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Reaching the animal mind : clicker training and what it teaches us about all animals / Karen Pryor.

By: Pryor, Karen, 1932-Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Scribner, 2010, c2009Edition: 1st Scribner trade pbk. edDescription: x, 272 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780743297769; 9780743297776 (pbk.); 9781416546252 (ebook)Subject(s): Clicker training (Animal training) | Animal intelligenceDDC classification: 591.5/13 LOC classification: QL785 | .P79 2009Summary: DOMESTIC ANIMALS & PETS. Karen Pryor has improved the lives of millions of animals. A celebrated pioneer in the field of no punishment animal training, she introduced an innovative training system in her groundbreaking bestseller Don't Shoot the Dog! Now, after 30 years of training creatures both tame and wild, Pryor presents the sum total of what she knows about teaching animals and what they in turn have taught her. Practical and engrossing, Pryor explains the science behind her system, how it works and why it works, its applications for teaching humans, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to clicker-train your cat to give you a high five or your dog to find your car keys. What could be better than that?

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DOMESTIC ANIMALS & PETS. Karen Pryor has improved the lives of millions of animals. A celebrated pioneer in the field of no punishment animal training, she introduced an innovative training system in her groundbreaking bestseller Don't Shoot the Dog! Now, after 30 years of training creatures both tame and wild, Pryor presents the sum total of what she knows about teaching animals and what they in turn have taught her. Practical and engrossing, Pryor explains the science behind her system, how it works and why it works, its applications for teaching humans, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to clicker-train your cat to give you a high five or your dog to find your car keys. What could be better than that?

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