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How Dogs Learn
..".this book should be on every animal trainer's bookshelf for future reference. How Dogs Learn covers the content of an undergraduate course in learning and behavior, but the examples are taken from dog training it is practical and very useful without sacrificing scientific and technical accuracy." --Jack Michael, PhD, Department of Psychology, Western Michigan...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
May 4th 1999
by Howell Books
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Reflecting on changes in dog training approaches since the 1960s, authors Mary Burch and Jon Bailey write in their epilogue, "While most people once wanted a dog that would comply with requests because it was afraid to do otherwise, training has changed dramatically. Now most people want a dog that will work because it wants to" (167). I'm not sure about "most people" (although it's certainly true for me), but the statement is typical of the hopeful picture of training and ...more
Recommended by a professional trainer. Light on techniques/suggestions for common circumstances, but you can find those in other books. This explains how and why those techniques work. If you understand the how and why, you can hopefully figure out your own solutions.
Operant conditioning history and techniques are presented in a dry, uninteresting manner. Good as a "techniques" book, poor in term of read-ability. A skimmer for me.
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Abby, so far this is an interesting book. I hope all is well with Milford.
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Recommends it for:
dog trainers and folks that want to know more about dog training techniques
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A must read for anyone that is interested in training dogs or learning of many different techniques. This book covers the most important points on learning behavior and the history of dog training.
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Love this book!!!!
A reasonably priced bible of dog behaviour.
A reasonably priced bible of dog behaviour.
Informative, thought inducing. Antecedents etc
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