Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Pryor
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Rating:  120 reviews
Sales Rank: 702257
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0553253883
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.85
EAN: 9780553253887
ASIN: 0553253883
Publication Date: September 1, 1985
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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!
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 Great purchase June 25, 2009
K. Wilson
I got the book I ordered very promptly and the book was in great condition. Very happy customer!
The BEST place to start for any pet owner April 29, 2009
Terindogs (Florida)
After being in dogsports for many years I still recommend this as the place to start for new pet owners. I even give it as a gift sometimes to new pet owners. It opens the door to a whole host of more complicated books, seminars, videos, etc. HOWEVER, if the beginner gets lost initially or set on the wrong path, they may be doomed to have poorly trained pets forever. Start easy, with the proper info. That is exactly what this book does. I'd give it 10 stars!
 Don't shoot the Dog! April 10, 2009
jmv (minneapolis)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are a behavioralist, then great; if you thought it would be information on how to train your dog then it was disappointing. Maybe 5% on what I was looking for. I was just looking for facts/instructions, not background.
 Don't Shoot Yourself - You'll Want to After Reading this Book! March 21, 2009
Bookreader (Rexburg ID)
0 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is great if you want to train animals. It cannot do anything - ANYTHING - other than that. Behaviorism is lifeless and stifling, and causes just as many problems as it "solves." Pryor, a Skinner disciple, agrees with his philosophy that we have nothing to do with our actions. She states that our own creativity is actually a factor of reinforcement by others or the environment. That's not really creativity, if you think about it. This book disgusted me, especially when Pryor started her lifeless rampage that we are "evolved social animals," which may explain why she equates human behavior with animal behavior. She even goes so far to say that sex is a "mutual exchange of positive reinforcers."
Don't Shoot The Dog - Positive Training March 16, 2009
Fred C. Neely (Virginia Beach, VA)
This book started it all. Read this book first, then "The Culture Clash" by Jean Donaldson, then "The Other End of the Leash" by Patricia McConnell, then any of the books by Turid Rugaas. If you make it this far, there are many other books and DVDs you will have become familiar with. You'll be a better dog owner or trainer and fewer dogs will receive negative punishment or perhaps end up in a shelter.
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