Teaching Fido to Learn to Earn: Dr. Yin's Program for Developing Leadership in Humans and Impulse Control in Dogs

by Sophia Yin

Does your dog bark excessively? Jump up on you or other people? Act aggressively toward visitors, children, or other dogs? Seem to have separation anxiety? If so, one of the underlying issues is that he lacks impulse control. Don't despair--there is a solution! Your dog can learn to control his impulsivity and look to you for guidance in distracting or difficult situations. It starts by training Fido to automatically say pelase by sitting for treats, then for petting, and then for everything else he wants. in this booklet, Dr. Sophia A. Yin, veterinarian and animal-behavior expert, gives you an overview of her fun, reward-based Learn to Earn training program which will teach you how to provide leadership while training your dog to be patient and to look for you for guidance. This item contains 10 copies of the Learn to Earn Booklet. Perfect for sharing with clients and friends. For more information about Dr. Sophia Yin's Learn To Earn program see www.drsophiayin.com

Genres: Dogs, Nonfiction

71 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 22, 2012

About the author

Dr. Sophia Yin is a veterinarian, applied animal behaviorist, and the author of many books, including Perfect Puppy in 7 Days, How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves, and Low Stress Handling, Restraint and Behavior Modification of Dogs & Cats (book and DVD). She sees behavior house calls and lectures and teaches workshops on animal behavior, training, and low-stress pet handling in the U.S. and internationally. She writes for a number of veterinary and popular magazines, and was for five years the award-winning pet columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. She has consulted for several zoos and served as a behavior expert for TV shows such as Animal Planet’s Dogs 101. Dr. Yin’s mission in life is to improve our understanding of animals and their behavior so that we can care for, appreciate, and enjoy our time with them better. Learn more at her animal behavior website, drsophiayin.com.

Reviews

[Irene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unpopular opinion perhaps because I know how well regarded Dr. Sophia Yin is, even after her death. But this book details the “nothing in life is free” protocol for dog training.

Not my favorite. At all.

I distinctly remember attending my first ever puppy class where the dog trainer explained that food is such a valuable resource, you want your dog to “learn to earn”. She repeated many times during class that “nothing in life is free”.

I remember thinking maybe we had the wrong trainer for us. Thankfully, this trainer evolved over the years we knew her, so her philosophies shifted.

But this idea that my dog, a living creature, must earn his keep just turns me off. Don’t get me wrong, I use food to train my dog, but I don’t require my dog to perform in order to eat his dinner. He gets his dinner because he’s an animal who requires food to survive, he’s dependent on me to provide for him, and I’m not going to treat my dog as an indentured servant.

That aside, this compact book explains the “learn to earn” protocol very well. There are some helpful illustrations, and the book is incredibly short, so it’s quite easy to read.

The links to the example video content do not work. You will need to Google a bit to find the correct YouTube links.

If you’re going to read this book, I would also suggest reading Kathy Sdao’s book Plenty in Life is Free. She offers her insights on how humans might interact with their animal companions. Worth reading, especially if you’re looking to train your dog with the purpose of building a strong relationship as opposed to being an overlord.

[Susan T. Lennon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dog training wisdom

Very sad that Dr.Yin Is no longer with us. I have a highly reactive rescue dog with whom I am using her “treat and train” method. All of her materials are so informative and force free, it is a tragedy that she died so young.

[Peter Gonnsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great ideas

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr Sophia Yin explains in a very simple way how can you easily train your dog by teaching him to say please.
I totally recommend that you read this book if you are thinking about having a dog in your live.

[Theresa Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent training resource

This book is a wonderful asset to any training program. The methods are tried and true ones which can work for any dog, puppy or not.

[Resa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great information

I can't wait to apply this to my dog training classes. This was well written and very easy to understand. I loved the information.