Excel-Erated Learning: Explaining in Plain English How Dogs Learn and How Best to Teach Them
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Book Description
Great news for those of you who have wanted to read a book that explains animal learning in a manner that is easily understood and entertaining. With the freedom of understanding 'how your dog learns' comes the ability of making the process easy, efficient and enjoyable for your dog. You'll be in a position to excel-erate your dog's learning! Agility enthusiast, obedience competitor and psychologist Dr. Pamela Reid introduces you to cutting-edge scientific techniques in dog training including, autoshaping retrieval (i.e., letting the dog train itself), and 'errorless discrimination learning' for teaching scent articles and directed jumping. The combination of a relaxed writing style and numerous examples that relate to dog training makes learning theory actually fun to learn.
About the Author
Pamela Reid earned her PhD in Psychology from the University of Toronto, where she specialized in animal learning, behavior and cognition. Dr. Reid teaches at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph. Dr. Reid is a certified animal behaviorist and operates a Toronto-based private practice for problem pets. Pam competes in agility, obedience and flyball and lives with Shaahin (the Saluki), Ciaran (the Border Collie), Eejit (the Border Collie/Border Terrier mix, and Carmen (the cat).
Excel-Erated Learning: Explaining in Plain English How Dogs Learn and How Best to Teach Them,Pamela J. Reid,James & Kenneth Publishers,1888047070,Animals / Pets,Dogs - General,Pets,Dogs
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