{"product_id":"2940157511296","title":"Training Dogs - A Manual (Reprint)","description":"**Please note that Dogwise does not endorse all of the training methods used in this book; it is a historical document and an early example of modern dog training. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday's dog trainer can trace the roots of modern training to Training Dogs by Colonel Konrad Most. Written in Germany in 1910, Training Dogs influenced how both dogs and trainers were taught in Europe and the United States for the next 50 years! It contains valuable and historically significant information, a true classic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21st century trainers and behaviorists will find it amazing to realize that early in the 20th century Konrad Most was using and applying behavioral training principles with dogs long before B.F. Skinner! Most also created systematic and scientific methods to teach trainers how to train dogs with his \" Theory of Training.\" While Most's methods may be viewed as harsh by modern dog trainers, the theory behind it was revolutionary for it's time and it is still applied today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the roots of behavioral training\u003cbr\u003eSeeing the world from a dog's point of view.\u003cbr\u003eUtilizing instinctual behavior in training such as the prey drive.\u003cbr\u003eUse of compulsion and inducements. \u003cbr\u003eUse of primary and secondary reinforcers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn how Most Taught\u003cbr\u003eObedience exercises including the recall, jumping and retrieving.\u003cbr\u003eGuard and schutzhund training.\u003cbr\u003eReconnaissance and tracking; scent theory.\u003cbr\u003eWater work for hunting dogs. \u003cbr\u003eDogs for the blind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is what today's dog trainers say about Training Dogs\u003cbr\u003eMost demonstrated an understanding of operant conditioning concepts such as primary and secondary reinforcement, shaping, fading and chaining 28 years before the publication of B.F. Skinner's The Behavior of Organisms. He differentiated between primary and secondary reinforcers. He used his voice and soft tones as secondary inducements, much the way some trainers use clicks today.\u003cbr\u003eMary Burch \u0026amp; Jon S. Bailey authors of How Dogs Learn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough some of Most's methods seem archaic and harsh in this enlightened age of positive training, some of the theory he set forth was years ahead of its time. Knowing where training came from helps us appreciate where we are today. \u003cbr\u003eSheila Booth author of Purely Positive Training and co-author of Schutzhund Obedience Training in Drive","brand":"Dogwise Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104002261232,"sku":"2940157511296","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157511296_p0.jpg?v=1764097865","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157511296","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}