Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gregg Flowers Question: We just got a puppy and I have a friend who swears by something called "clicker training." What is clicker ...

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.

Believe or not, the independent canines and felines in our lives can be trained. "Many people are surprised to find that training cats is not that hard," explains Julie Posluns, principal and teacher ...

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 ...

We love our dogs when they're behaving well. They're affectionate, nonjudgmental and extremely forgiving, which makes them better companions than most people. But what should we do when Rover refuses ...