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How Dogs Learn

By: Mary R. Burch, Jon S. Bailey
Narrated by: Christopher Solimene
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This book explores the fascinating science of operant conditioning, where science and dog training meet. How Dogs Learn discusses 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©1999 Mary R. Burch and Jon S. Bailey (P)2017 Tantor
Dogs Pets & Animal Care Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Dog Training Animal Training

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"This book should be on every animal trainer's bookshelf...it is practical and very useful without sacrificing scientific and technical accuracy." (Jack Michael, PhD, Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University)

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excellent

loved it. learned loads. narrator's voice is easy to listen to. overall a great book.

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A must read for any dog owner/trainer

Great! Full of good science on how dogs learn with lots of practical applications and examples.

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Fantastic book for all the training basics

Well written and narrated, I will re-listen to this book at some point and take notes as I found it went into a lot of used details on a variety of training techniques, backed up with easy to understand examples and studies.

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Great Book but....

Really need a hardcopy too for referencing. Also down to personal preference but found the reader hard to listen too at times.

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Interesting book

The narration was very stilted, even for a book of this type. The content, however, was excellent. I’m just about to begin listening a second time through as there’s so much to take in!

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Mixed feelings.

Contains information about how dogs learn and stresses our responsibility in raising well behaved dogs. I probably learned quite a bit from it. However I think the presentation of the material is patronising and intimidating. I think the narrator probably captures the tone of the written word correctly and there is humour in there but it is sarcastic, which I am normally ok with, but I found it too damning.

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Interesting read for dog trainers

It’s really informative to going over the various techniques of operant conditioning and classical conditioning. A definite must read for Dog Trainer.

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A Definite for Aspiring Dog Trainers.

Also great for the owner who wants to know more, to understand learning theory and how it applies to the canine world. Great book on Learning and how dogs learn.

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Great Book

Really enjoyed this book! Nice easy listen but the voice sounds a little robotic.

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Excellent book highly recommend

I have had this book on audible and listened to more than a few times. Everytime I listen to it I pick up another bit of knowledge. As a dog trainer I would recommend this book

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