Share <Embed>

Buy Used

$4.79

Used: Good | Details

Sold by Book Robot

Condition: Used: Good

Comment: No dust jacket. Cover has signs of shelf wear. There is slight damage near the top spine. Binding tight. Pages clean.

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

133 used & new from $0.01

See All Buying Options

Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See this image

The Perfect Puppy : How to Raise a Well-Behaved Dog Hardcover – March 19, 1996

by Gwen Bailey (Author)

45 customer reviews

See all 8 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$13.38

—

Hardcover

"Please retry"

—

$5.40

$0.01

Paperback

"Please retry"

—

$9.35

$2.99

Mass Market Paperback

"Please retry"

—

$4.70

$0.01

Unknown Binding

"Please retry"

—

Here is the perfect book for puppy owners and would-be puppy owners who want to know how to bring their puppy up to be a happy, well-behaved, friendly adult dog. The book gives you the latest behavioral information and emphasizes prevention.

The Perfect Puppy : How to Raise a Well-Behaved Dog

Available from these sellers.

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Monks of New Skete

803

Hardcover
$17.58
Sophia Yin

252

Paperback
Gwen Bailey

27

Hardcover
$19.95
Gwen Bailey

4

Hardcover
Cesar Millan

902

Paperback
$11.49
Clarice Rutherford

179

Paperback
$12.29

NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE

Product Details

Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Readers Digest (March 19, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0895778394
ISBN-13: 978-0895778390
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #610 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Pets & Animal Care > Dogs > Training

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars

5 star		71%
4 star		18%
3 star		7%
2 star		2%
1 star		2%

See all 45 customer reviews

Share your thoughts with other customers

Write a customer review

Top Customer Reviews

My first choice for all new puppy parents

By A Customer on December 7, 1998

Format: Hardcover

Thank you Gwen Bailey! I am a dog trainer and a volunteer at the local shelter and I am forever being asked for ONE book on puppy training - and now I've found it. This book has a wealth of information including stages of maturity and what to expect, prevention of the most common problems, and best of all a Positive based training method. These are the methods I have been using in teaching my students and they are a real joy - and they work. A must-have book for puppy owners and trainers.

Comment 78 of 79 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

A Good Book.... Just Not For Us and Our Canine Companion

By TS on June 22, 2004

Format: Hardcover

We bought this book when we adopted a puppy. The ideas were very well-thought out and well-written, easy to understand. I read this book over and over and wondered why my puppy was still behaving like a maniac, very few of the techniques worked. I began to question myself, thinking I could not understand the simple techniques written about in this book.
We hired a trainer. When he came to the house he saw "The Perfect Puppy" sitting on our coffee table, and mentioned that he thought it was a great book....... just not for us!!! He explained that the book was written about more submissive breeds (ie Golden Retreiver), we adopted a puppy made up of 2 very dominant breeds. At least I figured out that I wasn't crazy after all!
I'll keep the book around and definitely pass it on to anyone I know who will be getting a puppy. I'm very disappointed that it didn't work, because as I said, it was well-written and easy to understand. I hope it benefits someone else.

2 Comments 62 of 65 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

VERY USEFUL TOOL

By Jason Allen on October 25, 2000

Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase

I found this book extremely helpful after just a few minutes of reading (learning that some of my methods were wrong and improving the ones that were right). The author's experience with puppies is clear once you implement some of their techniques and receive positive results.
The book gives you simple training ideas (such as using a pen in combination with a create). It also helps you get inside the head of your puppy (Alfa role's etc.). Understanding your puppy's reasons for their behavior makes training fun (as I'm sure you know by now).
I'm giving this book a five star rating due to its simplicity and the results I received. I would recommend to anyone with a puppy or planing on a puppy to also buy more than one book and watch animal planet for other helpful tips (I also found the videos by Matthew Margolis informative and entertaining).

Comment 58 of 63 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

Excellent and informative

By A Customer on October 4, 1999

Format: Hardcover

Excellent book. Very helpful and informative. Gets to the point about what you should and should not do. Clear directions (with explanations why) for raising a well behaved happy puppy.

Comment 28 of 28 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

A lifeline for any first-time puppy owner

By A Customer on June 26, 2001

Format: Hardcover

Great advice on how to deal with two puppies or raising a puppy when you already have a dog. Has step-by-step photos on how to teach those crucial skills like loose-leash-walking, and coming when called, potty training, crate training. Bases training on positive reinforcement so you can begin training your dog months before traditional methods would be appropriate. i also recomment any clicker training book you can get your hands on.

Comment 22 of 22 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

The best puppy book available

By www.geocities.com/jetflair on April 14, 2000

Format: Hardcover

I am a professional dog trainer, and this is the puppy book that I reccommend to my clients as well as on my website. Clearly written, positive instructions guide you through the process of raising the perfect puppy.

Comment 38 of 43 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

An excellent companion for the new puppy owner!

By A Customer on December 12, 1996

Format: Hardcover

Gwen Bailey is a true life saver! Her knowledge of raising and training puppies makes this book an excellent companion for every new puppy owner. Beautifully illustrated, this book offers step by step instructions for everything from housetraining to managing puppy adolescence. Her methods are easy to follow and work for even the most inexperienced of dog owners. Gwen Bailey's The Perfect Puppy is the best dog training book I've read yet! Patty Darrah (darrahjlw@aol.com

Comment 16 of 16 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

Lucky dogs

By A Customer on August 7, 2001

Format: Hardcover

I was lucky enough to interview Gwen for a magazine article when she was visiting Australia as a guest of the New South Wales Animal Welfare League. I'm not impressed by many people but I fell for Gwen immediately and have embraced her books just as readily. Her compassionate and intelligent, no-nonsense and no pandering to politics approach means she just has the best interests of dogs at heart, spelling it out for us humans in a way that is very uplifting. All dog owners want to do the best by their dogs. Gwen's books give us a very simple user-friendly method to do our best. Even experienced dog people will appreciate the way she conveys information. I keep a copy of her books close at hand and frequently refer to them. A must have for all new or potential owners, or owners who want a fresh slant on their relationship with their dog.

Comment 15 of 15 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

See all 45 customer reviews (newest first)

Write a customer review

Most Recent Customer Reviews

thank youWiseperson dor suggesting this book to me!!!

Wise person you are the best thank you so much for the suggestion! It has been extremely helpful and I would suggest this book to anyone who has a puppy!!

Published 6 months ago by sabrina lancaster

Five Stars

Wonderful book !!

Published 10 months ago by Miro

Best book

Structured and full of quality content. I have purchased other books but this is by far the best!

Highly recommended!

Published 11 months ago by Stefan

Five Stars

Good booklet for beginner training.

Published 13 months ago by Jerry D. Mullinix

A keeper.

I have owned this book before. It is just the right tool to read when training your pet firmly but lovingly.

Published 19 months ago by Ro

Great Book for any new Puppy Owner

Step by Step process for getting to know and train your new puppy. Recommended by our Vet and definitely worth it.

Published 22 months ago by Dorado Bailey

some good insights

we bought this book as a requirement when we adopted a dog from the local shelter. we had a puppy from before way back, but this had some very good points about not only training... Read more

Published on December 20, 2013 by A. Kim

Perfect Puppy Book

Sorry, this is written by a British woman, and some of the terms are a little quirky? I train dogs, and I don't care for the methods outlined in this book. they're too ambiguous.

Published on October 27, 2013 by Faith D. Coelho

Five Stars!

Tis book gives specific details and information about puppy raising, including why we should do things the way it suggests. It makes sense and it is working with our new puppy. Read more

Published on September 19, 2013 by Linda Carrothers

Great advice!

This is a good reference book for puppy parents. The section on potty-training was a game-changer with our two lab puppies. Do what the book says--it works!!

Published on April 18, 2013 by LP