Catch Your Dog Doing Something Right: How to Train Any Dog in Five Minutes a Day [Paperback]

Krista Cantrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1998

This innovative guide provides easy access to the internal mindset of dogs and shows readers how to use mind instead of muscle in training them. Taking a unique no-force training approach, Catch Your Dog Doing Something Right shows that happy dogs learn faster and have fewer problems when training sessions feel like playtime. Whether a dog is six months old or ten years old, rewards such as toys, food, and games are the keys to learning new behaviors quickly and changing bad habits easily. Fifteen exercises demonstrate how dogs learn and reveal how to change a dog's behavior. Stories, facts, and step-by-step instructions make this book easy to understand. More than a training manual, it introduces a world where dogs think, problems disappear, and happy relationships flourish. February publication coincides with the Westminster Kennel Club's Dog Show, which takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York. There are 35 million dog owners in America.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Cantrell, a cognitive animal behaviorist, has created a dog-training method that will appeal to a wide variety of dog owners. Taking a holistic point of view, she points out that a dog (or any other creature) cannot learn if under inappropriate stress. She demonstrates in pictures and easy-to-understand language various techniques to assess a dog's learning style, reduce or eliminate unnecessary stress, and develop a deeper bond between dog and handler. While not all trainers will agree with her assertion that dogs think (like dogs, after all), basing her technique on sound principles of operant conditioning as well as New Age health philosophies certainly makes this a unique work that moves beyond training dogs to teaching them and developing a human-dog bond that really works. For all pet-care collections.?Alicia Graybill, Lincoln City Libs., Neb.
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Review

"A unique work that moves beyond training dogs to teaching them and developing a human-dog bond that really works." - Library Journal

"Gives dog-lovers a clear view into the minds of their canine pals, and shows how to correct behavioral problems in a loving, caring way."
--Jonathan Balcombe, Humane Society of the United States

"A delightfully unique and eclectic, dog-friendly training book that examines all aspects of maximizing your relationship with your dog."
--Ian Dunbar, author of How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Plume (February 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452277558
• ISBN-13: 978-0452277557
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,374,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource manual, December 15, 1999

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Deirdre Mora (Arcadia, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Catch Your Dog Doing Something Right: How to Train Any Dog in Five Minutes a Day (Paperback)

Excellent book! I bought it directly from Krista in AZ, she really knows what our animals are thinking! This will help the novice and those just touching up on dog communication skills. The breathing, centering ideas are similair to TTouch principles and REALLY work!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An easy, fun way to train ourselves and our animal friends, March 4, 2000

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Aimee Williams (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Catch Your Dog Doing Something Right: How to Train Any Dog in Five Minutes a Day (Paperback)

Krista's technique takes a common sense approach and a gentle way for our animals to learn "acceptable" behavior. I have brought 3 of my dogs to her classes - based on this book - and have seen dramatic differences in their behavior. Mostly though, this book helps the human companion learn how to work with and listen to their animals. I hope more people take on this progressive approach to non-violent training.The energetic healing chapter adds a new dimension to behavior therapies.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5-Star Dog Training Book, September 27, 2005

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Sheron M. W. Steele (VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Catch Your Dog Doing Something Right: How to Train Any Dog in Five Minutes a Day (Paperback)

We rely on the expertise of others who take their work as seriously as we take our own, because we cannot be experts at everything. Krista Cantrell is the expert I (as an educator) recognize: Learning Styles evaluation for dogs-well, duh, of course! Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for individual dogs-How lucky could your dog get to have this quality educational attention, learning diagnosis, and training consultation! How lucky you and I are to have found such an organized master trainer who is so able to communicate practical exercises, so that our dogs are safe in our often unsafe human world. So that we don't worry so about them. So our dogs become family members who are better loved and welcomed than we imagined possible. It's all in her book. Catch Your Dog Doing Something Right is THE book to read.
Review by Sheron Steele, VA