Dogs are the most social animals on the planet, second only to humans in their ability to read and understand emotion. Even chimps and bobos, our closest genetic relatives, are match for dogs when it comes to social cognition. Jennifer Arld understands this better than anyone, having spent the past 25 years training service dogs for people with disabilities at Canine Assistants. She is a pioneer in the emerging field of bond-based dog training, and her methods have overturned the conventional wisdom which holds that dogs must learn to obey external cues like sit,stay, and heel. In contrast, Arld's groundbreaking methodology, Bond-Based Choice Teaching, rests on the belief that dogs are social learners, and they can be taught to make choices and interpret what we want from them, as opposed to simply following commands.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Highbridge Audio
ISBN-10
1681680564
ISBN-13
9781681680569
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221967391
Product Key Features
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Running Time
330
Narrator(s)
Dr Jennifer Arnold
Author Biography
Jennifer Arnold is the founder and executive director of Canine Assistants, a service-dog school based in Milton, Georgia. She is the New York Times bestselling author of In a Dog s Heart and Through a Dog s Eyes, which was also the subject of a PBS documentary.