Preface: Eat your homework -- Introduction: Aliens among us -- Part One: How we've been getting it wrong. People are weird with dogs -- Let's stop whispering -- Dog training science deniers -- Part Two: The better way. What we have in common -- Learning by association: This equals that -- Fear and counterconditioning -- Come and drop it -- If this, then that: Learning by consequence -- Negative reinforcement: Not an oxymoron -- Punishment -- Positive reinforcement: Feel the love -- Getting rid behaviors without using punishment -- Part Three: Do try this at home. Dog language, part One: Give me space -- Dog language, Part two: Happy bodies -- The training triad: Good management -- The training triad: Good rewards -- The training triad: Good timing -- Capturing good -- Good cuing -- Good chaining, generalizing, and shaping -- Part Four: Good going forward -- The least we can do -- The future of good dog training -- Take the good dog training pledge -- Products -- Books -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.