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Excel-Erated Learning: Explaining in Plain English How Dogs Learn and How Best to Teach Them | 
 enlarge | Author: Pamela J. Reid
Publisher: James & Kenneth Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 27467
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 172
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1888047070
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9781888047073
ASIN: 1888047070
Publication Date: February 1996
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Product Description
Great news for those of you who have wanted to read a book that explains animal learning in a manner that is easily understood and entertaining. With the freedom of understanding 'how your dog learns' comes the ability of making the process easy, efficient and enjoyable for your dog. You'll be in a position to excel-erate your dog's learning! Agility enthusiast, obedience competitor and psychologist Dr. Pamela Reid introduces you to cutting-edge scientific techniques in dog training including, autoshaping retrieval (i.e., letting the dog train itself), and 'errorless discrimination learning' for teaching scent articles and directed jumping. The combination of a relaxed writing style and numerous examples that relate to dog training makes learning theory actually fun to learn.
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 Good solid science January 20, 2008
This book is for anyone who wishes to compete in obedience competition, become a pro dog trainer or has an interest in understanding the canine brain and how they learn. It's not for your average pet owner or first time dog owner. I enjoyed this book and it has made me a better trainer.
 I did not find the "plain English" in this book July 16, 2007
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed with this book. It is certainly not in plain English, focused way too much on theories and makes it not very approachable. I was hoping to find practical solutions, not some professor talk. To some extent I can only blame myself: only a PhD can write something like that and then put "plain English" in the title. Next time I will make sure I check the author's background first...
Great background on dog behavior. May 21, 2007
This book is a must for anyone serious about training dogs. Scientific mumbo jumbo is streamlined for the rest of us.
Explaining in Plain English how dogs learn and how best to teach them March 14, 2007
2 out of 14 found this review helpful
This has to be about the worse book I have ever attempted to read related to dog behavior. It is a difficult read in that it is mostly theoretical statements with absolutely no practical suggestions as how to approach and solve dog issues. I threw it in the trash about 5 minutes after I began browsing through it.
Excellent translation of theory to practice November 3, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Simply excellent. It explained in clear terms how and why many techniques work and where they might go wrong. As someone who competes in obedience regularly I would highly recommend giving this book a read.
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