Don't shoot the dog!: How to improve yourself and others through behavioral training [Paperback]

Karen Pryor (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671438433
• ISBN-13: 978-0671438432
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,526,352 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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Taught me how to relate to people, November 11, 2009

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Annie Oakley "book maven" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Shoot the Dog! How to Improve Yourself and Others Through Behavioral Training: How to Improve Yourself and Others Through Behavioral Training (Hardcover)

My dad had this book on his bookshelf and I read it when I was 13 years old. This book changed my life. It taught me all about positive vs. negative reinforcement and how it can be applied to human relationships (not just animals). Its lessons have stayed with me and apply even in childrearing.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Check your public library first, October 14, 2009

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This review is from: Don't Shoot the Dog! How to Improve Yourself and Others Through Behavioral Training: How to Improve Yourself and Others Through Behavioral Training (Hardcover)

I bought Don't Shoot the Dog based on a recommendation of a friend who led me to believe that it was a training manual for dogs. In reality it is a treatise on behavioral training that is long on theory and a bit short on appliations. I had bought it as a manual that I intended to mark up, but it's not very useful for that purpose.

Next time I look to buy a "how to" book I'll check it out in my public library first. Then if it meets my needs I'll buy it.