Reaching the Animal Mind

From the founder of clicker training, the widely praised humane approach to shaping animal behavior, comes a fascinating bookpart memoir, part insight into how animals and people think and behave.A celebrated pioneer in the field of no-punishment animal training, Karen Pryor is responsible for developing clicker trainingan all-positive, safe, effective way to modify and shape animal behaviorand she has changed the lives of millions of animals. Practical, engrossing, and full of fascinating stories about Pryors interactions with animals of all sorts, Reaching the Animal Mind presents the sum total of her lifes work. She explains the science behind clicker training, how and why it works, and offers step-by-step instructions on how you can clicker-train any animal in your life. For bonus video clips, slide shows, articles, downloadable exercises, and links expanding on the contents of the book, go to ReachingtheAnimalMind.com.