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Click for Joy! Questions and Answers from Clicker Trainers and Their Dogs (Karen Pryor Clicker Books)

Click for Joy! Questions and Answers from Clicker Trainers and Their Dogs (Karen Pryor Clicker Books)
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Click for Joy! Questions and Answers from Clicker Trainers and Their Dogs (Karen Pryor Clicker Books)

Melissa C. Alexander, moderator of the online discussion forum ClickerSolutions, collects clear and accurate answers to over one hundred commonly asked questions about clicker training in one essential reference.

Click for Joy! is packed with information for experienced trainers and newcomers alike, including:

* positive, effective solutions to common problems * practical instructions to train any behavior for fluency and reliability * encouragement, advice, and success stories from clicker trainers around the world * short-term and long-term consequences of controversial training techniques * clear, easy-to-understand explanations of the science underlying clicker training * glossary of clicker training terms and concepts * easy-to-use cross-referencing and index

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Product Details:
Author: Melissa C. Alexander
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Sunshine Books (MA)
Publication Date: February 01, 2003
Language: English
ISBN: 1890948128
Product Length: 8.9 inches
Product Width: 8.0 inches
Product Height: 0.6 inches
Product Weight: 1.1 pounds
Package Length: 8.9 inches
Package Width: 7.7 inches
Package Height: 0.7 inches
Package Weight: 1.25 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 17 reviews
 
 

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71 of 72 found the following review helpful:

5The most helpful c/t book yet!  May 27, 2003

I am a book junkie. If it's about clicker training, I have it. This is the best of the bunch. Easy to read. Cross-referenced. Indexed -- thank God. (Finally, an indexed clicker training book!) Complete answers to every question I ever had. Where was this book six years ago when I first learned to clicker train? Save yourself a lot of fumbling -- whether you're new or experienced, get this book if you have any interest in clicker training.

39 of 40 found the following review helpful:

5Great resource!  May 19, 2003

Love this book. I've clicker trained for several years. This book covers beginner through advanced material and helped me improve my training skills. It seems like all the other clicker books out there are strictly for beginners. This is the only one I've found that helped me take it to the next level. It's not a book I read just once -- I keep it with my dog stuff and refer to it whenever a question occurs to me.

28 of 28 found the following review helpful:

5A clicker training bible!  May 18, 2003
By Sara
I "met" Melissa Alexander online, and I've been impressed with her ever since. This book is wonderful, and I highly recommend it. It's not step-by-step instructions, but it's the best FAQ I could imagine. It answered every question I had before I knew I had it! My favorite thing is the cross-referencing. The answers I want are so easy to find!

13 of 13 found the following review helpful:

5Solid Training, Solid Approach, Lasting Results  Jun 08, 2006
By Yellow
This is a top notch book for everyone learning clicker training as well as a reference for those who have been training for a long time. The methods described in this book have been scientifically proven for decades both in laboratory research and in the "real world". The author of the foreword, Bob Bailey, has been using these techniques since the 1950s with amazing success. You can't force a dolphin to go out on 12 hour military missions in the open ocean and come back at the end of the day. You can teach that kind of behavior with clicker training. And people do it all the time.

If you make it worthwhile and painless for an animal (including human!) to learn, he remembers. You can train animals trainers from other techniques consider untrainable with the methods in this book. Even the common house cat becomes an EAGER learner with clicker training. (Who is front and center when I call my animals to train? THE CAT!)

There is no need to punish if you know how to make performing desirable behavior worthwhile- and this book teaches how to do that.

Buy this book!



12 of 12 found the following review helpful:

5Clicker training basics at it's best  Jul 28, 2005
By Wolf
I love this book and have given away 2 copies already. It's a fun book to use and explains easily how to train your dog while both of you are having fun and playing games.

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