Discover 100 ways to train a well-mannered, calm, confident and happy family pet by following the expert advice from experienced dog trainers Sarah Fisher and Marie Miller.
Practical step-by-step instruction and clear photographs demonstrate essential techniques, including TTouch bodywork and clicker training. Progressive exercises and bronze, silver and gold certificates provide structure and achievable goals, enabling you to teach your dog key skills. Fun games reinforce the training, giving your dog appropriate mental and physical stimulation. Whether you are training a puppy or solving specific problems with an older dog, this positive guide is the perfect companion and will help to deepen the understanding and trust between you and your dog.
This was an OK dog-training book, I guess. Let me say first off that we have two dogs, Daisy, a Parson Russell terrier who has no interest in being trained, and Sam, a golden retriever mix who wants more than anything else to be a Good Boy. (The book, unfortunately didn’t tackle the question of working with more than one dog at a time.) Anyway, there’s an introduction here to clicker training, and to “T-touches,” and the first half of the book gives pretty good instruction on how to use those tools to work with your dog. The last section goes into some pretty elaborate tricks, like what you’d teach your dog if you were going to have him in competitions—that didn’t interest me at all.