Training Your Pet Ferret (Training Your Pet Series) (Paperback)

by Gerry Bucsis (Author), Barbara Somerville (Author) "Now that you've made the big decision to buy a ferret, you probably want to rush right out to the pet shop and bring one..." (more)
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Product Description
Cuddly and energetic, lovable ferrets are becoming increasingly popular as family pets. This Barron's guide is the only volume available that speaks directly to the issue of training a ferret. Chapters include information on handling, litter box training, walking on a leash, and much more. Handsome, full-color photos help to demonstrate training techniques and show ferrets in the household.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764100939
• ISBN-13: 978-0764100932
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #658,806 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best ferret book I've ever seen!, August 27, 1998

By A Customer

This is absolutely THE BEST ferret book I have ever seen. It is a wonderful training guide and tells you exactly how to live with a pet ferret on a day-to-day basis. Not only do you get practical advice on litter training, handling, walking your ferret on a leash, food and housing, etc, there are great sections that give you step-by-step information on training techniques. I like the chapter on teaching your ferret to come when he's called by using a squeaky toy. The authors tell you exactly how to go about this, step by step. And it works! The chapter on traveling with your ferret is wonderful-- all the things you would never think about are covered. Best of all, the chapter on Ferret Proofing your house or apartment is a life saver for ferrets. You have to read it! As an added bonus, there are about 80 colored photos that range from those cute shots we ferret owners expect, to details that show you what to do in each chapter. If you're a first time ferret owner, YOU NEED THIS BOOK. If you're an experienced owner, it's still great to have-- you might find a number of things that you hadn't thought about before. As I said before, this is THE BEST ferret book I've ever seen for telling an owner how to live with their pet.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but not for every ferret, October 23, 2005

By	Poppins - See all my reviews

My ferrets are either too smart or too stupid to be trained. The pictures were cute, but I couldn't find anything in it that I didn't already know from Ferrets for Dummies or Modern Ferret magazine. I read it once and gave it to the local humane society's library.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best, June 29, 2000

By	J. Pearson (Savage, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Training Your Pet Ferret is the only book I have read that really does go in depth about how to train your ferret. It is filled with useful tips and advice on how to raise a better pet. Each page in the book has information that you can use. I have used many of the tips in this book and they all have seemed to work out perfectly for me. I am very satisifed with this book. As it says in the authors note, this is not a general care guide. This is a training guide. The only thing that I thought was bad about this book is the ferret pictures. The ferrets pictured in this book always look sad and unhappy. That is the only drawback, other than that, this is a perfect book for a new ferret owner or a ferret owner that has owned ferrets for many years.