Dog Talk: Training Your Dog Through A Canine Point Of View

by John Ross, Barbara McKinney

The only dog-training book that really gets through to the canine brain beneath all that fur.

Incorporating the revolutionary teaching of John Ross's prominent dog-training school, this is the first and only dog-training book that truly takes owners inside the canine mind. Central to Ross's technique is the notion that a dog responds to its owner as the pack leader, and that this leader must take the dominant role in the relationship between human and dog. By encouraging owners to act in a canine manner, Ross emphasizes sure-fire techniques to help dogs through the behaviors they need to learn. Among the hundreds of useful training tips included in Dog Talk

* Always use your dog's name prior to the "Bentley, heel!"
* When training a puppy, try moving a desired object like a dog biscuit over and behind your dog's head to induce him to "sit."
* Do not use your dog's name-- which he associates with being called toward you-- when commanding him to "stay."
* Don't yell "Come!" in a threatening manner while chasing after a disobedient puppy or you may well have just trained him to run away on command.
* Giving a "No" command while your dog is thinking about a bad behavior is even more effective than giving it during the behavior.

Genres: Dogs, Animals, Nonfiction

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

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Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book. It gave a lot of ideas about dog training that I had not read in other books. The one idea I really liked was about how to get a dog to stop barking. It was intresting that you first need to teach your dog what barking is before you ask it to stop. Once you teach your dog to bark, then you can ask it to stop barking.

Great book to read for training your dog.

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a re-read of a book we have previously used to dog train. I like the training approach. I’m brushing up on dog training and commands with my new dog.

[NK92 · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite books on dog training.
It has helpful step by step instructions and how long to spend on the command each day.
It is great for those interested in positive dog training.

I believe I found out about this book because it was recommended by the Humane Society

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of many good dog training books on the market.

[Rena Sherwood]

There are great dog training and dog breed books out there. This is not one of them.



Because this is an outdated and mostly useless information about dog training. It recommends the use of choke chains, which have since been proven to harm or even kill dogs. When this guy started recommending the use of choke chains, that's when I gave up. Before the choke chains appear, there is a lame section on breeds that seemed to be filler and not much else. In summary: Not worth a single Goodreads star.

[Sherri Kent-Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contained some good tips on dog training. I recently brought a puppy home so I was particularly interested in this topic. There is a lot of common sense information in this book. I implemented a couple of the suggestions, and they worked well.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty good...but as with the puppy book, i know i'd need to read it a few times to be effective!

[Morgan]

This was a Christmas gift from Bill, and is quite a handy book to have. Luke has been making great progress and is slowly but surely becoming a good dog...recommended to all

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, when we finally get a dog (long drawn out search of area shelters) we'll be prepared! I will definitely be buying a copy of this to have around.

[Noelle]

Thanks, Heather!

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a decent book on dog training, but I don't think it's the best.
It does have some good information, but if I had the choice to go back I wouldn't have bought it.

[April]

claims to be a positive training book, but still relies pretty heavily on intimidation and choke chains.