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The Big Book of Tricks for the Best Dog Ever: A Step-by-Step Guide to 118 Amazing Tricks and Stunts
Show off your dog! And let your dog show off, too! Using the secrets of professional dog trainers, this fully illustrated guide with hundreds of step-by-step photos show how to teach your pet 118 tricks and stunts. Organized from beginner level to pro, these tricks run the gamut from the kinds of things any well-behaved dog should know—fetch, paw shake, roll over—to stunts that will delight your friends and family, from dance routines to flying disc acrobatics. You’ll even learn the tricks behind filmmaking with dogs to create your own movie magic and performance showstoppers. And there are benefits far beyond the wow factor. Teaching your dog tricks will not only reveal more of your dog’s real personality, including hidden talents, it will also improve your pet’s behavior, reinforce socialization, prevent boredom and restlessness, and instill your pet with greater confidence. And dramatically enrich the relationship the two of you already share.
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621 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 19, 2019
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May 3, 2019
Without any doubt, The Big Book of Tricks For The Best Dog Ever is the best training book I have ever seen. This book is the training bible every dog owner has been looking for training even the most stubborn of dogs, with every page filled with not just easy to follow directions but beautiful step by step process pictures to help you make sure you are doing each step correctly with your pup. As well, the book is divided into sections, allowing you to start with simple tricks and going all the way to ring quality tricks involving agility. Overall, I consider The Big Book of Tricks For The Best Dog Ever to be a must-have book for any dog owner who is determined to have the best dog ever!
July 2, 2020
Great Book
Best trick book I've come across. Very detailed. Really is a step by step guide. Lots of tips to help you along. Shows you how to chain together tricks to create the more difficult tricks. Wish I had come across this book sooner. Highly recommend.
Best trick book I've come across. Very detailed. Really is a step by step guide. Lots of tips to help you along. Shows you how to chain together tricks to create the more difficult tricks. Wish I had come across this book sooner. Highly recommend.
April 14, 2023
basics
The book is excellent, exactly what I needed and highly recommend to everyone for my dog is quite wild and a mind of her own
The book is excellent, exactly what I needed and highly recommend to everyone for my dog is quite wild and a mind of her own
June 22, 2020
Step 1: Read training book - Complete
Step 2: Utilize training book - haven't quite started
Seems legit. I like how this book is structured. All positive reinforcement, a ton of building blocks and clear paths to victory. Bonus challenges and alternative training strats make this more accessible for all levels of trainer.
Would definitely recommend to a friend. I'd consider my dog "well-versed" in tricks but there are plenty of novel exercises here to work with.
Note: I bought this book for some new ideas for tricks/stunts to boost obedience and new things to challenge me and my dog. Now all I have to do is get to work!
Step 2: Utilize training book - haven't quite started
Seems legit. I like how this book is structured. All positive reinforcement, a ton of building blocks and clear paths to victory. Bonus challenges and alternative training strats make this more accessible for all levels of trainer.
Would definitely recommend to a friend. I'd consider my dog "well-versed" in tricks but there are plenty of novel exercises here to work with.
Note: I bought this book for some new ideas for tricks/stunts to boost obedience and new things to challenge me and my dog. Now all I have to do is get to work!
February 27, 2026
I have not completed every trick in this book (though I do have a goal to) but I have done a few tricks in this book and looked through all of them.
I have recommended this book to people. Each trick has a step by step that is clearly laid out and even has tips and tricks. I was able to teach the tricks with the steps outlined. There are some really cool fun tricks in here too!
Some tricks I found my dog needed a little more help with, more physical manipulation becouse she was finding the way the book suggested to do it frustrating. They also always say to reward for increments, which is found frustrates my dog too, becouse she gets rewarded for it one day and not the next.
I have recommended this book to people. Each trick has a step by step that is clearly laid out and even has tips and tricks. I was able to teach the tricks with the steps outlined. There are some really cool fun tricks in here too!
Some tricks I found my dog needed a little more help with, more physical manipulation becouse she was finding the way the book suggested to do it frustrating. They also always say to reward for increments, which is found frustrates my dog too, becouse she gets rewarded for it one day and not the next.
May 17, 2020
I loved how super clear the authors are in describing each trick. They made it so easy to teach my dog the basic tricks. We'll practice these for a while and pick the book up again later to continue learning. Really impressive training manual.
August 6, 2020
Great book. This should be a must-read for all new dog owners. I read this on my kindle and it was okay but I feel it would be better as a paperback book for actual uses with training. I was just checking out the book and not using it with a dog.
February 20, 2025
Super helpful and insightful. Would come back to this again and again. Versatile and helpfully progressive in its teachings.
Already tried some with my dogs! Slowly learning.
By far the best training book I’ve found so far.
Already tried some with my dogs! Slowly learning.
By far the best training book I’ve found so far.
February 5, 2022
The only good trick book I’ve ever read!
They break down the steps in teaching the trick and offer alternate ways to teach it. Very comprehensive and realistic approach. Detailed. As a trainer I am impressed and will refer back to it again and again as I seek new challenges for my cattle dog.
They break down the steps in teaching the trick and offer alternate ways to teach it. Very comprehensive and realistic approach. Detailed. As a trainer I am impressed and will refer back to it again and again as I seek new challenges for my cattle dog.
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