101 Training Tips for Your Dog: Learn the Experts Way to a Happy Well-behaved Pet (Paperback)

by Kate Delano Condax (Author)

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Product Description
A professional dog trainer explains how to work with a dog's inborn abilities and characteristics to eliminate bad behavior and make life happier on both ends of the leash. Using an A-Z format, this guide discusses pack behavior, the importance of establishing who is "top dog," and how to use praise and correction over punishment to stop misbehavior. Photos.

From the Publisher
You can teach your dog to wait before exiting doors, exercie alongside a bike, stop jumping on people and chewing on rugs, clothing and more with this easy-to-use, A-to-Z guide to dog-training tips and techniques that really work.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Dell (October 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440505682
• ISBN-13: 978-0440505686
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,332,953 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Abusive methods, November 17, 2003

By A Customer

I skimmed this book in a bookstore and it brought tears to my eyes.

This book advocates abusive training methods. I was appalled at the horrible suggestions.

I wish there was a 'zero stars' rating.

Try Good Owners, Great Dogs or The Dog Whisperer instead.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe someone actually advocates hitting dogs!, February 23, 2000

By	M. Bessey "Elephant advocate" (Lansdowne, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book because I recently adopted a rottweiler-lab mix puppy and I need all the help I can get. I thought this book looked like a good start. (I already have another, smaller, milder, gentler, female dog, and have trained her successfully). And I did find some good tips. But I was shocked by the author's suggestion to hit a dog with: 1. the flat of your hand. 2. a large children's book. 3. a "jump-bat" I thought those training methods went out with Descartes! I could never hit a dog, especially on the head, as she suggests. Those parts of the book made me literally sick to my stomach.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Methods that are 30 years out of date, August 30, 2003

By	Alexis Coxon (Holt, MI, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What an appalling book! You should never, ever hit your dog. If your dog has a problem that serious, you should consult a professional trainer -- not listen to a book written by a woman whose training ideas are from the 1950s. These methods could also seriously injure or emotionally traumatize a small or sensitive dog.

Hitting, choking and slapping haven't been used by intelligent trainers for decades. There are other, gentler ways (like leash corrections or clicker training) of getting your dog to behave.