Puppy Training: Owner's Week-By-Week Training Guide (Training Book Series) (Paperback)

by Charlotte Schwartz (Author) "Having a thorough knowledge of how dogs learn and the methods we'll use in the dogs training will assure us success in developing a strong..." (more)
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Product Description
Kennel Club Books introduces a breakthrough in puppy-training books! Well-known author Charlotte Schwartz has taken a key commonsense principal of canine development and applied it to the education of every new puppy. All dog trainers and behaviorists agree that the first eight weeks of a dog’s life are the most critical time for training and shaping the dog’s behavior and obedience potential. Puppy Training presents a unique and useful approach for new owners, carefully detailing an eight-week home-training program.

With over 40 years of experience in dog training, Charlotte Schwartz reveals to the owner the secrets to successful house-training and obedience training. Using positive-training techniques, the author describes her methods of house-training, puppy motivation (treat training), personality tests, basic obedience commands as well as some fun tricks for the puppy. Puppy Training is designed to give owners’ an easy-to-follow sequence, week by week, presenting all of the behaviors that new owners want to teach their puppies—just as if the owners and puppies were in an obedience class.

Readable, entertaining and based on the author’s tried and true methods, this book is illustrated with over 135 color photographs, many of which capture puppies successfully trained by Miss Schwartz. Whether this is your first puppy or one-hundredth, Puppy Training will prove to be an invaluable resource in the education of your new canine companion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Kennel Club Books (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593783655
• ISBN-13: 978-1593783655
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,611 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Still into the OLD Dominance Theory, April 19, 2006

By	Tami M. Hawes "tamikat" (Hillsboro, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Charlotte Schwartz still believes that if you let a dog go out the door before you, eat before you or allowed up on the furniture, muchless sleep with you that it will take over ruling the household.

Dogs totally understand who controls the food - the ones with the opposable thumbs. If you ask for a few simple things like a sit before being fed who cares who ate before whom? You give up many of the pleasures there are in enjoying the companionship of your puppy/dog if you follow Charlotte's advice to not allow them up on the furniture or up on your bed.

There are better puppy training books out there like Pat Miller's books - The Power of Positive Dog Training and Positive Perspectives: Love Your Dog, Train Your Dog. Much better training books for your dollars to spend on!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for first timers, October 17, 2007

By	D. S. Weisman (west caldwell, new jersey United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

the whole family is reading this book chapter by chapter in order to train our new puppy. The book is easy to read and understand. More importantly it makes sense. A solid read for beginners.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressed!!, March 13, 2007

By	K. Oppenheimer "KimTrixi" (NY, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Out of all the puppy training books that I have read, this one has advice that I will use and keep handy to continue using. I have lived with dogs my whole life and training is not a new idea to me. This book however is easy to digest, read, and follow! I have had my new puppy for two days..so wish me the best of luck!!