From Melanie Walton: I have a male pointer mix dog that is about 2 years old. He likes to bark at everything! He has been through a basic obedience class and I do use the clicker when working on training skills with him. He loves working with the clicker and learns skills quickly. My problem is I don't know how to Discourage an undesired behavior. He barks a lot. There are two different situations in which he barks that I would like to stop.
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Click to Win: About the Author
By KPCT on 01/01/2002Karen Pryor is a scientist with an international reputation in two fields, marine mammal biology and behavioral psychology. Through her work with dolphins in the 1960's she pioneered modern, force-free animal training methods. She is the author of many scientific papers and monographs and seven books.
Morgan Spector Tells Beginners: Enjoy the Trip!
By KPCT on 01/01/2002Recently our author Morgan Spector was the guest on the Clicker Solutions Dog Book Review list, discussing his book Clicker Training for Obedience. Toward the end of a month of answering questions he responded to a post from a newcomer with such thoughtful and useful encouragement that we would like to share it with all of you. Here it is, with permission:
Clicking with Your Dog: Step by Step in Pictures Now Available at PETsMart
By KPCT on 12/01/2001PetsMart has begun carrying Clicking with Your Dog: Step by Step In Pictures at its pet superstores nationwide.
The popular book, by author and trainer, Peggy Tillman, shows pet owners the fundamentals of clicker training with clear line drawings and step by step instructions for more than 100 behaviors, including trouble-free fun for dogs left home alone, housetraining, and cute tricks..
Learning By Observation
By Karen Pryor on 12/01/2001Thanks so much, everyone, for your delightful accounts of learning by observation. It's a fun question; I've had over 200 answers so far, and they're still coming in. I hope to pull together a formal report sometime in 2002; here are some preliminary comments.
