Introduction TIMING THE BASIS OF ANIMAL TRAINING Get Prepared with Training Tools Lesson 1 Reward at the Correct Time PRACTICE " Touch My Hand Lesson 2 Reward in the Correct Position PRACTICE " Sit Lesson 3 Reward Markers & Clickers PRACTICE " Touch a Target Disc Lesson 4 Progression PRACTICE " Paws in a Box Lesson 5 Regression PRACTICE " Send to a Mark Is Your Dog Right-Pawed or Left-Pawed? Lesson 6 Teach Verbal Cues PRACTICE " Introduce a Verbal Cue Lesson 7 Visual Guide to Hand Signals TECHNIQUE THE SIX TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX The Six Ways to Elicit a Behavior Lesson 8 Luring PRACTICE " Spin Circles PRACTICE " Paws Up Lesson 9 Targeting PRACTICE " Touch a Target Stick Build on Known Behaviors PRACTICE " Down Lesson 10 Modeling PRACTICE " Stay in a Square Lesson 11 Mimicking PRACTICE " Jump over a Bar Lesson 12 Capturing PRACTICE " Speak Lesson 13 Shaping PRACTICE " Pick Up a Toy MOTIVATION PRINCIPLES OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT You Owe This to Your Dog Lesson 14 Operant Conditioning - The Motivation Quadrants Lesson 15 Positive Reinforcement PRACTICE " Which Hand Holds the Treat? Train Joyfully! Lesson 16 Reward Success; Ignore the Rest PRACTICE " Cup and Ball Game Lesson 17 Learning Occurs with Successes PRACTICE " Take a Bow PRACTICE " Retrieve an Object Lesson 18 Jackpot Rewards Lesson 19 Breed Motivation Lesson 20 Nonfood Rewards PRACTICE " Ring a Bell to Go Out SELF-CONTROL TECHNIQUES TO TURN OFF FRUSTRATION Lesson 21 Impulse Control PRACTICE " Loose-Leash Walking Lesson 22 Extinction Lesson 23 Positive Redirection Lesson 24 Home Base PRACTICE " Send/Stay on Platform ENRICHMENT THE SIX COMPONENTS OF JOY Lesson 25 Puzzle Challenges Lesson 26 Exploration Lesson 27 Choice Lesson 28 Desire to Be Loved Lesson 29 Order Lesson 30 Sense of Humor and Play

Kyra Sundance is a world-renowned dog trainer, lecturer, and internationally best-selling author of 101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge and Bond with Your Dog. With over a million copies in print, Kyra's award-winning books, kits, and DVDs have inspired dog owners worldwide to develop fun and rewarding relationships with their dogs. Her other books include Dog Training 101, The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook, 51 Puppy Tricks, and 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition.Honed through decades of professional experience, Kyra's easy step-by-step training methods are the most effective and humane way to train. Her positive methods foster confident, happy dogs who are motivated to do the right thing, rather than fearful of making a mistake.As professional performers, Kyra and her Weimaraners starred in shows for the king of Morocco, Disney's Hollywood stage shows, circuses, NBA halftime shows, on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Animal Planet, in movies, and in their own television series. Kyra is a professional set trainer for movie dogs, and is nationally ranked in competitive dog sports. She presents workshops around the world on dog tricks and canine conditioning.Kyra is CEO of "Do More With Your Dog!" trick dog titling organization; the "National Trick Dog championships"; and Chair of the "Trick Dog Expo."Kyra lives in Lancaster, California.