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City Puppy: Buying, Training, and Loving Your Urban Dog

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This book was ok, but I wouldn't buy it again. I was looking for a book that focused on the specific challenges of raising a puppy in the city. This was not it.

For example, what to do about housetraining when the puppy hasn't finished it's fully round of vaccinations? Most dog books talk about bringing the dog to a yard. In a city, that's not usually possible and pretty uniformly, vets recommend to not let a puppy on the sidewalk due to the dangers of picking up disease. So, how to deal with the paper training indoors, and the the transition to the street once the shots are done? The author says to waive off that fear, and just recommends bringing the dog to street anyway. I'm sorry, that doesn't really fly with me. I would have appreciated if the author would have had some options of dealing with that particular urban puppy issue.

Basically, I felt like the book was a more general new dog book, and did not sufficiently address the issues of a new urban puppy.

And if you are looking for a general new puppy book, there are better ones on the market. A much better option is Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog by Ian Dunbar.