The Only Dog Training Book You'll Ever Need: From Avoiding Accidents to Banishing Barking, the Basics for Raising a Well-Behaved Dog

Great dog training book. All about positive reinforcement, not letting your dog get in trouble in the first place, and has great tips and tricks for healthy training.

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This terrific book gave my dog and I a great head start in our life together. My Cody was a wild 11-month old rescue dog living in a pack of other dogs at a foster home. He had no good manners, little regard for rules, and knew no obedience commands. I bought this book in preparation for adopting a rescue dog and it was the best investment to prepare me to be a pet owner. It helped me to set my expectations, understand the importance of training, and how to go about achieving my goal of having a well-behaved pet. I followed many of hte suggestions, and also attended obedience school. Today, three years later, Cody is a happy, friendly, well-behaved therapy dog who brings joy to many.

I suppose this is a fair dog training book for many dogs and many people but it did not work out too well for me or for my dog. It focuses on Clicker training and positive reinforcement. It does so by explaining the process and working through progressively more advanced examples. I think it might work well with puppies and even a great number of older dogs but I could not afford the costs in human or canine misery.My dog is a "rescued" great Dane. He had and has some serious issues. He is a runt and weighs only about 140 lbs. but is still a real force of nature to be reckoned with. He is very loving with my family but, if I were to follow this book exactly, I would still be trying to coax my secretary's remains from between his teeth as I tried to convince the dog that there are better ways of behaving. It would be like letting Charles Mansion try to continue his killing spree while explaining to him why his behavior is unacceptable. Sometimes force is needed. According to this book, it is never permissible.In spite of that lament from personal experience, this book does explain the real benefits of positive reinforcement and how to implement the training techniques. It has little to say about how to handle a dog who has learned to associate the "clicker" with a command to eat everyone in sight but I suppose that situation does not come up all that often.

BEST dog book you will ever need! Better then Caeser's!It explains what you need to do in order to train your best friend!

This is exactly what it says it is. It's a straight forward training book. You will do less reading and more training. The book is small enough and lightweight enough to keep right with you as a reference, if you won't want to make note cards.

A book nice to read with lots of useful examples and advice

The title isn't exactly true, but it did help me alot when I adopted my dog. He is the first dog I've ever owned and I was really nervous. This book answers alot of questions but I don't agree with everything.

Excellent help for unruly dogs. dogs are calmer thank you