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135 of 142 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not What I Expected,
By Christine (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-Dog Household. (Paperback)
I have to say that I was disappointed with this booklet. I think I should have read the description better as I was expecting a book and got a 38 page booklet.I didn't find the information all that helpful in dealing with my three-dog household. I felt most of it was in umbrella terms and there were very few specifics. Also many topics on things to do with your dogs, but for more details or the how-to's you were referred to a book-list in the back of the book. Most of the information was common sense. Probably good for beginning owners of multiple dogs but if you have owned multiples for awhile, I don't think this information will be new.
64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
short and sweet,
By A Customer
This review is from: Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-Dog Household. (Paperback)
Nice little booklet. I don't have many problems with my pair of dogs, but I like to think I can spot new issues and head them off pretty quickly - she gave me more signals to watch and more tools for dealing with the issues.She has interesting ideas about group naming and group commands. Good advice for when another dog is being added to an already extant group of dogs - she also differentiates between an adult and a puppy - which are accepted differently by dog society. Great pointers on when play is play, play is 'powerplay'and when to stop the powerplay from becoming a fight. My dogs can play rough and sometimes I am aware that it is becoming a grudge match - it was nice to have someone say that its alright to break it up and you DON'T have to let them 'sort it out'(sometimes I just don't want to listen to 15 minutes of growling and banging around during the 'play herding' phase). I find after a couple times that I have stopped the 'powerplay' that they seem to be playing more politely/quietly because they know that I am watching and ready to tell them 'go bed'.
54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Intro,
By A Customer
This review is from: Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-Dog Household. (Paperback)
This is a good place to start for those with multiple-dog households. It serves as a great consolidation of multi-dog topics from other books, many of which I have also read. The authors have done a great job of referencing the topics, so if you want to learn more, it is easy to pick out the longer book that most applies to that topic. I found it very helpful in teaching me how to train my dogs together (seperately), as well as defining what is play and when it's time to cool off. It's a good reference to have on hand when you just need a quick review of pack dynamics, and don't have the time to sift through a longer book for the information that you're looking for.
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