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Summary: Put This In Your LIbrary!
Review: This book should be part of the library of anyone who is interested in Positive Reinforcement training. It is clearly written and offers great suggestions on how to reinforce your dog's behavior.
I highly recommend this book for the novice or professional!
Certainly well worth the money.
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Summary: clicker emphasis
Review: this book was a good read for most of the time, a little slow at times, with too many stories that did not meet my direct needs.
it is strong on clicker training.
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Summary: Dangerous Training Method (book)
Review: This book, while it does have very few good ideas, is the best example of how NOT to train a dog!! On one page it actually says that if your fingers are bleeding from a dog taking treats from your hand, put the treats in your fist and let the dog 'gnaw' at our hand, only letting the dog have a treat when it bite softens! Ya right folks!!! I do great dane rescue and do you realize how many hands I'd go through if I tried that method!!! I'd have bloody stumps! And the book gets much worse. Call around your area, find a trainer in person you can visit with. Using the above method is going to get many people injured!!
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Summary: Best Book on Positive Training yet
Review: This is a COMPLETE book on the subject of Positive Training of Dogs, written for the laymen. A must reference/guide for anyone. After reading it (Several times) I keep it on the shelf for ready reference. How about a Video as a follow up Pat?
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Summary: Get this book! It will make you and your dog happy!
Review: This is a great book for someone who is getting a new dog and would like to be friends with that dog instead of fighting with it to get it to do what you want. I read this book a few weeks before I got my first two dogs that were my own (my family had dogs when I was growing up). I only wish I had listened to it when everyone told me my rotweiller mix had a "dominance" issue. Luckily, we talked to a trainer about him that same night. She said that he was more likely afraid of our male guests, not trying to be "dominant" and run the household. She was excited to learn that we had read this book and is planning on helping us with this dog's fear agression issues (starting with a muzzle so none of us are afraid he will hurt anyone).
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: This is one of the best dog training books out there (believe me I've read lots). It's clear, concise, and covers a multitude of useful things, starting with a reasonable synopsis of the fundamentals of clicker training, then taking you through a 6 week dog training course, and then addressing a number of individual concerns seperately (Housebreaking, Aggression, Socialization, etc.). If you want a fuller explanation of operant conditioning theory, or broader application, I would suggest Karen Pryor's "Don't Shoot the Dog", but Pat Miller includes a perfectly decent abbreviated explanation. My only gripe is in the Housebreaking section, where she gives a decent rundown on the theoretics of how to housebreak, but then gives a "sample" day from a theoretical family. The family in question has four adult equivalents (Mother, father, 2 teenagers), and all are actively involved in the housebreaking. This makes it pretty irrelevant (and downright depressing) for someone like me who is trying to housebreak a puppy with Mommy, no help from Daddy, and two preschoolers, who are certainly no help in training the puppy - after all we're still working on housebreaking THEM. On the other hand, this is a minor gripe, especially as I've never found a dog training book that did provide realistic housebreaking around toddlers, and the book is otherwise excellent.
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