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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Dunbar, Ian, 1947-     Subjects     Dogs -- Training.     Dogs -- Behavior.     Dogs -- Psychology.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dunbar, Ian, 1947-       by title:      Barking up the right...       by call number:      636.70835 D898b     Search the Web     Dunbar, Ian, 1947-     Dogs -- Training.     Dogs -- Behavior.     Dogs -- Psychology.       MARC Display

Barking up the right tree : the science and practice of positive dog training / Dr. Ian Dunbar. by Dunbar, Ian, 1947- New World Library, 2023. Call #: 636.70835 D898b Subjects Dogs -- Training.   Dogs -- Behavior.   Dogs -- Psychology. ISBN:  9781608687718 (hc) Description:  363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-356) and index. Summary:  "When Dr. Ian Dunbar introduced his SIRIUS® Puppy Training in 1982, dog training mostly comprised punishing adult dogs for bad habits and lack of compliance. Dunbar focused on verbally cuing and creatively luring to achieve desirable behavior and using “life rewards” -- sniffing, walking, play with dogs, and interactive games -- to reinforce speedy compliance and good habits from the outset. His “dog’s point of view” approach revolutionized the field, and today there are few trainers who have not been strongly influenced by it. While positive reinforcement is now widely adopted, this new book details how other reward-training techniques have strayed from Dunbar’s original, quick and easy, highly effective lure-reward approach for teaching dogs ESL, in which we can verbally cue specific responses, offer heartfelt praise for success, and give guidance when dogs err. With Dunbar’s method, we can teach dogs when and where to eliminate, what to chew, when and for how long to bark, and when and how to appropriately let off steam. Barking Up the Right Tree offers proof that aversive punishment seldom works to eliminate undesirable behavior or to get the dog back on track. Dunbar presents numerous nonaversive yet highly effective solutions for misbehavior and noncompliance -- simply by using the words you teach, and without even raising your voice. The culmination of fifty-plus years at the vanguard of dog behavioral science, Barking Up the Right Tree is an indispensable guide for anyone who wants harmonious, two-way communication with a calm, confident, well-behaved, happy canine companion."--Publisher. Holds:  4   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 636.70835 D898b Adult books Item being held Add Copy to MyList

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