The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fun & Tricks with Your Dog [Paperback]

Hodgson (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: July 16, 1997

Practical and entertaining, here is a complete step-by-step guide to fun and funny tricks you can teach your dog, from kiss to fetch the paper to find my keys. There are also chapters on how to get involved in organized activities you can both enjoy, including agility competitions, tracking and herding and more formal dog shows. Learn how to train your dog to take part in your activities as well, from vacationing to dog play groups, and how to get started in the rewarding activities of pet therapy. There's also a quick guide to what to do in case of canine athletic injuries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (July 16, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876050836
• ISBN-13: 978-0876050835
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,697,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sarah Hodgson has been a dog trainer for twenty years and owns Simply Sarah, Inc., a dog training school in Westchester, New York. She has written five books about dogs, including the bestselling DogPerfect and Puppies For Dummies.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent basic and trick training book for your dog!, February 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fun & Tricks with Your Dog (Paperback)

It covers the basic obedience training, with a humane approach and of course gives you step-by-step directions to teach your dog lots of tricks. I started teaching my 3-month old labrador with it and now at 6 mo.I'm amazed how fast she learns. It tells you how to teach your dog to bring the newspaper, turn off the lights, bring her leash, sing, dance, play hide-and-seek, bring a soda from the fridge and the basics: sit, down, stay, no, walk, wait, etc.The author tries to sell her leash and clicker (not needed) but anyway it's a great book.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to train your dog!, May 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fun & Tricks with Your Dog (Paperback)

Wow! What a great and easy way to train your dog! My little Westie has avoided all previous attempts to get her to "fall in line" but using Hodgson's techniques and a little patience my dog is now well mannered and behaved. The text is easy to read and the examples and exercises are even easier to follow.

I higly recommend this book to anyone who is getting started with a new dog or trying to "teach the old dog a new trick"!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but just two things wrong with it..., May 11, 2001

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Nunya Business (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fun & Tricks with Your Dog (Paperback)

A really good book, but as I said above, just two things wrong with it. First, it doesn't give any advice on what to do if your dog KNOWS what to do, but won't. Or if your dog doesn't learn using the method shown. Second, and I realize this isn't a huge problem, it just irritates me that almost the exact same book is published under the title 'Dog Tricks for Dummies'. That annoys me for some odd reason.