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How to Train Your American Pit Bull Terrier (How To...(T.F.H. Publications))

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This was one book that deserves the title that it bears. If you or someone you know is interested in this loving, kind, intelligent, and majestic breed, then this piece of literature is DEFINITELY your cup of tea. This isn't the same old "don't do this," "do this," type of book on how to raise and train your dog. Remember, we're talking about pit bulls here. Not only does the book tell you exactly what behaviors to reward and what behaviors to correct, it tells you EXACTLY how to do it; without making your dog neurotic. Face it ladies and gentlemen, pit bulls are a different breed; not the evil killing machines they are portrayed to be in the media, but loyal, powerful, tenacious, and strong-willed dogs with a great intelligence and the capacity to do anything they put their mind to. With this book, you can be the master your pit bull has always wanted, as it shows you what life is like from a dog's perspective...

Unfortunately, this book wasn't what I expected it to be. I have a puppy that's rambunctious, loud, stubborn and playful... I needed help learning training techniques that would help me keep me under a little more control.
What I got from this book was a lot of common sense put down in book form.

Sure, if your first dog EVER is a pitbull, this book might be helpful. However, as a person who's owned and been around dogs all of her life, the techniques and proceedures in this book are so basic as to be absurd when included in this book.

There were perhaps one or two points in the whole of the text that taught me anything, and then they weren't anything to do with obedience training.
Telling the reader to take his/her dog to obedience class was not what I was looking for in a book.

In short, the book is lacking.

It might be useful to a novice, but not to an experienced dog owner.

When I bought this book I was looking for various training techniques that have been sucessful for pit bulls. I figured a book called "How to train your american pit bull terrier" would be a perfect match for what I was looking for. The only thing I did find was a thin reference geared towards pit bulls with a tiny section reserved for training. Most of the training information consited of how to find a good trainer, not specific techniques. This book is very basic and vague and I was quite disapointed.

Great book. This book is perfect for someone thinking about buying a APBT. Even a great book for someone who owns one. Good buy.

Well, i have a bull terrier, but i didn't find a book like this to raise and train my dog, however this book had been a great purchase because these breeds are very similar in their behaviors.
so if you have a pitbull or bully, just buy it.

This book describes only puppies who are "fearful" - afraid of a leash, afraid of your absence, etc. etc. Most of the pit bull puppies I know are rambunctious and self-assured. There are no helpful tips for training those puppies.

Also, the author says that if you have a full time job, you shouldn't adopt a pit bull. Most of the dogs in local shelters are put to death, and pit bulls, as well as pit bull mixed, are quite common in this state. If you have a fenced yard and will spend time, effort, and money to lovingly raise a dog, then I say go ahead & adopt one. They have barrels of energy, but are very loving animals and deserve a chance.

Very insightful and helpful. I havent used the training section yet but as far as personality and behavors of pits, this book is very helpful. Made me love my pup even more