Karen  Pryor. Now Karen Pryor clearly explains the  underlying principles of behavioral training and through  numerous fascinating examples reveals how this art  can be applied to virtually any common situation.  And best of all, she tells how to do it without  yelling threats, force, punishment, guilt trips--or  shooting the dog. 8 methods for putting an end to  all kinds of undesirable behavior. The 10 laws of  "shaping" behavior--for results without strain  or pain through "affection training."  How to combat your own addictions to alcohol,  drugs, cigarettes, overheating or whatever, how to deal  with such difficult problems as a moody spouse, an  impossible teen, or an aged parent. Plus. .  .House training the dog, improving your tennis game,  keeping the cat off the table, and much more! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Dont' Shoo the Dog ---best book about training dogs, yourself and those around you!Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training Best book I've ever read. Applications for life as well as dog training. Wish I had read it before I raised kids! Rating: - Excellent overview of applied operant conditioning as communication"This book is about how to train anyone -- human or animal, young or old, oneself or others -- to do anything that can and should be done. How to get the cat off the kitchen table or your grandmother to stop nagging you. How to affect behavior in your pets, your kids, your boss, your friends. How to improve your tennis stroke, your golf game, your math skills, your memory. All by using the principles of training with reinforcement." That first paragraph from the foreword pretty much ... Read More Rating: - Easy as far as Learning Theory GoesI liked this book better than all the other learning theory books. Although she does teach the scientific jargon which is important to know, the author explains learning theory in terms/analagies that the layperson can easily understand. Rating:  - webDogTrainer.com reviewAs a dog trainer this was one of the required reading materials when I first started at Guide Dogs for the Blind. I think it is a good idea to read many different kinds of training guides as I find myself using positive only training methods. -Julie the online dog trainer from www.webDogTrainer.com Rating: - Don't Shoot The Dog!Fantastic. Reading this has helped me gain a bit of insight into relating better with our dog (and people too). For five years I have tried many things to aid in getting our dog to stop pulling while on leash. A Gentle Leader didn't work. A choke collar didn't work. I even resorted to using a Herm Sprenger prong collar, to no avail. After reading this, I realized I needed to "speak" a language my dog could understand. He pulls, I stop. He wants to walk, so he stops pulling. Our walks are quite lovely ... Read More 
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