Don’t Shoot the Dog!
E206774
Don’t Shoot the Dog! is a popular book by animal trainer Karen Pryor that introduces positive reinforcement and clicker training principles for shaping behavior in animals and humans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Don’t Shoot the Dog! canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1838285 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don’t Shoot the Dog! Context triple: [Karen Pryor, notableWork, Don’t Shoot the Dog!]
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A.
Bullet the Wonder Dog
Bullet the Wonder Dog was Roy Rogers’ famous German Shepherd sidekick, known for appearing in his Western films and television shows as a heroic and intelligent companion.
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B.
Stop the Fussing and Fighting
"Stop the Fussing and Fighting" is a roots reggae track by the British band Culture, known for its socially conscious lyrics and classic late-1970s reggae sound.
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C.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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D.
Bumpy Dog
Bumpy Dog is a loyal, excitable toy dog character from Enid Blyton’s Noddy stories, known for accompanying Noddy on his adventures in Toyland.
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E.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don’t Shoot the Dog! Target entity description: Don’t Shoot the Dog! is a popular book by animal trainer Karen Pryor that introduces positive reinforcement and clicker training principles for shaping behavior in animals and humans.
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A.
Bullet the Wonder Dog
Bullet the Wonder Dog was Roy Rogers’ famous German Shepherd sidekick, known for appearing in his Western films and television shows as a heroic and intelligent companion.
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B.
Stop the Fussing and Fighting
"Stop the Fussing and Fighting" is a roots reggae track by the British band Culture, known for its socially conscious lyrics and classic late-1970s reggae sound.
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C.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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D.
Bumpy Dog
Bumpy Dog is a loyal, excitable toy dog character from Enid Blyton’s Noddy stories, known for accompanying Noddy on his adventures in Toyland.
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E.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
behavioral psychology book
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
animals
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humans ⓘ |
| author | Karen Pryor ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
breaking tasks into small achievable steps
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clear criteria for reinforcement ⓘ consistency in training ⓘ |
| explainsTheoryOf | B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning ⓘ |
| genre |
animal training
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self-help ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
conditioned reinforcer
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marker signal ⓘ reinforcement schedule ⓘ shaping ⓘ |
| influencedField |
applied behavior analysis in everyday life
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clicker training movement ⓘ companion animal training ⓘ modern dog training ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
behavior shaping
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clicker training ⓘ operant conditioning ⓘ positive reinforcement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
making behavior science accessible to laypeople
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popularizing clicker training ⓘ |
| opposes | punishment-based training methods ⓘ |
| promotes | reward-based training methods ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
clicker training
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positive dog training literature ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
animal trainers
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general readers interested in behavior ⓘ pet owners ⓘ teachers and parents ⓘ |
| teachesConcept |
extinction of unwanted behavior
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reinforcement instead of punishment ⓘ shaping behavior through small steps ⓘ timing of reinforcement ⓘ use of conditioned reinforcers ⓘ |
| usesExample |
cat training
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dog training ⓘ horse training ⓘ human interpersonal behavior ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Don’t Shoot the Dog! Description of subject: Don’t Shoot the Dog! is a popular book by animal trainer Karen Pryor that introduces positive reinforcement and clicker training principles for shaping behavior in animals and humans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.