Clicker Training Community Blog

The car picks us up at 5:30 a.m. and brings us to the studio in Times Square, where we enter via a side door. We feel very VIP-ish. A great gleaming silver freight-size elevator takes us to the studio and to our ready room. KP makes sure that Mia—our demo dog from the New York Humane Society (who arrives separately)—does not see us or stay with us. Karen does not want to get Mia all excited ("Look, the lady with the hot dogs!"). We know it’s going to be a long morning for us and for Mia.

 

We enjoyed reading a review of Reaching the Animal Mind (Karen Pryor's new book) from Diana Geurrero, an expert trainer based in Southern California who has been featured on the Today Show and NPR, among other media outlets. Here's an excerpt from Diana's review:

Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What it Teaches Us About All Animals is destined to be another animal training classic. As with some of her past works (Don't Shoot the Dog, Lads Before the Wind, On Behavior) this book takes complex training topics and chisels them down into easily understood concepts woven into a tapestry of storytelling that is both engaging and compelling.

Although some people might expect this to be an "animal training book" it is not a "how-to manual." This work is easily read and explains principles behind clicker training and behavior modification concepts and illustrates them through engaging stories."

Read the full review at Ark Animal Answers. Thanks, Diana! We're so pleased with the positive reviews that Karen's new book is generating. To read more reviews, check out advance praise via the Vine program at Amazon.

And don't forget to order your own copy early. Those who pre-order before June 16, 2009, will receive an autographed copy of the book, as well as a free i-Click clicker--all at the discounted price of $19.95!

I have always wanted to go to Wolf Park, a nonprofit education and research facility where you can get up close with wolves and learn about their behavior. Having heard about it for years, and having met people who raved after attending one of the seminars offered there, it was on my list of places I'd most like to see.

Now that Bo Obama has moved into the White House and been introduced to the world, you'd think the interest in the First Dog would subside. Instead, the interest has multiplied and spread—all the way to Bo's trainer.

Lori Stevens, graduate of Karen Pryor Academy, will be appearing on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams on Wednesday evening, May 13, 2009. Lori will be included in the "Making a Difference" segment for her work training service dogs for returning vets. Lori's training business, Patriot Paws, trains service dogs to assist disabled American veterans.

Congratulations, Lori! We're thrilled that your important work will reach a nationwide audience. Click!