The Joy of Dog Training: 30 Fun, No-Fail Lessons to Raise and Train a Happy, Well-Behaved Dog

by Kyra Sundance

Overview

The Joy of Dog Training is a fun and inspirational guide to teaching your dog the 30 tricks most fundamental to their training.

This interactive program will enhance not only your dog's performance, but also your overall relationship with your dog.

Learn the core concepts of dog training, and apply those concepts in training 30 different tricks. As you work from level to level, you will master the key elements of dog training—timing, technique, motivation, and building on known behaviors—as you achieve a stronger bond with your dog.

The tricks are explained with step-by-step instructional text and photos, and range from basic (Sit, Shake Hands, Paws Up) to advanced (Newspaper Delivery, Tidy Up Your Toys, Get a Soda from the Fridge).

With this complete curriculum in dog tricks, you will establish a conscious and consistent pattern of relating to your dog in a meaningful partnership based on trust, communication, and respect.

Also by Kyra Sundance, learn to do even more with your dog with: 101 Dog Tricks; The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook; 51 Puppy Tricks; 10-Minute Dog Training Games; 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition; Dog Training 101; The Pocket Guide to Dog Tricks; and Kyra’s Canine Conditioning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631599712
Publisher:	Quarry Books
Publication date:	10/06/2020
Series:	Dog Tricks and Training
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	17 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Kyra Sundance is a world-renowned dog trainer, lecturer, and internationally best-selling author of 101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge and Bond with Your Dog. With over a million copies in print, Kyra’s award-winning books, kits, and videos have inspired dog owners worldwide to develop fun and rewarding relationships with their dogs. Her other books include Dog Training 101, The Joy of Dog Training, The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook, Kyra’s Canine Conditioning, 51 Puppy Tricks, 10-Minute Dog Training Games, The Pocket Guide to Dog Tricks, and 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition.

Honed through decades of professional experience, Kyra’s easy step-by-step training methods are the most effective and humane way to train. Her positive methods foster confident, happy dogs who are motivated to do the right thing, rather than fearful of making a mistake.

As professional performers, Kyra and her Weimaraners starred in shows for the king of Morocco, Disney’s Hollywood stage shows, circuses, NBA halftime shows, on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Animal Planet, in movies, and in their own television series. Kyra is a professional set trainer for movie dogs, and is nationally ranked in competitive dog sports. She presents workshops around the world on dog tricks and canine conditioning.

Kyra is CEO of “Do More With Your Dog!” trick dog titling organization; the “National Trick Dog championships”; and Chair of the “Trick Dog Expo.”

Kyra lives in Lancaster, California.

Kyra Sundance is a world-renowned dog trainer, lecturer, and internationally best-selling author of 101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge and Bond with Your Dog. With over a million copies in print, Kyra's award-winning books, kits, and videos have inspired dog owners worldwide to develop fun and rewarding relationships with their dogs. Her other books include Dog Training 101, The Joy of Dog Training, The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook, Kyra's Canine Conditioning, 51 Puppy Tricks, 10-Minute Dog Training Games, The Pocket Guide to Dog Tricks, and 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition.Honed through decades of professional experience, Kyra's easy step-by-step training methods are the most effective and humane way to train. Her positive methods foster confident, happy dogs who are motivated to do the right thing, rather than fearful of making a mistake.As professional performers, Kyra and her Weimaraners starred in shows for the king of Morocco, Disney's Hollywood stage shows, circuses, NBA halftime shows, on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Animal Planet, in movies, and in their own television series. Kyra is a professional set trainer for movie dogs, and is nationally ranked in competitive dog sports. She presents workshops around the world on dog tricks and canine conditioning.Kyra is CEO of "Do More With Your Dog!" trick dog titling organization; the "National Trick Dog championships"; and Chair of the "Trick Dog Expo."Kyra lives in Lancaster, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Timing: The Basis of Animal Training 12

Get Prepared with Training Tools 14

Lesson 1 Reward at the Correct Time 16

Practice Touch My Hand

Lesson 2 Reward in the Correct Position 20

Practice » Sit

Lesson 3 Reward Markers & Clickers 24

Practice » Touch a Target Disc

Lesson 4 Progression 30

Practice » Paws in a Box

Lesson 5 Regression 34

Practice » Send to a Mark Is Your Dog Right-Pawed or Left-Pawed?

Lesson 6 Teach Verbal Cues 40

Practice » Introduce a Verbal Cue

Lesson 7 Visual Guide to Hand Signals 44

Technique: The Six Tools in Our Toolbox 46

The Six Ways to Elicit a Behavior 48

Lesson 8 Luring 50

Practice » Spin Circles

Practice » Paws Up

Lesson 9 Targeting 56

Practice » Touch a Target Stick

Build on Known Behaviors

Practice » Down

Lesson 10 Modeling 64

Practice » Stay in a Square

Lesson 11 Mimicking 68

Practice » Jump over a Bar

Lesson 12 Capturing 72

Practice » Speak

Lesson 13 Shaping 76

Practice » Pick Up a Toy

Motivation: Principles of Positive Reinforcement

You Owe This to Your Dog 84

Lesson 14 Operant Conditioning 86

The Motivation Quadrants

Lesson 15 Positive Reinforcement 88

Practice » Which Hand Holds the Treat? Train Joyfully!

Lesson 16 Reward Success; Ignore the Rest 94

Practice » Cup and Ball Game

Lesson 17 Learning Occurs with Successes 98

Practice » Take a Bow

Practice » Retrieve an Object

Lesson 18 Jackpot Rewards 104

Lesson 19 Breed Motivation 106

Lesson 20 Nonfood Rewards 108

Practice » Ring a Bell to Go Out

Self-Control: Techniques to Turn of Frustration 112

Lesson 21 Impulse Control 114

Practice » Loose-Leash Walking

Lesson 22 Extinction 118

Lesson 23 Positive Redirection 120

Lesson 24 Home Base 122

Practice » Send/Stay on Platform

Enrichment: The Six Components of Joy

Lesson 25 Puzzle Challenges 130

Lesson 26 Exploration 132

Lesson 27 Choice 134

Lesson 28 Desire to Be Loved 136

Lesson 29 Order 138

Lesson 30 Sense of Humor and Play 140