Comments on: 101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/ Funny, Silly Dogs just for You! Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Miss Shari E http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Miss Shari E Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:44:58 +0000 http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/#comment-1143 I AM JUST DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THIS BOOK HAS A LOT THAT ONLY BIGGER DOGS CAN DO. MY DOG IS A 3LB POODLE AND WOULD NEED A LADDER TO OPEN THE DOOR,IT CANT GET THE TELEPHONE BECAUSE ITS TOO HEAVY, I WOULD NEVER HAVE IT LEARN TO WALK ON A LADDER..THERES JUST A LOT OF BIG DOG TRICKS N NOT THE SMALL DOG TRICKS Rating: 3 / 5 I AM JUST DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THIS BOOK HAS A LOT THAT ONLY BIGGER DOGS CAN DO. MY DOG IS A 3LB POODLE AND WOULD NEED A LADDER TO OPEN THE DOOR,IT CANT GET THE TELEPHONE BECAUSE ITS TOO HEAVY, I WOULD NEVER HAVE IT LEARN TO WALK ON A LADDER..THERES JUST A LOT OF BIG DOG TRICKS N NOT THE SMALL DOG TRICKS
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: C. A. Filecco http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 C. A. Filecco Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:36:14 +0000 http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/#comment-1142 My #1 complaint with dog training is it's so response-stimulus on BOTH ends...I always feel a bit like the Skinner box rat. That said, this book avoids a lot of operant conditioning and builds on our furry friends desire to please us just because they want to. <br /> <br />I have dogs of all sizes and so-called "intelligences" (please read the work of Harvard's H. Gardner to learn more of what I think about that sinister term!) and they're all SMARTER than I am...and I'm working on my MS degree! One thing's for sure they LOVE learning cool new tricks...and I love that I don't have to clicker or study the "contingencies of behavior" in order to have them play dead or walk a toy around the room. Rating: 4 / 5 My #1 complaint with dog training is it’s so response-stimulus on BOTH ends…I always feel a bit like the Skinner box rat. That said, this book avoids a lot of operant conditioning and builds on our furry friends desire to please us just because they want to.

I have dogs of all sizes and so-called “intelligences” (please read the work of Harvard’s H. Gardner to learn more of what I think about that sinister term!) and they’re all SMARTER than I am…and I’m working on my MS degree! One thing’s for sure they LOVE learning cool new tricks…and I love that I don’t have to clicker or study the “contingencies of behavior” in order to have them play dead or walk a toy around the room.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Sally http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Sally Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:21:45 +0000 http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/#comment-1141 I was considering buying this book...the list of tricks is wonderful and it appears to be well done. I read through the sample pages and, as a long time professional trainer, was disappointed to see SIT being taught with the old 'push on the hips, pull up on the collar' technique. For those of us trying to stay current in newer teaching techniques that is a bit of "the world is flat". Lest I throw out the whole book because of one outdated technique, can anyone give me a bit more info. <br />Thanks. <br />Sally Rating: 1 / 5 I was considering buying this book…the list of tricks is wonderful and it appears to be well done. I read through the sample pages and, as a long time professional trainer, was disappointed to see SIT being taught with the old ‘push on the hips, pull up on the collar’ technique. For those of us trying to stay current in newer teaching techniques that is a bit of “the world is flat”. Lest I throw out the whole book because of one outdated technique, can anyone give me a bit more info.

Thanks.

Sally
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Diane Trout-davidson http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 Diane Trout-davidson Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:08:48 +0000 http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/#comment-1140 I wanted a book that teachers your dog the basics. This book focuses on the extraodinary tricks. Rating: 3 / 5 I wanted a book that teachers your dog the basics. This book focuses on the extraodinary tricks.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Cheryl S. Smith http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Cheryl S. Smith Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:41:08 +0000 http://www.sillydogs.net/101-dog-tricks-step-by-step-activities-to-engage-challenge-and-bond-with-your-dog/1013/#comment-1139 While this book may be a lot of fun, it is certainly not the only book to use step-by-step instructions and full-color photos. In fact, it's layout seems to have been designed on The Trick Is in the Training, long available from Barrons. <br />This book is longer, but it is NOT the first to use photos to illustrate the training, be full-color, and offer tips on solving problems and other ways to use behaviors. Rating: 3 / 5 While this book may be a lot of fun, it is certainly not the only book to use step-by-step instructions and full-color photos. In fact, it’s layout seems to have been designed on The Trick Is in the Training, long available from Barrons.

This book is longer, but it is NOT the first to use photos to illustrate the training, be full-color, and offer tips on solving problems and other ways to use behaviors.
Rating: 3 / 5

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