Learning About Dogs -Teaching Dogs Magazine

Teaching Dogs is a magazine for dog trainers and enthusiasts focussing on the modern methods of positive training.

Clicker training is a regular feature, with positive management techniques and relationship development - the “holistic” positive learning experience.

“Training for all types of dogs” means all types of dogs wanting to learn all types of things! Our focus is on the ALL, not just the clever and bright dogs that seem to learn in spite of our failings.

Our measure of an effective training method is:

u it can be applied by many people of different skill levels

u it can be applied to 99% of all known dogs (and a few unknown dogs too!)

Editor and author is Kay Laurence, is a world famous trainer and teacher, and can now add “TV Judge” to her list of accomplishments, recently featuring on the BBC2 show The Underdogs. In the past few years she has run seminars across America, Canada, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia as well as regular seminars and workshop in the UK. In 2006 she featured again as a key speaker at the Clicker Expo in Minneapolis MN, Tucson AZ and Newport RI, for Karen Pryor Clicker Training, and in 2007 in Los Angeles and Cleveland.

Her unique expertise of combining teaching with training and extensive travel has lead to a world wide reputation for this magazine. It is the recommended reading material for several university and college courses. Many articles are written by experts across a range on interests and from all over the world.

Clicker training allows us to teach our dogs many, many more behaviours than were previously thought possible. We now look far wider at different interests and think nothing of enjoying 2 or three main hobbies in a dog’s lifetime, plus teaching selected behaviours from other walks of life.

Published

Teaching Dogs was first published in August 2002 as a bi-monthly magazine.

Current Issue Xmas 2007

WagMore Diary The exciting events planned for Spring and early Summer 2008 at the Learning About Dogs training centre.

Science of Behaviour. The Process of Behavioural Extinction by Christina Bond. Looking at utilising this powerful method of getting rid of unwanted behaviours.

Science of Behaviour. How Do We Change Behaviour? by Dr Helen Zulch. Examining the elements that contribute to making a change happen and keeping it changed.

Learning About Dogs Courses for 2008. New courses and certification programmes. Pull out section for you to keep.

Kay’s Training Tips. Step by step strategy for changing that behaviour.

The Impact of Rewards and Reinforcers on Behaviour. by Helen Phillips. Looking at the types of rewards and how they can affect behaviour, in particular instinctive behaviours.

The Art of Tracking by Allyson Tohme. Allyson’s passion for this activity comes from the partnership and the dogs’ pure enjoyment in participating.

Launching the CAP4 criteria. Ideas for exciting projects that can change our knowledge and understanding of clicker training.

Individual Copies by Download

These are available for Volume 3, 4 & 5 from the shop in pdf format that you can print and read at your leisure.

Back copies of:

Volume 1 - August 2002 - July 2003 £12

Volume 2 - August 2003 - July 2004 £12

Volume 3 - August 2004 - July 2005 £12

Volume 4 - August 2005 - July 2006 £18

Volume 5 - Individual copies available

Can all be purchased online in the SHOP