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| Clicking with Your Dog: Step-by-Step in Pictures | 
 enlarge | Author: Peggy Tillman
Publisher: Sunshine Books (MA)
Category: Book
Buy New: $39.95
New (1) Used (8) from $18.11
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 1083116
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 7.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1890948055
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70887
EAN: 9781890948054
ASIN: 1890948055
Publication Date: March 1, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: By; Peggy Tillman, Published by Sunshine Books, (c) 2000 Paperback
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| Customer Reviews:
 SCAM ALERT - Do NOT Get Fooled by This Method July 16, 2008
This is the sister of cookie training. Why use a clicker when you can use your voice? You are not mute for crying out loud. You can mark a command, a behavior, or even a trick much better with your voice. Besides, this method is for dog owners with three arms. One, to hold those treats, two to click around, and three to hold on to that leash.
If you truly believe that dogs like to please us, then why rely on a clicker or even a treat? Think about it. Your dog should sit because you said so and not because of a bacon strip. How I know this??? Because I actually train dogs for a living and am one the top in my field. These guys tell you to give your dog treats just for being alive. You will end up with a fat dog that drools and licks it's mouth every time you ask it to sit or lay down. It doesn't take much skill or talent to bribe a dog with treats and then call it dog training.
 Clicker training at a glimpse September 26, 2007
The illustrations and the short, exact written instructions make it a wonderful handbook both for novices and experienced people who want to clicker train pets.
Insightful, Great Book May 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This woman really knows dogs. Her training methods really work. This book definitely changed the way I relate to my dogs, and it made training so much easier.
 Very usable guide, but don't use raisins or grapes as treats! April 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have read a couple of clicker training books and have also gotten advice from a clicker-savvy friend, but read this to see if it had anything more to offer me. For those who don't know, clicker training uses a marker (the clicker) to mark the exact moment your dog is doing something you want her to. It's very powerful because it sends a kind of snapshot straight to your dog of what you want. You then, of course, give some kind of reward after clicking.
I liked that this book had lots of pictures and presented the information in different ways, for people with different styles of learning. Also, the author shows that there is more than one way to teach a behavior, even within the clicker training philosophy. To me, this is where many dog training books fall short. They present one way of approaching a new task, but there are many types of dogs and many types of trainers! To be shown that shaping, luring, and just waiting for behaviors are all possible ways to succeed is very encouraging. Of course, each task must still be broken down into baby steps, and each training session must be positive.
My one and only complaint is that Ms Tillman suggests raisins and grapes in her list of possible treats to use for your dog. There is anecdotal evidence that raisins and grapes can cause kidney failure in dogs. It's not necessarily proven, but why take a chance? Read this book, but skip the fruit of the vine! And have fun!
A Great Clicker Training Guide March 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Clicking with Your Dog is a great introduction to clicker training, and training in general. The pictures are clear and obvious. The instructions are also clear and explain the motivations of your actions and the dogs actions.
The book covers the most desired skills to teach a dog - from basic doggy etiquette to more advanced, impressive skills. I had very good results using the book as a guide while training my dogs. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend.
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