How Dogs Learn (Howell reference books) (Hardcover)
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“…this book should be on every animal trainer’s bookshelf for future reference. How Dogs Learn covers the content of an undergraduate course in learning and behavior, but the examples are taken from dog training?it is practical and very useful without sacrificing scientific and technical accuracy.” —Jack Michael, PhD, Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University
How Dogs Learn explore the fascinating science of operant conditioning, where science and dog training meet. How Dogs Learn explains the basic principles of behavior and how they can be used to teach your dog new skills, diagnose problems and eliminate unwanted behaviors. It’s for anyone who wants to better understand the learning process in dogs. Every concept is laid out clearly and precisely, and its relevance to your dog and how you train is explained.
A Howell Dog Book of Distinction
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How Dogs Learn explains the fascinating science of operant conditioning. The authors, recognized experts in this field, are also experienced dog trainers, and they explain each operant conditioning principle using dog training examples. For the first time, behavioral procedures that are used with humans, such as Behavioral Diagnostics and Functional Analysis, have been translated for applications with dogs. How Dogs Learn will help all dog owners solve canine behavior problems and improve their proficiency as trainers.
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psycho-babble for dog training
This is truly an academic, detailed, instructional book on the scholarly aspects of dog training. Unfortunately, that is not what I was looking for.
Drs. Burch and Bailey have brought together their considerable talents to produce an important book for both dog owners and professional trainers. Dog owners will find the book to be a valuable resource for understanding how dogs learn, making their training efforts more positive and rewarding–both for themselves and for their dogs. The professional trainer will find the book to be an informative introduction to basic learning concepts and techniques; they will also appreciate the authors’ balanced approach to explaining operant technology. Overall, the authors have done an excellent job of introducing operant methods (such as clicker training) and explaining how they can be used to improve the dog’s behavior. Finally, the book is written in a lucid and accessible style, but be forewarned, there is not much in the way of entertaining fluff here, although the book is nicely illustrated with many wonderful anecdotes and examples that both the novice and expert will appreciate. Dr. Burch is a highly respected Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, whose efforts to improve dog training and to develop humane methods for treating behavior problems are well-known within the dog world. Dr. Bailey is a Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. Among his impressive credentials, he is past editor of the Journal for Applied Behavior Analysis. If you are serious about dogs and training, you should read this book!
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How Dogs Learn
Excellent book based on science not opinion. Not really for the pet dog owner because it’s too technical.
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Basic operant conditioning
This book was a little simple for me, since I have and experimental psychology background. However, I did discuss it with a few friends with dogs, and found that they had no idea…
As a professional police dog trainer this book is the only dog training book that I have read that addresses the heart of in my field training. Late in life I decided to learn about the science behind training and now a student of behavior science. This book should be a must read for every trainer. Information here goes directly to applied behavior modification something every trainer should have at very least a working understanding of.
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Fabulous!
This book is great!! Well written, easy to understand, hard to put down!
A very good book for the more technical reader. Ever since Pavlov got dogs to salivate when he rang a bell, man has studied dogs and associated their behavior with ours. This book uses all that great dog data (60-100 years)to tell us more about dogs instead of humans. Novel idea. I liked it. A little dry. I read most books and hope to get something good I can use. This book more than met my expectations. “Behavior Problems In Dogs” I think Bill Cambell was as good or better. Both must reads for the serious trainer.
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A text book for dog trainers
This is one of many books I have purchased in search of a solution to an aggression problem between my two dogs.
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Concise and well written
A very quick read, this book covers the science of behaviorism very accurately. While I personally didn’t learn anything new here (but have read many books on the subject) this…
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Rereading the good stuff- this is one of the best…
Coming back into the world of dog training after a few years, I grabbed several of my previously owned books to review and redigest.
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Behavioral pricipal broken down to plain english.
A very good look at the fundamentals of behavior. This book uses the work of many top behavior reseachers and makes it easily understandable.
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Needs a little spice!
Though I found the information in this book to be of interest (I was excited when I came across the book), the authors could not have written a more boring book on the subject…