by Karen Pryor

"The Laws of Learning in the real world. Whatever the task, whether keeping a four-year-old quiet in public, housebreaking a puppy, coaching a team, or memorizing a poem, it will go fast, and better, and be more fun, if you know how to use reinforcement." Karen Pryor.

Physically larger than the previous edition, this revised edition is easier to read with its larger type and pages. It also adds a chapter on "Clicker Training: A New Technology". Pryor clearly explains the underlying principles of behavioral training and through numerous fascinating examples reveals how this art can be applied to virtually any common situation. And best of all, she tells how to do it without yelling, threats, force, punishment, guilt trips---or shooting the dog. Don't Shoot the Dog! will discuss:

• Reinforcement: better than rewards
• Shaping: developing super performance without strain and pain
• Stimulus control: cooperation without coercion
• Untraining: using reinforcement to get rid of behavior your don't want
• Reinforcement in the real world
• Clicker training: a new technology

Bantam Books
Paperback, 202 Pages