February 2024 MBR The Pets Shelf

The Pets Shelf

Barking Up the Right Tree
Dr. Ian Dunbar
New World Library
www.newworldlibrary.com
9781608687718, $29.95 HC, $12.99 Kindle, 376pp

https://www.amazon.com/Barking-Up-Right-Tree-Practice/dp/1608687716

Barking Up the Right Tree: The Science and Practice of Positive Dog Trainin=
g joins other books on the subject of canine management systems, but with a=
 difference: it comes from a dog training expert who introduced his SIRIUS =
Puppy Training in 1982. It was a positive reinforcing approach that, at the=
 time, was considered revolutionary. Now that positive reinforcement traini=
ng is widely accepted, his new book presents yet another diversion to tradi=
tional thinking, arguing that the typical "reward/punishment" routines dog =
trainers adopt too often fail ... and Dr. Dunbar shows why. Readers seeking=
 different training choices that embrace not just new routines, but an enti=
rely different way of viewing behavior management in canines, will welcome =
Barking Up the Right Tree as a lesson in positivity thinking and training a=
like.

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