Posts Tagged ‘training’
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
A Special Offer, Ready Steady Click! & Workbook Set Save £5.00
By Claire L. Davies and Stephen G. King
What I like about Ready, Steady Click! is that it is readable and concise but also accurate. It explains the principles of learning in such a way that makes it fun. Dog guardians will find in this book everything they need to get started in dog training and problem solving. A terrific job of providing extensive information on learning, training and problem solving in 88 pages. Ready, Steady, Click! starts with a discussion of the science of behavior in order to put the topic in context. It proceeds to outline the basic procedures of clicker training and the principles of behavior. The resources at the back of the book include a glossary of terms bibliography and other resources, and a handout on successful training tips.
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Tags: Claire L. Davies, click!, clicker training, clicker training for success, learning, positive reinforcement, principles of learning, problem solving, ready, science of behavior, steady, Stephen G King, training, training tips, workbook
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Barry with his pup
TRAINING A DEAF DOG
INTRODUCTION
My wife and I bought Lady in 1988 and she succumbed to cancer in 2002. During those 14 years she was exceedingly friendly and playful, adored children, and loved our other two dogs. We enjoyed long walks where she ran and played, came back when I called her and walked quietly on-lead. When she was about two years old, she was surrounded by ten Irish Setters, jumping and bouncing all over her as Setters do. Although they only wanted to play, it obviously frightened her and the experience left its mark. Consequently was not keen on dogs she didn’t know coming too close. Apart from that, she was friendly, lively, as obedient as many dog’s we meet on our walks and probably more obedient than others. A fairly typical average family pet you may think – except Lady was born deaf.
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Tags: A guide to training a deaf dog, deaf dog, dog born deaf, Dogs, Dogs as pets, eaton, General, Hear, Pets, training
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
First published Thursday 07 October, 2004 OLD crosskeysbooks.com
Who is being Dominant?
DOMINANCE: FACT or FICTION?
Over the past few years, research has been carried out resulting in new theories as to how our pet dogs perceive us humans, particularly in a dog/owner relationship. There have been a number of books and papers that have started to dispel the idea that our pet dogs, given the chance, would try to raise their status in their human pack?
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Tags: Agonistic, Alpha, Alpha male and female, alpha rollover, behaviour, Beta, canines, captive wolf, Care Seeking, dog training, Dogs, dominance, dominance contests, Eliminative, fact or fiction, genetic behaviour, Ingestive, Investigatory, k9, multi-dog household, natural wolf pack, Omega, pack hierarchy, Pack Rules, pecking order, positive reinforcement, Rank Reduction Programme, raymond coppinger, Scott & Fuller, Sexual, Shelter seeking, status, training, wild packs, wolf pack
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