In her new book, Reaching the Animal Mind ($25, Scribner), Karen Pryor offers a lively, wide-ranging overview of the use of operant conditioning for training, well, nearly any animal you can think of.

I was watching an intermediate level dog obedience training class where the dogs were being trained to respond to hand signals. Floating over the usual class related sounds produced by people's voices ...

Question: We just got a puppy and I have a friend who swears by something called "clicker training." What is clicker training and is it worth pursuing with my dog? Answer: The "clicker" used in ...

I recently was a witness to a rather heated argument between two dog trainers about the relative effectiveness of "clicker training" compared to "marker training." After much noise and hand waving, it ...

Your column February column about how San Antonio does not have enough shelter space or rescue groups to keep pace with city’s stray pet problem got my attention. I am considering adopting or ...

HUGOTON, Kan. – George Hickox, arguably one of the best known professional upland bird dog trainers in the country, took the German shorthaired pointer puppy out of a dog cage. Hickox had never worked ...

Tired of trying to teach your old dog a new trick? Try training a chicken instead. The Avian Medical Center in Lake Oswego began offering their popular "Clickin' Chicken" training classes in May 2008, ...