This classic is newly revised and offers the latest information, including a discussion of clicker training. Puppy owners will find answers to questions about everything from house training to discipline and will learn how to socialize a puppy to promote confidence and a sound temperament. Breeders will learn valuable information about puppy development during the first weeks of life and will gain insights to enable them to give their puppies the best start possible.
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The 1981 edition (now out of print) of this little classic on puppy rearing was a word-of-mouth best seller. This substantially revised and expanded edition benefits from an additional decade of observation of puppy behavior by its authors and includes effective, up-to-date methods for educating puppies to become good canine citizens. Along with Job Michael Evans's The Evans Guide for Housetraining Your Dog (Howell, 1987), this is required reading for new puppy owners. Whether the copy still in circulation is battered and gnawed or the book slipped by the first time around, every public library should acquire this new edition, and academic libraries should seriously consider it for its insights into canine behavior. Highly recommended.
- Jennifer King, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Jennifer King, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Rutherford and Neil's book may be as important for puppies as preschool is for children." -- Dog Fancy
"This is a good books for the breeder to read before breeding the litter..." -- Ilio
"This is a good books for the breeder to read before breeding the litter..." -- Ilio
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212 of 224 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Okay, but better one is out there,
By SBL (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With (Hardcover)
This book was an okay book. It covers all major areas of puppy development, looks at training and problems in an elementary way, and uses nice black and white pictures for illustration. I find that it does rely rather heavily on food as reward. I liked this book better than the Monks of Skete's Art of Raising a puppy because it's more practical, yet I think that you are even better of if you purchase Kilcommens Good owners, great dogs. Though a bit more expensive, you get what you pay for. To me, dog training books need to have the potential to be used daily as a guide. I consulted this book maybe 3 times, while I use the Kilcommens book almost every other day.
95 of 100 people found the following review helpful:
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the best out there,
This review is from: How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With (Paperback)
I am a novice dog owner and I have to say this book has helped me tremendously with the most important period of the dog's life- puppyhood. This is my favorite "puppy guide" in my large library of puppy and dog training books I have bought over the last year. All I can say is wow! If you have been searching for a good book so that you can raise a new family member and best friend look no further because this is the book for you. It is extremely imformative and easy to understand, a must for anyone bring a puppy into their home.
51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With (Paperback)
This book had everything any person needs to know if they are getting a puppy. The issues it touches are ones I've never seen touched before in a format so easy to understand. It's invigorating that someone actually put it into words and published it. This is the puppy bible. For anyone getting, or considering getting a puppy this is the first book they need to read.
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When you visit a litter of little puppies that are so easy to handle and control, it is easy to overlook the thought that within a few months these puppies will have the size and general behavioral characteristics of their breed, together with the individual behavioral tendencies inherited from the parents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
puppy goes, independent puppy, prey instinct, calming signals, puppy training, puppy behavior, sit command, pup learns, clicker training, fear period Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Judith Strom, Meggin Rutherford, Clarice Rutherford, James Digby, The Rewards of Puppy Training, The Second Six Months, The First Three Months, Key Puppy Behavior, Joyce Woolley, Socialization Continues, Kent Dannen, Domesticating Your Puppy New!
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When you visit a litter of little puppies that are so easy to handle and control, it is easy to overlook the thought that within a few months these puppies will have the size and general behavioral characteristics of their breed, together with the individual behavioral tendencies inherited from the parents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
puppy goes, independent puppy, prey instinct, calming signals, puppy training, puppy behavior, sit command, pup learns, clicker training, fear period Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Judith Strom, Meggin Rutherford, Clarice Rutherford, James Digby, The Rewards of Puppy Training, The Second Six Months, The First Three Months, Key Puppy Behavior, Joyce Woolley, Socialization Continues, Kent Dannen, Domesticating Your Puppy New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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