The Koehler Method of Utility Dog Training

by William R. Koehler

This second edition provides a guide to dog training using the Koehler method and is updated with new exercises and rule changes. It is aimed primarily at those who participate in utility obedience competition.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1977

Reviews

[Benjamin Siegel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book brimming with savvy insight into the canine mind, leadened with a penchant for animal cruelty that recurs too frequently to ignore. Koehler's intent is to endow the dog with "a birthright that he has in common with all of God’s creatures: the right to the consequences of his own action." There is much to commend the spirit of Koehler's injunction, but the methods he prescribes - i.e., electrifying a culling chicken and offering it to dogs to preclude further charges - suggest an unreformed barbarity.