I was watching an intermediate level dog obedience training class where the dogs were being trained to respond to hand signals. Floating over the usual class related sounds produced by people's voices ...

In her new book, Reaching the Animal Mind ($25, Scribner), Karen Pryor offers a lively, wide-ranging overview of the use of operant conditioning for training, well, nearly any animal you can think of.

I recently was a witness to a rather heated argument between two dog trainers about the relative effectiveness of "clicker training" compared to "marker training." After much noise and hand waving, it ...

The Mansfield Parks and Recreation Department will host Jane Young’s presentation about clicker training dogs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 2 at the Mansfield Public Library community meeting room, 255 ...

Question: A friend of mine told me I should use clicker training for my dog. What is that, and does it work? Answer: Clicker training to the uninitiated, is a fairly popular, New Age method of ...

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