Reaching the Animal Mind : Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us about All Animals

The celebrated pioneer in the field of no-punishment dog training and author of the bestseller "Don't Shoot the Dog!" explains her innovative training method that has changed the lives of millions of animals.

Karen Pryor is a behavioral biologist with an international reputation in marine mammal biology and behavioral psychology. She is a founder and leading proponent of “clicker training,” a training system based on operant conditioning and the all-positive methods developed by marine mammal trainers. In addition to her bestselling Don’t Shoot the Dog!, Pryor is the author of Nursing Your Baby, as well as several other books and many sci- entific papers and articles on learning and behavior. Karen has three grown children and lives in Boston with two clicker-trained dogs and a clicker- trained cat.