Advanced Schutzhund (Howell Reference Books)

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Summary: Good Book
Review: Descriptive and very helpful, a little dry reading but still very helpful.

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Summary: ADVANCED Schutzhund
Review: In my opinion, this book will NOT take you from buying and raising your first puppy to the trial field. I believe, it assumes you have many basic training methods already in place, ie. how to train tracking. IT IS an Excellent ADVANCED Schutzhund book.

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Summary: This book is well written .
Review: Ivan has proven time and again that his methods have worked well in all areas of training. He has proven in the world of Schutzhund that this can be done by bringing up the standards of high level competition.

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Summary: A different approach
Review: Ivan's and Karen's book was extremely helpful and is a must have. It gives you some problem solving techniques and advices you how to approach most common problems. I especially liked the suggestions on overcoming distraction issues. The different methods described really teach you how to think like the animal, and use it's innate abilities to your advantage. In the end you get a wonderful, obedient world competitor that is happy to do everything you ask.

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Summary: A different approach
Review: Ivan's and Karen's book was extremely helpful and is a must have. It gives you some problem solving techniques and advices you how to approach most common problems. I especially liked the suggestions on overcoming distraction issues. The different methods described really teach you how to think like the animal, and use it's innate abilities to your advantage. In the end you get a wonderful, obedient world competitor that is happy to do everything you ask.

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Summary: Advanced Schutzhund
Review: The book was very informative, but I wouldn't suggest that a person without a strong working knowledge of training dogs reads this book untill they become more familar with dog training and the sport of Schutzhund.

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Summary: Advanced Schutzhund
Review: The book was very informative, but I wouldn't suggest that a person without a strong working knowledge of training dogs reads this book untill they become more familar with dog training and the sport of Schutzhund.

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Summary: A working book for working dogs
Review: Too often in the dog sports we find ourselves looking for answers to training problems. There are many good books that give an overview of schutzhund, but not many that get down to the meat of things. I received my copy of this book just a few days before a trial and found myself thumbing through the book to find a solution to a pre-trial problem with my dogs Guard and Bark. Ivan and Karen's well thought out book, not only pointed out where my problem came from, but offered a solution. Not many fixes work that easy, but I walked away with a Sch II on my Malinois after the trial was over. Advanced Schutzhund will be in the equipment bag along with the sleeves and the dumbells from now on.

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Summary: Precisely what was needed and concisely done.
Review: Training for Schutzhund has been an art passed on by club members. Most of the successful trainers in this sport are not as effective as teachers for the adult human. This book has bridged the gap providing effective communication to the handler on how to communicate effectively with the Schuthund dog.