
Barking Up the Right Tree
The Science and Practice of Positive Dog Training
Ian Dunbar(Author)
New World Library (Publisher)
Published on 5. December 2023
376 pages
978-1-60868-772-5 (ISBN)
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?I am sure Barking Up the Right Tree will be celebrated as the bible of dog training.?
? Marc Bekoff, PhD, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals and Dogs Demystified
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.
? Marc Bekoff, PhD, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals and Dogs Demystified
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Novato
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-60868-772-5 (9781608687725)
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11/2023
New World Library
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Dr. Ian Dunbar is a veterinarian and animal behaviorist who developed the SIRIUS® Puppy Training method in 1982, which revolutionized how puppies and dogs were trained. His unique lure-reward, off-leash training techniques provided an alternative to leash jerks, alpha rollovers, training collars, and other aversive means. SIRIUS techniques and philosophy have influenced almost all dog trainers worldwide. Dunbar is 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 lives in Berkeley, California.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction: Barking Up the Right Tree
- Part 1: The Nature of Dogs and Reward-Based Training
- Chapter 1: Dogs Are Dogs
- Chapter 2: But There's No Dog Like Yours
- Chapter 3: Five Reward Training Techniques
- Chapter 4: Lure-Reward Training Secrets
- Part 2: Lure-Reward Training Stage One:Instruction
- Chapter 5: An Overview of Lure-Reward Training
- Chapter 6: Teaching ESL
- Chapter 7: Measuring Success
- Part 3: Lure-Reward Training Stage Two:Motivation
- Chapter 8: Using More-Effective Reinforcement
- Chapter 9: Using More-Powerful Rewards
- Chapter 10: Putting "Problem" Behaviors on Cue
- Part 4: Lure-Reward Training Stage Three:Compliance
- Chapter 11: Single-Word Instructions
- Chapter 12: Building Reliability
- Chapter 13: Teaching Distance Commands
- Part 5: Problems and Misconceptions in Dog Training Today
- Chapter 14: Why Punishment Often Fails
- Chapter 15: How Breeding Practices Are Harming Dogs
- Conclusion: The Future of Training
- Resources
- About the Author
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