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Don't Shoot the Dog!:

The New Art of Teaching and Training
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Ringpress Books Limited, 2002 - Behavior modification - 202 pages
Originally published entitled: Don't shoot the dog!: how to improve yourself and others through behavioral training, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.

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Excellent introduction to operant conditioning. - Goodreads
Straight forward and easy to read. - Goodreads
Definitely a page turner and definitely a re-read. - Goodreads

Review: Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training

User Review  - Laura - Goodreads

One of the most amazing behaviour-related books I have ever read. Converting from an outdated style of dog training to the positive reinforcement type seemed very daunting at first; now, this book has ... Read full review

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User Review  - Sylvia FitzSimons - Goodreads

This book was a real eye-opener. Things I had already been taught, but Karen Pryor puts it all in black and white. I read it in full some time ago, but still use it as a reference book, even for matters that are not dog-related. Read full review

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About the author (2002)

Karen Pryor wrote the first edition of Nursing Your Baby in 1963. A biologist by training, she currently writes and lectures on the art of positive reinforcement training.

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