Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs
by Karen Pryor
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Author: Karen PryorBrand: Sunshine
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-01
ISBN: 1890948217
Number of pages: 100
Publisher: Sunshine Books
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- Sit, Down, Come
- Good manners
- Safety behaviors
- Fun, games, tricks
- 100 pages
Book Reviews of Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs
Book Review: CLICK, CLICK, CLICK... WHAT'S WRONG WITH USING OUR VOICE?
Summary: 1 Stars
Unless you are mute, this book is all about bribing your dog left and right with treats. But despite my previous dog listening to me to my voice, I still went out and bought me a stack of these "treat-based" training books.
Here's my thoughts and experience after reading all these food bribery books:
Any moron can bribe a dog with treats constantly and call it dog training. Your dog should listen because you said so. He needs to respond because of your love, technique and proper knowledge, not hot dogs, cheese, beggin strips or salami. Where is the common sense here?
Also, it's best to use treats for obedience competitions or if you are dealing with an extremely fearful dog. Is that really you?!?! Is your dog that afraid of you that the minute he sees you, he pees himself or is nowhere to be found? I seriously doubt that.
Again, you can bribe your dog yourself. You don't need to read this book or even work with some trainer. Here's how I will make you think twice:
***** Can you honestly call this method practical, smart or even natural? ********
Reality Check!!! Give your dog treats, but at the very "end" of your training sessions and once in a while. If your dog sees or even smells the treats in your hands, sorry, you are relying on treats instead of your bond, love and your leadership. If you honestly think that dogs love to please, you wouldn't need to use a milk bone every single time.
Face it; it doesn't take much skill or talent to give a dog treats for everything. We didn't teach our kids this way. Did you learn your ABC's with Twinkies and Kit Kats? I hope not.
Conclusion: This positive reinforcement got me negative outcome. A fat dog that always licks its face, looks at my hand, sniffs my pocket with explosive diarrhea every time I ask him to sit, stay or lie down for me. Kudos to the author.
Fast forward to today. I totally had to re-train myself and the dog that he needs to listen to mommy because mommy said so. Not because of treats, not because of fear, not because of my husband's tone, but because I love you and take care of you. It never made sense to eventually STOP all the treats for good. What's fun or fair about that?
FYI: They call this positive dog training.
Summary of Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs
New EXPANDED edition!"New to clicker training? then this is a "must read". Learn from this book how training can be FUN, both for you and your dog!"
If you are curious about clicker training and want to give it a try, Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs is the place to begin. Karen Pryor's readabale, entertaining chapters introduce you to the why's and how's of clicker training from choosing a treat and timing the click to training a trick. Now in an expanded edition, Getting Started will introduce you to the power of positive training for your new puppy or older dog.
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