Dog
Star Daily is partnering with James & Kenneth Publishers to
present our Scientific Adviser and sometimes blogger, Dr. Ian Dunbar's U.S./U.K. 2010
& 2011 lecture tour. The tour includes seminar dates for
his hotest seminar topic, "Science-Based Dog Training With
Feeling" and three all new 4-day Dogs with Dunbar
Academies.
After many years of concentrating on spreading the word about
modern, easy, efficient, and effective pet dog training methods all
over the globe. Ian has returned stateside and to his homeland, and
here's why:
"After reflecting on 40-years of dog training, it has become very
clear to me that there are still many basic aspects of husbandry
and training that we continue to neglect. And this is holding back
dog training.
One thing that is often misunderstood, still needs to be addressed,
is the notion of non-aversive punishment. It is certainly the
secret for response-reliability and can be done without fear or
pain and without the continued need for training aids, such as,
leashes, collars, lures, toys, clicks and treats.
Compliance without Coercion. In our new
learning theory, a total re-evaluation of punishment offers an
improved quality of life for dogs and their owners. Many trainers
don't punish because they think that punishments must be scary or
painful. However, without binary feedback, you won't have absolute
reliability on those few occasions when it is essential. Other
trainers use many aversives while training because they think that
punishments must be aversive in order to be effective.
Now certainly in the laboratory, computer-inflicted punishments
had to be aversive. However, not so when we humans train or
teach. When we use language to instruct and give
feedback, we literally transcend the old learning
theory. Not only can we clearly instruct dogs what we
want them to do, we may also instructively reprimand them to
quickly get them back on track when they err. And most important,
instructive reprimands may be given in a soft calm voice. Think of
teaching a child to read or play baseball, or teaching a spouse how
to dance."
This is just a tiny taste of what's on the menu of this seminar
series, check out the 2010/2011 appearance schedule if
you'd like to take a bigger bite!
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