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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781608687718
Media Type: Hardcover
Publisher: New World Library
Publication Date: 12-05-2023
Pages: 376
Product Dimensions: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.30d
About the Author
Dr. Ian Dunbar is a veterinarian and animal behaviorist who developed the SIRIUS(R) Puppy Training method in 1982 that revolutionized how puppies and dogs were trained. His unique lure/reward, off-leash training techniques provided an alternative to leash jerks, alpha rollovers, and other aversive means. SIRIUS techniques have been adopted and adapted by most thinking and caring dog trainers worldwide. The author of numerous bestselling books, including Before and After Getting Your Puppy, How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks, and Doctor Dunbar's Good Little Dog Book, he also developed and wrote the American Kennel Club Gazette's behavior column, which was voted "Best Dog Column" numerous times by the Dog Writers Association of America. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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