Click to Win: Clicker Training for the Show Ring (Collected Articles from the AKC Gazette) [Paperback]

Karen Pryor (Author), George Berger (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 2002

The first book to present the techniques and benefits of clicker training for the show ring in full-color photographs and lively readable chapters, Click To Win! combines Karen Pryor's popular columns from the AKC Gazette with never-before-published articles for experienced and beginning handlers alike. Now, with the insight and advice of the world's leading clicker trainer, you can train your dog to:

* extend its gait in the ring
* stand with confidence on the judging table
* gait on a loose leash
* self-stack perfectly
* look alert and calm while the judge reviews the rest of the class; and
* teach puppies just weeks old basic manners and skills.

All without punishment or force!

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About the Author

Karen pryor is a behavior biologist and author whose popular books range over a wide variety of subjects, from mothers and infants to dolphin social systems. As a founder and curator of Sea Life Park in Hawaii she pioneered many of the techniques that are now standard worldwide in the training of marine mammals. She is the author of the leading textbook on positive reinforcement in humans and animals, Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training. As CEO of Sunshine Books, Inc., and its affiliate Website, she has encouraged the development of many new uses for reinforcement-based teaching, including horse training, behavioral management of cats, birds, and zoo animals, shelter management, veterinary care, and the training of human sports and skills. She has three children and seven grandchildren, and lives in Boston with a border terrier, a harlequin poodle and a Burmese cat, all of whom are clicker trained.

Product Details

• Paperback: 97 pages
• Publisher: Sunshine Books (MA) (January 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890948101
• ISBN-13: 978-1890948108
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #640,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Karen Pryor is a behavioral biologist with an international reputation in two fields, marine mammal biology and behavioral phsychology. She is a founder and leading proponent of "clicker training," a training system based on operant conditioning (isolate wanted behaviors and ignore the unwanted) and the all-positive methods developed by marine mammal trainers. Clicker training is now in use world wide with dogs, cats, horses, birds, zoo animals, and increasingly with humans, in the teaching of sports and athletic performances and developing behaviors in autistics.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Click To Win: Clicker Training for the Show Ring, April 23, 2002

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This review is from: Click to Win: Clicker Training for the Show Ring (Collected Articles from the AKC Gazette) (Paperback)

I just received the new book by Karen Pryor, Click to Win! It's great! It's about clicker training dogs for the show ring, but everything in there can be applied to horses. It's very concise and gives lists of Tips for Getting Started, Targeting, Getting Rid of Unwanted Behaviors, Shaping, etc. I love the part where she talks about judging and all things being equal, showmanship can win the ribbon. You can teach your dog to take the stack on his own and then give the judge an "adoring" look. Too cool! My favorite part was about breeders who are clicker training their litters from birth. Some breeders offer replacement guarantees for animals that don't work out. The breeders who are CT'ing litters and offering replacement guarantees have had their replacement numbers dropped to zero!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to train your dog to self-stack and gait at the best pace, May 7, 2010

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M. HARDT "Dog show enthusiast" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This book stands by itself -- nowhere else will one find how to train a dog to self-stack without ever putting a hand on him. These are techniques that are known by the great handlers and used in the ring with the great dogs. One doesn't need to use a clicker -- one can "cluck" as if directing a horse to go faster. The book shows you, step by step, how to teach your dog to self-stack with attention, how to gait at the best speed with reach and drive and how to teach a dog to put its ears up, its tail up and its tail down as needed.

The reviewer that stated that no one uses clickers in the ring obviously does not understand clicker training. The clicker (or the click sound) is only used to train the dog; once the dog understands the command, praise can be substituted. How much better than waving bait around or using a squeaky toy to try to get your dog's ears up and his attention!

5.0 out of 5 stars Click to win Book review, January 11, 2011

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Ordered the book "Click To Win " . It's a fast read with plenty of examples. I love it.