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Clicker Fun: Dog Tricks and Games Using Positive Reinforcement

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This little book is jam packed with great ideas for tricks - new and old.Readers will not only be able to teach their dogs tricks using friendly, fun, and fast techniques, they'll soon figure out that clicker training works - for any facet of dog training. This is a great way to build a relationship with your dog, and Deb Jones has made it even easier. This book is also a great teacher's aid for anyone teaching others how to train their dogs. The tricks and games are easily incorporated into a classroom setting, and Deb Jones even includes a four week insutructors guide for those wanting to set up their own tricks classes.

Deb Jones' book is one of the easiest to understand clicker training books out there. The science of operant conditioning is explained in layman's language, and the examples are down-to-earth. The tricks and games Dr. Jones describes are fun to teach any dog and will lay the foundation for further work in clicker training.

There is another book, Peggy Tillman's Clicking with your dog,
that often gets the press, but this is a much better book. Dr. Jones talks about how to get a non-interested dog interested in clicking and how to move up from there. Tillman's book gives every task a name though often does not discuss how to group them and make them into new combinations. Dr. Jones has no problem with grouping, re-grouping, organising and such activities.

This book has plenty of activities which you can start with and use for either performance or comfirmation activities plus a weekly planner. She gives lots of 'shaping' tips and problem solutions. A superb training manual. Sorry it's op.

I bought this book on the recommendation of my dog trainer. I had never trained a dog before. I wanted to do everything right from the beginning. My charming and energetic Jack Russel responded immediantly! I am having so much fun with my new friend. Thank you, Ms. Jones, for sharing your insight with others!

Purchased a used book that was in perfect condition. Arrived quickly. Pleased with transaction and would recommend to others.

This book was a good deal, however it did not keep my attention. To this day my dog is not clicker trained.

I review dog books. This is a seriously good book. Buy it! Dr. Ian Dunba

Click, click, click, let's just give the dog treats and have him lose total respect for you. That's right. You become the "briber" instead of the "provider." The only time this device makes sense is if you are mute.

Haven't you seen super trained dogs WITHOUT the clicker? If this method is so smart and so effective, why is it we don't hear or see it in the news? Why clicker training hasn't been on Oprah, Larry King or Charlie Rose? Because it's crap.