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Best clicker dog training books
1. Clicking with Your Dog: Step-by-Step in Pictures (Karen Pryor Clicker Books)
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"Clicking with Your Dog" is the answer for all pet owners who want a dog to be a real partner and friend. The author's step-by-step illustrations explain the clicking process more clearly than ever before. Soon you will truly understand your dog, and, thanks to the clicker, your dog will understandd you!"2. Karen Pryor, Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs
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Kit for clicker training for dogs3. 101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog
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Quayside Publishing-Quarry Books: 101 Dog TricksEngage Challenge And Bond With Your Dog! Each Trick Is Rated With A Difficulty Rating And Prerequisites To Get You Started Quickly
This Book Contains Full Color Step-By-Step Photos For 101 Tricks
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101 Dog Tricks is an international bestseller in 18 languages with over a half-million copies sold worldwide! This beautifully designed book features step-by-step instructions with easy-to-follow color photos of each step. Each trick is rated with a difficulty rating and prerequisites to get you started quickly. Tips and troubleshooting boxes cover common problems, while Build on it! ideas suggest more complicated tricks that build on each new skill.
Tricks range from simple ones like Sit, Shake Hands, Fetch, and Roll Over, to extraordinary ones like Tidy Up Your Toys into the Toybox and Get a Soda from the Fridge. Organized by theme, it's easy to find the next trick to work on with your dog. Just a few of the themes to choose from:
- Chores, such as Newspaper Delivery and Get Your Leash
- Funny tricks, such as Doggy Push-ups and Play the Piano
- Dancing, such as Moonwalk and Chorus Line Kicks
- Love, such as Kisses and Wave Goodbye
Trick training will help you bond with your dog and integrate him or her into your family. Tricks also help keep your dog mentally and physically healthy and establish paths of communication between you. Many tricks build skills used in dog sports, dog dancing, and dog therapy work. 101 Dog Tricks will inspire you to do more with your dog!
Millions of people have found success with Kyra Sundance's step-by-step techniquesand you can, too.
4. Puppy Start Right: Foundation Training for the Companion Dog (Karen Pryor Clicker Book)
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With almost 200 pages, corresponding photos, and step-by-step instructions, Puppy Start Right is the ideal book for fostering and enhancing a parenting relationship among people and their dogs! This book is a great resource for all dog parents, dog trainers, puppy socialization class instructors, shelters, and adoption agencies. Whether you are raising a new puppy, have recently adopted an adolescent dog, or are living with an adult dog, Puppy Start Right is the book for you. This book sets the foundation for a lifelong partnership between you and your dog based on a mutual understanding and trust. Puppy Start Right is more than a puppy book about socialization; its a positive approach to problem solving, prevention, and training, all without the use of force. Problem-solving topics address common behaviors of adolescent dogs, including mouthing/biting, jumping, chewing, digging, counter surfing, and stealing objects. Prevention topics include confinement/independence training, food bowl exercises, handling and restraint, and more. The book also includes: The Developmental Life Stages of Dogs Domestication, Social Behavior, How Dogs Perceive the World, and Canine Communication How Dogs Learn Positive Socialization and What to do if Your Dog is Frightened? Applying the Problem-Solving Model to Prevent Common Behavior Problems House Training in 5 Easy Steps Foundation Training Exercises Kenneth M. Martin, DVM, is the owner of Veterinary Behavior Consultations, LLC, a veterinary clinic with practice limited to the prevention and treatment of animal behavior disorders. He graduated from Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1999. He practiced companion animal and exotic animal medicine and surgery, as well as emergency medicine prior to completing a behavior medicine residency at Purdue Universitys Animal Behavior Clinic. He is working toward diplomate status by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. Dr. Martin is a contributing author to the textbooks Manual of Parrot Behavior and Animal Behavior for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses. He frequently lectures at veterinary continuing education conferences and seminars. He guest lectures to veterinary medicine students at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. His professional interests include conflict-related (owner-directed) aggression, compulsive disorders, behavioral development, and psychopharmacology. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Southeast Louisiana Veterinary Association, and the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior. Dr. Martin currently shares his home with two beloved Belgian Malinois, Iliana and Polo. Debbie Martin, RVT, VTS (Behavior), CPDT-KA, KPA CTP, is the animal behavior technician for Veterinary Behavior Consultations, LLC. Debbie has a B.S. from The Ohio State University in human ecology, and an associate of applied science degree in veterinary technology from Columbus State Community College. She has been a full time registered veterinary technician since 1996. She began instructing puppy socialization classes in 1997. Debbie is a Veterinary Technician Specialist (Behavior) and a professional member of the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians. Debbie is a certified professional dog trainer (CPDT-KA), Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP), and Karen Pryor Academy faculty member. She lectures at local and national veterinary conferences and universities to veterinary and veterinary technician students. Debbie is a published author in veterinary technician journals and is a contributing author in the textbook Animal Behavior for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses. Debbie currently shares her home with Iris, a beagle-terrier mix with one eye, and Jazmin, a Belgian Malinois.5. 51 Puppy Tricks: Step-by-Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Puppy
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Quayside Publishing-Quarry Books: 51 Puppy TricksGive Your Puppy A Head Start With Activities To Engage And Challenge Them
This Book Will Give You The Tools Puppy Owners Need To Teach Behaviors And Tricks To Their Puppy
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Give your puppy a head start!51 Puppy Tricksgives you the tools you need to teach your puppy essential skills, helpful behaviors, and fantastic tricks through step-by-step instructions and photographs. Tricks and tips are specifically designed foryourpuppy's developing mind and body.
The first two years of your puppy's life are a crucial time in his or her development. By teaching your puppy early and using positive reinforcement methods, you will instill in him or her a cooperative spirit and a lifetime love of learning. Instead of focusing on curbing bad behaviors, this guide will help you establish a lifetime bond with your puppy as you teach him or her skills ranging from beginner("come," "stay")tomore advanced ("tidy up toys into a box,"fetch the newspaper").
Positive reinforcement methods are the fastest and easiest way to teach a puppy. These anxiety-free methods produce a joyful puppy who is a willing partner in the learning process. Trick training builds relationships by deepening communication pathways, trust, and mutual respect. It offers a way to bond with your puppy as you strive toward common goals and delight in your successes. The trust and cooperative spirit developed through this process will last a lifetime.
Step-by-step instruction guidesyou through the simple steps of teaching a trick. Troubleshooting ideas and tips provide solutions to common real-world challenges. Photos of every step of the training process show you exactly what to do and take the guesswork out of teaching.
The chapters cover:
- Preliminary Skills: respond to a clicker, kennel up, find me, and more.
- Body Positions: sit, down, crawl, roll over, kisses, and more.
- Coordination: tunnel, teeter board, hoop jump, flying disc, and more.
- Communication: ring a bell to go outside, leave it, sit before chowtime, and more.
- Shape Behavior: fetch, open the door, hide your eyes, and more.
- Chaining: litter in the step can, soda from the fridge, mail from the mailbox, and more.
An appendix lists the tricks by skill level so you can find the just the right tricks to teach your puppy. A glossary of terms ensures you'll know exactly what is being discussed.
Bond with your puppy as he or she gains confidence and learns amazing new skills with 51 Puppy Tricks!
6. Clicker Training for Cats (Karen Pryor Clicker Books)
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Train a cat? Yes, you can! Clicker training, the new way of communicating with animals,is quick and easy for you - and it's fun for your cat. Clicker training can improve your cat's health, activity and attitude toward life. It can make your cat happier and more affectionate.In the easy-to-read beginner's guide, Karen Pryor, the world's leading clicker training expert, tells you how to teach your cat:
* to come when called
* to play without biting or scratching
* to stay off the table
* to get along with dogs
* to walk outside on a leash
* to do cute tricks and games!
All with a click and a treat!
