Question: We just got a puppy and I have a friend who swears by something called "clicker training." What is clicker training and is it worth pursuing with my dog? Answer: The "clicker" used in ...

Clicker training began to grow in popularity among dog trainers following the publication of Karen Pryor's book Don't Shoot the Dog in 1984. Her workshops and videotapes emphasized the use of the ...

I recently was a witness to a rather heated argument between two dog trainers about the relative effectiveness of "clicker training" compared to "marker training." After much noise and hand waving, it ...

In her new book, Reaching the Animal Mind ($25, Scribner), Karen Pryor offers a lively, wide-ranging overview of the use of operant conditioning for training, well, nearly any animal you can think of.

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