"Don't Shoot The Dog, the new art of education" by Karen Pryor
Positive reinforcement is based on a relationship with oneself, animals and others and is based on listening and changing unwanted behaviors by reinforcing the behaviors we want to see. Through the methods of learning and unlearning, Karen Pryor invites us to shape our relationship with friendly and positive education and to bring out the best in your dog.
Karen Pryor remains the pioneer on the diffusion and power of positive reinforcement on behavioral modification. Educate is above all a story of prevention and the philosophy of positive reinforcement motivates the animal to give the best of itself.
An essential and pioneering book.Translation: Véronique Gonfreville, Lionel Fintoni
Preface: Catherine Collignon
ISBN: 978-2-9528095-8-0
2018 - 195 pages - 25 euros - 13.5x20cm - without photos
Don't Shoot The Dog, Karen Pryor
Karen Pryor is a writer and behavioral biologist. An active and influential advocate and teacher of positive parenting worldwide, she was a founder and pioneer of dolphin training in the 1960s at Sea Life Park in Hawaii, where she worked with BF Skinner and Konrad Lorenz. She has an international reputation as a scientist in behavioral psychology and marine mammal biology.
1. Reinforcement: preferable to rewards
2. Shaping: Developing excellent performance without effort or pain
3. Stimulus control: cooperation without coercion
4. “Unlearning”: Using reinforcement to get rid of unwanted behaviors
5. Reinforcement in the Real World: Other Practical Applications of Reinforcement Theory
6. Clicker training: a new technology