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Dog Training Ultimate Guide
Dog behaviorial school – when everything else fails.
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:46 pm
This is a great book and is good to accompany other training books such as “Good Owners, Great Pets”
Rating: 5 / 5
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
This book was very helpful but still going to have to bring this crazy dog to classes.
Rating: 4 / 5
November 24th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Unfortunately, the book does NOT live up to its title. In fact, I bought three other books, and plan on putting this book in the 25 cent bin at my next yard sale. This trainer’s idea of training is to use “Clicker Training” I don’t know about you, but I don’t carry a clicker around with me 24/7 and my dog’s response to the clicker was to walk away from the irritating noise it makes. This book is not helpful in anyway. The book is no fun to read, it makes playing with your dog into work, the author has hard and fast RULES about dogs shouldn’t be allowed on couches, beds etc… Too regimented, too harsh, and not for dog “lovers”. My two pugs are part of the family, and our family enjoys cuddling with the pugs on the furniture and the beds. Better books I bought were, Dog Tricks for Dummies, Idiots Guide to dog training, the everything dog training book, etc. “The Only Dog Training Book You will ever need” Needs to be retitiled “A not Fun, unenjoyable way to annoy youself and your dog”. Sorry, just don’t waste your time. Dogs are to be loved and enjoyed. Not turned into soldiers that respond to a CLICK.
Rating: 1 / 5
November 24th, 2009 at 3:01 am
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.
Rating: 3 / 5
November 24th, 2009 at 5:21 am
The book is very well written and easy to read and comprehend. The dog, however, has a bit more to learn, and I, as his trainer, have my work cut out for me! Thank you for a great book!
Rating: 4 / 5