Click & Easy: Clicker Training for Dogs
Your reward is a well-behaved dog!
Young and old, large and small, pedigreed and mixed-breed, dogs respond to clicker training. Preferred by many professionals, clicker training is a positive, precise, and effective method of reinforcing good behavior. Noted dog trainer Miriam Fields-Babineau explains clicker training techniques step by step so that all dog owners can use the approach. Whether you want to train your dog to obey basic commands, perform tricks, compete in performance sports, or do service work, clicker training gets results and enhances your relationship with your dog. Focusing on actual techniques rather than theory and science, this book explains how to:
- Use the three-step pattern: lure, click, reward
- Use an appropriate tone of voice and the right verbal cues
- Incorporate visual cues, with suggestions for signals for specific actions
- Distraction-proof your dog, teaching him to focus on you (and the clicker) even when there's lots of commotion
Book details
- Author
- Miriam Field-Babineau
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Pets › Dogs
- Topics
- dog training · positive reinforcement · basic commands · dog tricks · performance sports · service dogs
- ISBN-13
- 9780764596438
About the author
MIRIAM FIELDS-BABINEAU is a professional animal trainer with more than four decades of experience and the author of dozens of books on animal training, including Click & Easy: Clicker Training for Dogs.
Fields-Babineau holds degrees in psychology and zoology from the University of Maryland and is listed in multiple editions of Who’s Who in America. She is a member of the Dog Writers' Association and the Cat Writers' Association.
When she’s not writing, Fields-Babineau runs Training Unlimited Animal Training and Animal Actors, Inc., which she founded in 1983 to provide training instruction and trained animals for commercials, TV programs, and films. She has also designed pet training tools, including the Comfort Trainer head halter.
Miriam lives in Virginia.
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