Dog Training For Dummies
- Fun and informative guide, written in the down-to-earth Dummies style, delivers clear, step-by-step instructions show you how to train your dog–from housetraining and socializing your puppy to teaching your adult dog fun new tricks
Product DescriptionThat innocent face. Those sad, puppy-dog eyes. Let’s face it: puppies can make anyone’s heart melt. But without proper training, they can make even the most doting doggie moms and dads’ blood pressure soar. So before your new puppy has you jumping through hoops, stop and ask yourself, “Just who is the trainer here?” Dog Training for Dummies, 2nd Edition, shows you how to select the right training method for your puppy or adult dog, based on his uniq. . . More >>
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February 28th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
I am one of those people who enjoys reading cookbooks and dog training books. I rarely cook and never well, with an equivalent depressed performance in the canine management domain. This is a book however, that is only good for reading, and in that area, it isn’t bad, just not an `ah hah’ experience. The “pack behavior” business is covered as it is everywhere, and there are the obligatory breed specific blurbs, but when it comes to the real getting up and doing the stuff, it falls well below the mark. For instance, some on the leash ‘figure eight’ move that would be a real effort for a motor/direction impaired person like me, is merely a bad picture and a few lines. They couldn’t really have intended you to do it. I have found that when it comes to directions with dogs, people are pretty dense, or like me, lazy and unmotivated. People take a long time to grasp the main idea as in keeping them in the crate or a small area until they are completely trained. That seems quite simple, however, with the average people attention span and ability to follow directions, I have observed, (as I am also on an internet dog training E-letter,) a breakdown in human cognition with regard to this most universal and simple rule. Perhaps these authors are wise to that group of reading non-doers of which I am one, and have generated a book just for us as though, it were a cookbook or Gourmet Magazine. Even so, there are better reads, and your dog may even, by fluke, benefit from a wiser purchase. Rating: 2 / 5
February 28th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
I was very excited when I got my new puppy. I have always wanted a dog. I was convinced that my dog would be the next movie superstar dog. I got this book so I could train her and get her ready for her up an coming movie rolls (Im such a wishfull thinker). I enjoyed reading the book because aside from the fact that is is a training book, it has a sense of humor, it is entertaining. I have had my dog now for almost 5 years. She is chubby, does not walk well on a leash and about the only trick she does is gives you her paw. But I still have no regrets about the book because I really enjoyed reading it. (Besides. . . . . I do not think the book was the problem. . . . I kinda spoiled her too much)Oh, and as a side note. . . my dog is a STAR in my eyes!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
February 28th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
It was helpful especially when I got my puppy, It was effective. Rating: 4 / 5
February 28th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
There are so many dog training books that are so much better, like, anything by Carol Lea Benjamin, or Job Michael Evans, The Evans Guide for Housetraining Your Dog by Job Michael Evans, Reading The Dog’s Mind: Learning to Train from the Dog’s Point of View by John Holmes, Mary Holmes, Dog Behavior: An Owner’s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet by Ian Dunbar, Right from the Start: Care and Training for the Life of Your Dog by Race Foster, Marty Smith, How Dogs Learn by Mary R. Burch, Jon S. Bailey, Puppy Care and Training: An Owner’s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet by Bardi McLennan , All Dogs Need Some Training by Liz Palika Yhe Dog’s Mind: Understanding Your Dog’s Behavior ,by Bruce Fogle,Dog Training for Kids,by Carol Lea Benjamin , Dog Training: An Owners Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet by Amy Ammen Dog Training for Children and Parents by Michael Tucker, Mother Knows Best: The Natural Way to Train Your Dog,by Carol Lea Benjamin What All Good Dogs Should Know: The Sensible Way to Train by Jack Volhard, A-Z Of Dog Training and Behavior,by Patrick Holden, Kay White Dog-Friendly Dog Training by Andrea Arden —- just to name a few! All of these are much better than the the dummies one, which is dumb. Abby Rating: 1 / 5
February 28th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
This book is very very much out of date! Fortunately I read much better and up-to-date books so I know what dog training is about nowadays. And that is NOT what Dog Training for Dummies wants to make you believe. Rating: 1 / 5