Karen Pryor

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About Karen Pryor

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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Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs Mar 21, 2012

by Karen Pryor

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Through several editions, and a name change to Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs, this classic has served up just the right portion of science and practical tips for anyone to understand why clicker training works so well, and the first steps to building a new system of communication and deeper bond with their dog.

Now, this powerful little book has become more helpful than ever in a new e-book edition packed with step-by-step photographs of dogs and their handlers, clearly showing each stage of:

-Shaping a behavior
-Choosing and delivering a reward
-Raising criteria
-Target training
-Timing the click
-How to progress in small steps
-Clicker training foundation behaviors, including Sit, Down, and Come when Called
-Clicker training walking on a loose leash
-Teaching a dog to be clicker savvy with the classic game, 101 Things to do with a Box
-Training alone, with a partner, and in a group
-Keeping training fun for you and your dog

Throughout, the easy-to-read text explains the science of behavior and learning that makes clicker training so effective, including:

-Why every interaction with your dog is a training opportunity
-Why mistakes are best ignored
-Why punishment doesn't work
-Why your dog will understand the language of the click better than anything else

An all-new chapter on where to find more information and connect with other clicker trainers completes this invaluable new edition, along with Frequently Asked Questions and Clicker Tips.

If you're curious about clicker training and want to learn more, begin with Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs. If you've tried clicker training, and know that it works, keep Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs in your library to review the underlying principles and basic techniques. If you already have a copy of earlier editions, be sure to add this new edition to your library for its more than 70 photographs of clicker training in action. If you are instructor or professional trainer, it is the beginners' reference on which you can rely.

Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs. It's the first step to the world of clicker training.

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Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals Jun 10, 2009

by Karen Pryor

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A celebrated pioneer in the field of no-punishment animal training,

Karen Pryor is responsible for developing clicker training—an all-positive, safe, effective way to modify and shape animal behavior—and she has changed the lives of millions of animals. Practical, engrossing, and full of fascinating stories about Pryor’s interactions with animals of all sorts, Reaching the Animal Mind presents the sum total of her life’s work. She explains the science behind clicker training, how and why it works, and offers step-by-step instructions on how you can clicker-train any animal in your life.

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Click to Win: Clicker Training for the Show Ring (Collected Articles from the AKC Gazette) Jun 13, 2012

by Karen Pryor

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How can you make your dog look great in the show ring? Do you want your dog to stack, gait on a slack leash, prick his ears, and gaze warmly at the judge—all on cue? It's more than possible! It's easy and fun for you and your dog.

Click to Win! includes Karen's popular columns from The AKC Gazette, plus other new and unpublished materials, in a readable introduction to the techniques and benefits of clicker training for the show ring.

With Karen's insight and advice, you too can train your dog to:

* Extend its gait in the ring
* Stand with confidence on the judging table
* Trot on a loose leash
* Self-stack perfectly when the judge approaches
* Look alert and calm while the judge reviews the rest of the class
* Give puppies basic obedience skills before they are sold

Clicker training creates mutual communication and understanding between you and your dog that extends far beyond the show ring. Guarantee a good performance, good feelings, and an admiring crowd whenever you hit the ring together, and develop a bond with your dog that most owners can only dream of.

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Crunch & Des: Classic Stories of Saltwater Fishing Jul 01, 2014

by Philip Wylie , Karen Wylie Pryor

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Philip Wylie’s enthralling tales of saltwater fishing have been entertaining readers of the Saturday Evening Post since 1939. Captain Crunch Adams, skipper of the charter boat Poseidon , and his friend and partner Des Smith adventure high and low in the waters of Florida, coming face to face with big fish and bigger personalities along the way. Featuring 22 of Wylie’s best Crunch and Des stories, this is a delightful compendium of every thrill fishing has to offer.

These beloved adventures include:
"Widow Voyage"
"Light Tackle"
"Fifty-four, Forty and Fight"
"The Way of All Fish"
"The Affair of the Ardent Amazon"
"Smuggler’s Cove"
And more favorite classics!

With each Crunch and Des story selected by the author’s daughter, these tales begin a journey of saltwater nostalgia, marine adventure, and warmhearted personalities that will last far beyond the last page.

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Getting Started: Clicker Training for Cats Jun 26, 2012

by Karen Pryor

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Train a cat? Yes, you can! Clicker training, the new way of communicating with animals,is quick and easy for you - and it's fun for your cat. Clicker training can improve your cat's health, activity and attitude toward life. It can make your cat happier and more affectionate.

In the easy-to-read beginner's guide, Karen Pryor, the world's leading clicker training expert, tells you how to teach your cat:

* to come when called
* to play without biting or scratching
* to stay off the table
* to get along with dogs
* to walk outside on a leash
* to do cute tricks and games!

All with a click and a treat!

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Nursing Your Baby 4e Oct 13, 2009

by Karen Pryor , Gale Pryor

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For more than 40 years, mothers have depended on the wisdomand warmth of Nursing Your Baby. Now authors Karen Pryor and her daughter Gale Pryor have revised and updated their classic guide for today's generation of women. New information includes:

Up-to-date studies on health benefits for breastfed infantsand breastfeeding mothers
Tips for getting the best start on breastfeeding during thefirst hours, weeks, and months after birth
Breastfeeding advice for working mothers
Legal rights as a nursing mother
Choosing and using a breast pump
How fathers and families can support new nursing mothers

With its unique blend of support, science, and research, this classic guide will continue to encourage mothers to nurse their babies as long as they both desire.

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