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Make your buddy a top dog for life, be your Best Friend's "Friend," by training together.
Obedience training is one of the most important aspects of raising a dog. In fact, a well-trained dog is a FREE dog! Why? Because a trained dog requires fewer restrictions. The more reliable the dog, the more freedom he is given.
Dog Training for Dummies shows dog owners how to select the right training method for their puppy, adult, or senior dog. Whether you want to teach Buddy to sit or master retrieving, this hands-on guide provides training to ensure a mutually respectful relationship with your four-legged family members.
Eliminate unwanted behavior
Find step-by-step instruction on basic commands
Strengthen your bond with your dog
Build communication, understanding, and mutual respect
Based on positive reinforcement, trust, and obedience, the tips and tricks inside will help you bring out the very best in your beloved pet.
Autorentext
Wendy Volhard is internationally recognized for her contributions to dog training. At the heart of her teaching is the Motivational Method for people who value dogs as companions.
Mary Ann Rombold Zeigenfuse, LVT, has been working with dogs and their owners for over 40 years. She runs Best Friends Obedience in Lexington, KY.
Klappentext
Fun and effective training techniques!
Dog Training for Dummies, 4th Edition, shows you how to select the right training method for your puppy, adult, or senior dog. Whether you want to teach your furry friend to sit or master retrieving, this hands-on guide trains you to build a mutually respectful relationship with your four-legged family members. With step-by-step instruction on basic commands, guidance on how to eliminate unwanted behavior, and tips for making training painless, Dog Training for Dummies is packed with the techniques you need to make your pal a top dog for life.
Inside
Zusammenfassung
Make your buddy a top dog for life, be your Best Friend's Friend, by training together.
Obedience training is one of the most important aspects of raising a dog. In fact, a well-trained dog is a FREE dog! Why? Because a trained dog requires fewer restrictions. The more reliable the dog, the more freedom he is given.
Dog Training for Dummies shows dog owners how to select the right training method for their puppy, adult, or senior dog. Whether you want to teach Buddy to sit or master retrieving, this hands-on guide provides training to ensure a mutually respectful relationship with your four-legged family members.
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 3
Icons Used in This Book 3
Where to Go from Here 4
Part 1: Setting the Stage for Successful Training 5
Chapter 1: Dog Training: The Key to Your Dog's Safety and Your Sanity 7
Understanding Why You're Training Buddy: To Do Something or Not to Do Something 8
Identifying a Well-Trained Dog 9
Selecting a Training Model 11
First things first: Considering your dog's breed 12
Training a dog: What are you really doing? 13
Identifying Six Basic Commands Every Dog Needs to Know 16
Recognizing Factors that Influence Success 16
Having a good relationship with your dog 17
Owning a healthy dog 17
Making training time a priority 17
Oh, the Places You and Your Pooch Can Go: Beyond the Basics 18
The Canine Good Citizen Certificate 19
AKC S.T.A.R puppy program 19
AKC tricks titles 19
More than training: Understanding how dogs help people 19
An Exercise to Get You and Your Pooch Started 20
Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Dog and How He Perceives the World 23
Determining What Motivates You and Your Dog 24
Being Aware of Your Dog's Body Language 24
Recognizing Your Dog's Instinctive Behaviors 25
Prey drive 26
Pack drive 27
Defense drive, fight and flight 28
Understanding how the drives affect training 30
Determining Your Dog's Personality Profile 31
Deciding How You Want Buddy to Act 35
Bringing out drives 36
Switching drives 37
Applying drives to your training 39
Remembering Who's Training Whom 43
Chapter 3: Developing Training Savvy 45
Managing the Dog Within 46
Breed-specific behaviors 46
Temperament 47
Mental sensitivity 48
Responses to visual stimuli 48
Sound sensitivity 49
Touch sensitivity the adrenaline effect 50
Stressing the Effects of Stress 51
Understanding stress 51
Recognizing the symptoms of stress 52
Origins of stress intrinsic and extrinsic 53
Relating stress to learning 54
Stress and distraction training 54
Managing stress 55
Managing Your Dog's Environment 55
Starting on the right foot 55
Recognizing your dog's social needs 56
Identifying your dog's emotional needs 57
Feeding your dog's nutritional needs 57
Understanding the You Factor 58
Knowing your expectations 58
Knowing your attitude 60
Being consistent with commands and tone of voice 61
Outlasting your dog be persistent 62
Knowing to avoid no 63
Repeating commands 63
Chapter 4: Understanding the Vital Role That Nutrition and Health Play in Training 65
Finding the Right Food for Buddy 66
Deciphering dog food labels 67
Evaluating Buddy's current food 69
Understanding the Nutrients Your Dog Needs 70
Meeting puppy's nutritional needs 71
Keeping your dog's diet rich in protein 72
Going easy on the carbohydrates 74
Knowing the value of fats in moderation 75
Ensuring that your dog's diet is fortified with
vitamins and minerals 76
Don't forget to quench his thirst: Keeping fresh water around 77
Paying close attention to preservatives 78
Making Choices about How to Feed Buddy 79
Feeding Buddy commercial dry food 79
Offering beefed-up commercial dry food 80
Trying a raw food or frozen diet 82
Making your own food: Wendy's Natural Diet 84
Using the Natural Diet Foundation (NDF2) 85
Transferring Buddy to his new diet 86
Sizing up supplements 87 Exploring Common Health Issues That Affect Behavi...