Clicker Training E-Book

Arden Moore

• Herausgeber: CompanionHouse Books
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Serie: Simple Solutions Series
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 21

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

Arden Moore's snappiest dog-training treatise is captured in this Simple Solutions guide, Clicker Training. All of the principles of positive training techniques wrapped up in a 64-page guide that owners can read and re-read as their dogs become flawless, well-behaved companions. Moore covers the basics of motivational training and the importance of timing the click perfectly to reward the dog. As a method, clicker training offers owners not only the option of teaching basic cues (sit, stay, down) but also alternative ways to solve common behavioral issues. The book offers Simple Solutions for problems like digging, chewing, barking, biting, jumping, and more. Owners can click away their problems with the most humane behavioral modification method ever invented!

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Copyright © 2005 by I-5 Press™

Illustrations copyright © 2005 by Buck Jones

The dogs in this book are referred to as he and she in alternating chapters.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of I-5 Press™, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Moore, Arden.

Clicker training / by Arden Moore ; illustrations by Buck Jones.

p. cm. -- (Simple solutions)

ISBN 1-931993-58-0

eISBN: 9781620080665

1. Dogs--Training. 2. Clicker training (Animal training) I. Title. II. Series: Simple solutions (Irvine, Calif.)

SF431.M8145 2005

636.7'0887--dc22

2004024832

I-5 Press™

A Division of I-5 Publishing, LLC™

3 Burroughs

Irvine, California 92618

Printed and bound in Singapore

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Contents

Introduction

Get Ready—Clickers, Locales, Treats, and Timing

Make Training a Snap—Doggie Basics

Click Away Destructive Chewing and Digging

Click the Bite out of Nipping

Silence! Tone Down Barking

Curb Leash Yanking

Good Dogs Don’t Jump

Cool Clicker Tricks

Conclusion

Introduction

The headliner at SeaWorld weighs a mighty seven tons and answers to “Shamu.” People from all over come to the San Diego theme park to witness this killer whale soar high in the air on cue and create a mega splash that soaks the first fifteen rows.

At county fairs, clever chickens peck the appropriate lever to win a food prize. In some indoor arenas, smart cats soar over hurdles and race up ramps to win blue ribbons. Why mention these feats in a dog book? Because Shamu, chickens, and cats have a lot in common with some talented canines: all learned their tricks through clicker training.

This positive technique relies on operant conditioning to shape a desired behavior without force or cajoling. The premise is simple: performing appropriate actions and behaviors earns rewards. The notion of operant conditioning first gained prominence in the 1920s, when Harvard psychologists B. F. Skinner and Fred Keller successfully shaped human behaviors in positive ways. Keller and Marian Breland expanded this concept to the animal world in the 1940s, amazing crowds with raccoons, parrots, and sheep trained to perform tricks at the sound of a whistle.