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Acknowledgments xi
Foreword xiii
Pat's Positive Training Principles xv
Partners in Training: Laying the Relationship Foundation 1
Dogs Just Want to Have Fun 3
Train with Your Brain, Not Pain 7
Operant Conditioning 9
The Pitfalls of Positive Punishment 11
The Benefits of Positive Reinforcement 14
Dogs Just Want to Have Fun, Redux 15
How Can I Answer If I Don't Understand the Question? 17
Soft Feathers on a Duck 18
A Dog's-Eye View of Training 20
Let Me Hear Your Body Talk 23
Cross-Species Communication 24
The Good News 26
A Two-Way Street 27
I Read You Loud and Clear 29
Body Parts 31
Major Misunderstanding 35
Stress and Threat Signals 36
A New Leash on Life 41
Training Equipment 42
Management Tools 47
The Shape of Things to Come 53
Offered Behaviors 54
Elicited Behaviors 55
Management versus Training 56
ShouldYou Ever Punish? 59
The Trick Is in the Training: Basic Exercises 63
It's All Tricks 65
Choosing Your Classroom-Where Should You Train? 67
The Basic Training Recipe 68
Using Your Tools Positively 71
The First Week-Sit Happens 75
Core Exercises 76
Bonus Game 87
The Second Week-On Target 91
Core Exercises 92
Bonus Games 107
The Third Week-Take It to the Limit 111
Core Exercises 112
Bonus Games 117
The Fourth Week-Everyone Needs Her Own Spot 123
Core Exercises 124
Bonus Games 134
The Fifth Week-Up and Over! 139
Core Exercises 140
Bonus Games 146
The Sixth Week-Well, Excuse Me! 153
Core Exercises 154
Bonus Games 158
Click! and Jackpot! 163
Ain't Misbehavin': Addressing Behavior Challenges 169
The Poisoned Cue (And Other Important Training Concepts) 171
Habituation/Learned Irrelevance/The Poisoned Cue 172
Salience 174
Blocking 174
Fading the Lure 175
Extinction 176
Generalization 178
Chaining and Backchaining 178
The Principle of Parsimony 180
Pees on Earth: Happy Housetraining! 181
Housetraining Is Simple 182
When Housetraining Isn't Simple 186
Canine Social Misfits 187
They've Got to Be Carefully Taught 189
Outcomes 194
Don't Worry, Be Happy 195
Choose Your Chews 196
Can You Dig It? 199
A Bark in the Park 201
One Is the Loneliest Number 205
Canine Separation Anxiety 207
Behavior Modification 209
A Biting Commentary 213
Too Much Stress = Possible Biting 214
Classifications of Aggression 216
Classifications of Bites 217
The Green-Eyed Monster 219
Resource Guarding 220
Paws Off My Person! 224
Doggone It! 225
And Baby Makes Three 227
Dogs and Babies 228
Dogs and Kids 232
Epilogue: Choosing Your Animal-Care Professionals 235
How to Choose a Dog-Training Professional 236
Doggy Day Planners 239
Delicious Treats and Delightful Rewards 247
Canine Activity Contact Information 249
Resources 257
Glossary of Training Cues and Terms 261
Index 265
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Mark-ruediger Metze
reviewed The Power of Positive Dog Training on May 13, 2009 The Power of Positive Dog Training
I think this really is the go-to book for learning about positive training and how to implement it with your dog. I've never beat around the bush with indicating that I'm very pro-positive training and I think Pat Miller is one of the best.
The book begins with a little bit about Pat's history of training, namely that she was a "traditional" trainer at one point, which many were. Traditional trainers focus more on aversives and punishments: leash pops, choke chains, and the like. It tells briefly of her discovery and switch to positive methods. I think this is important: it says that anyone can do it, no matter how they trained beforehand.
From there, the book is divided into three main sections.
The first outlines the ins and outs of positive training: how it works, why it works, why it builds a better bond with your dog. It explains a little bit about how dogs think and learn and outlines some basic training tools you'll need with your dog.
The second gives instructions on how to get your dog to do some basic obedience: sit, down, stay, come, etc. She breaks each of them down into easy steps to achieve them and gives suggestions on common problems people might encounter when trying to teach their dog the particular command. At the end of each section, she gives "bonus games" which are basic tricks you can teach your dog. She stresses, time and time again, that this should be fun: both for the human and the dog.
The third addresses common behavioral problems, such as housetraining, separation anxiety, aggression, socialization, and what to do when there's a baby on the way. Each of these sections can (and are) books on their own, so in the context of a fairly short book they're somewhat glossed over. Miller is, at every turn, careful to note that if your dog has some more serious issues that finding a good positive trainer who can work with you and your dog in person is most important.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to get started in obedience training with their dog. They'll end up with a really well-behaved dog who loves to work for them.
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