Clicker training

[Audra]

Is there a good book out there about clicker training? I'm interested in trying this with my dogs, but I can't find anyone close enough. I would like to read about it, and maybe try some of it out with my babies. My local petco doesn't have very many books.

P.S. Could you please include where to purchase the book?

Thanks,

[JulieM]

Karen Pryor has a couple - "Clicker Training Your Dog" is a booklet that comes with 2 clickers, which covers the basic theory behind clicker training and a few exercises. She also has "Don't Shoot the Dog" which is more in-depth.

There is a new one, "Clicking With Your Dog - A Step-by-step Approach" (or something like that) I think by Peggy Tillman, I've heard it is great but haven't gotten it yet.

Morgan Spector has "Clicker Training for Obedience" which is more geared toward competition, but also gets heavily into theory.

Shirley Chong has "A Clicker Cookbook" which I am becoming very fond of, it is a step-by-step booklet with a separate training log to track your progress. It also provides goals for each step, so that you know when it is time to move ahead.

All the books except Shirley's are available at www.dogwise.com or www.sitstay.com Shirley's are available at www.shirleychong.com Morgan's and Karen's are also available at www.sunshinebooks.com or www.clickertraining.com

[JulieM]

I should have mentioned, Shirley Chong is the guest author on DogRead in December for her Clicker Cookbook. It should be an excellent month!