Did you ever stop to think that there's only one thing getting in the way of training your dog? You! From the bestselling authors of I Just Got a Puppy. What Do I Do?; Good Dog, Bad Dog; and When Good Dogs Do Bad Things comes this invaluable resource guide to shaping up your lovable canine companion. With their trademark praise, affection, humor, and easy-to-follow style, Siegal and Margolis will teach you how to: * Housebreak your dog for good! * Test your dog for temperament type * Create an everlasting emotional attachment with your dog * Evaluate, choose, and find the best training…mehr
Did you ever stop to think that there's only one thing getting in the way of training your dog? You! From the bestselling authors of I Just Got a Puppy. What Do I Do?; Good Dog, Bad Dog; and When Good Dogs Do Bad Things comes this invaluable resource guide to shaping up your lovable canine companion. With their trademark praise, affection, humor, and easy-to-follow style, Siegal and Margolis will teach you how to: * Housebreak your dog for good! * Test your dog for temperament type * Create an everlasting emotional attachment with your dog * Evaluate, choose, and find the best training equipment * Master all the basic commands, such as sit, stay, heel, down, and come * Troubleshoot some of the most common behavior problems So join the many happy dogs and their owners who have gotten a new leash on life with the help of television's favorite trainer. Your pet will love you for it!
Mordecai Siegal has written more than thirty books about dogs, cats, and horses, and edited The Cornell Book of Cats, the most highly respected reference guide on feline medicine for pet owners. He has appeared on many TV shows, including Good Morning America. He has written hundreds of articles and columns for magazines, such as House Beautiful, Harper's Bazaar, Reader's Digest, and Good Housekeeping. He writes a monthly pet column on www.goodnewsforpets.com. He lives in New York City.
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Contents A Note to the Reader on Housebreaking Your Dog Introduction What is this book about and who exactly is Uncle Matty? One Test Case The Uncle Matty approach to dog training. The temperament types: Responsive; Easygoing or Sedate; High-Energy; Strong-Willed; Shy; Aggressive. Personality Evaluation: The Roll-over Test; The Social Attraction Test; The Hand-Shy Test; The Pain-Tolerance Test. Two The Bonds of Friendship Bonding with your dog means creating a close, personal relationship by expressing love, praise, and affection. How to bond with your dog: Talking It Up; Hold Me, Touch Me; The House He Lives In; Playing Around; In a Family Way; Bonding Things to Do. Three Powerful Words Two powerful words: No and Okay. How to use No properly. Using Okay properly. Some training tools you need: the leash and collar. About the leash correction. Before correcting the dog, hold the leash properly. How to administer a leash correction. Leash corrections for dogs of different temperaments. Four Be Seated How to teach your dog the command Sit. Four different approaches to Sit: the Pushing Technique; the Placing Technique; the Food Technique; and the Small-Dog Technique. Sit for dogs of different temperaments. Five Walk This Way How to teach your dog the command Heel. Walking a Shy dog. Negotiating a new leash. Jumping while teaching Heel. Wrapping himself around your legs. Walking in toward you. Heel for dogs of different temperaments. How to teach your dog the Automatic Sit. Six Stay a While Sitting and Staying. How to teach your dog Stay. The verbal command. The hand signal. Turning on your left foot. Backing off. Walking around each side of the dog. Walking around the dog. Alone in a room. Sit-Stay for dogs of different temperaments. Seven Common Down Going Down and Staying Down. How to teach your dog the command Down. 1. The Hand Method. 2. The Dog's Leg Method. 3. The Push Method. 4. The Shoulder Method. 5. The Sliding-Leash Method. 6. The Foot-Leash Method. 7. The Small-Dog Method. 8. The Treat Method. Saying Down properly. Leash Control. Praise. The hand signal at the dog's side. Giving the hand signal while kneeling in front of the dog. Down without kneeling. Down from a greater distance. Down for dogs of different temperaments. How to teach your dog Down-Stay. Eight Come to Me, My Melancholy Baby How to teach your dog the command Come When Called On-Leash. Gently pull the leash. Teaching the hand signal. The Sit position. Come When Called for dogs of different temperaments.
Contents A Note to the Reader on Housebreaking Your Dog Introduction What is this book about and who exactly is Uncle Matty? One Test Case The Uncle Matty approach to dog training. The temperament types: Responsive; Easygoing or Sedate; High-Energy; Strong-Willed; Shy; Aggressive. Personality Evaluation: The Roll-over Test; The Social Attraction Test; The Hand-Shy Test; The Pain-Tolerance Test. Two The Bonds of Friendship Bonding with your dog means creating a close, personal relationship by expressing love, praise, and affection. How to bond with your dog: Talking It Up; Hold Me, Touch Me; The House He Lives In; Playing Around; In a Family Way; Bonding Things to Do. Three Powerful Words Two powerful words: No and Okay. How to use No properly. Using Okay properly. Some training tools you need: the leash and collar. About the leash correction. Before correcting the dog, hold the leash properly. How to administer a leash correction. Leash corrections for dogs of different temperaments. Four Be Seated How to teach your dog the command Sit. Four different approaches to Sit: the Pushing Technique; the Placing Technique; the Food Technique; and the Small-Dog Technique. Sit for dogs of different temperaments. Five Walk This Way How to teach your dog the command Heel. Walking a Shy dog. Negotiating a new leash. Jumping while teaching Heel. Wrapping himself around your legs. Walking in toward you. Heel for dogs of different temperaments. How to teach your dog the Automatic Sit. Six Stay a While Sitting and Staying. How to teach your dog Stay. The verbal command. The hand signal. Turning on your left foot. Backing off. Walking around each side of the dog. Walking around the dog. Alone in a room. Sit-Stay for dogs of different temperaments. Seven Common Down Going Down and Staying Down. How to teach your dog the command Down. 1. The Hand Method. 2. The Dog's Leg Method. 3. The Push Method. 4. The Shoulder Method. 5. The Sliding-Leash Method. 6. The Foot-Leash Method. 7. The Small-Dog Method. 8. The Treat Method. Saying Down properly. Leash Control. Praise. The hand signal at the dog's side. Giving the hand signal while kneeling in front of the dog. Down without kneeling. Down from a greater distance. Down for dogs of different temperaments. How to teach your dog Down-Stay. Eight Come to Me, My Melancholy Baby How to teach your dog the command Come When Called On-Leash. Gently pull the leash. Teaching the hand signal. The Sit position. Come When Called for dogs of different temperaments.
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