Ian Dunbar on dog-friendly dog training | Video on TED.com

Speakers Ian Dunbar: Animal behaviorist

Veterinarian, dog trainer and animal behaviorist Ian Dunbar understands our pets' point of view. By training dog owners in proper conduct (as much as he trains the dogs themselves), he hopes to encourage better relationships with dogs -- not to mention their friends and children, too.

Why you should listen to him:

We may call dogs man's best friend, but according to Dr. Ian Dunbar, humans often fail to reciprocate. Dunbar's decades of research on hierarchical social behavior and aggression in domestic animals truly give him a dog's-eye view of human beings' incomprehensible and spontaneous -- if involuntary -- cruelties.

Dunbar says we might break our unseemly, unflattering habits and usher in an "era of dog-friendly dog training" by coming to understand why dogs do what they do -- Is Fido misbehaving, or just being a dog? -- and the repercussions of our actions toward them. (We might foster better relationships with our fellow humans, too.) His Sirius Dog Training company focuses on training puppies to be playful, yet well-behaved. His second organization, Animalin, promotes games for dogs and puppies at an international level.

Dunbar has written numerous books, including How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks and The Good Little Dog Book. He has also hosted several award-winning videotapes on puppy and dog training.

"There is no single person on the face of the planet to whom dog trainers and owners (not to mention dogs) owe more."

Jean Donaldson, author, The Culture Clash

Quotes by Ian Dunbar

• “I could speak to you and say, ‘Laytay-chai, paisey, paisey.’ … Why aren’t you responding? Oh, you don’t speak Swahili. Well, I’ve got news for you. The dog doesn’t speak English, or American, or Spanish, or French.” 

Ian Dunbar on the Web

• Website: Sirius Dog Training
• Book: How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks
• Book: Doctor Dunbar's Good Little Dog Book
• Interesting: "Living with dogs has taught humans morals"
• Website: K9 Games
• Website: Dog Star Daily

Related themes

• Bold Predictions, Stern Warnings
• How We Learn
• Animals That Amaze

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