In her new book, Reaching the Animal Mind ($25, Scribner), Karen Pryor offers a lively, wide-ranging overview of the use of operant conditioning for training, well, nearly any animal you can think of.

I was watching an intermediate level dog obedience training class where the dogs were being trained to respond to hand signals. Floating over the usual class related sounds produced by people's voices ...

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I recently was a witness to a rather heated argument between two dog trainers about the relative effectiveness of "clicker training" compared to "marker training." After much noise and hand waving, it ...

Clicker training builds clear communication and trust. In this video, a young puppy learns to associate the click sound with rewards, guided by expert timing, consistency, and gentle reinforcement ...

Here are 8 of the best puppy training apps on Android and iOS: Dogo, Woofz, Puppr, Doggy Time, DogLog, Pupford, Pocket Puppy School, and GoDog. Each app offers unique features such as clicker training ...