Guide to Beginning Obedience [Paperback]

Dan Gentile (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1997 | Series: Re Dog

This Easy to Understand Book Provides A Lot of Information On Training A Dog, Such as Teaching Basic Commands, Manners, and Addressing Problem Behavior. It Provides the Reader with Professional assistance About Training their Dog In Obedience and Includes Information On Such Important topics as Socializing with Other Dogs and People, Training Equipment, Basic Commands, and Fixing Any Behavior Problems. 64 Pages, Soft cover.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: TFH Publications (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793818826
• ISBN-13: 978-0793818822
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,181,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific--a book that makes sense!!, September 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Guide to Beginning Obedience (Paperback)

Don't waste your time with others--this one has photos and simple instructions that get results!!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pictures good, quantity bad, August 5, 2000

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Darla McFarren (Hastings, NE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guide to Beginning Obedience (Paperback)

I thought this book was a good book for it's pictures. In fact, the pictures in this book are full color and very helpful to see what the author is talking about. If you are the type of person who needs a lots of pictures then you may want to purchase this book.

However, I found the content to be a bit lacking. The book is only 64 pages long and remember what I said about there being lots of pictures? They take up a LOT of space that may be better reserved in content of helpful suggestions. I've read several different books on dog-training behaviors and this one was one of the worst for it's lack of content. There are pages on lots of topics, but none of those topics are described in much detail. Most topics are 1-2 pages long.

Overall, this book is good for how it covers a broad range of stuff, and if you are wanting to know just a little bit about a lot of stuff, this may be the book for you. But if you are looking for a book that gives good step-by-step instructions to tell you how exactly to get your dog to walk beside you (or other obedience items), then I'd look somewhere else. I suppose I should have looked at the title "Beginning Obedience" before I picked up this book. I was looking for a little more detail.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, basic book, January 25, 2005

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Reader "reader" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guide to Beginning Obedience (Paperback)

This is a good, really basic book. It's probably not going to be the last training book that you buy, but it's worth it for the simple instructions and nice photos.