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Katz on Dogs: A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs Hardcover – October 4, 2005

by Jon Katz (Author)

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In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting millions of people a year.

Now, in this groundbreaking new guide, Jon Katz, a leading authority on the human-canine bond, offers a powerful and practical philosophy for living with a dog, from the moment we decide to get one to the sad day when one dies. Conventional training methods often fail dog owners, but Katz argues that we know our dogs better than anyone else possibly could, and therefore we are well suited to train them. It is imperative, he says, that we think rationally and responsibly about how we choose, train, and live with the dogs we love, and the more we learn about ourselves, the better we can recognize their wonderful animal natures. Misinterpreting dogs is a profound obstacle to understanding them.

Katz believes that both people and dogs are unique–a chow differs from a Lab just as a city dweller differs from a farmer–and he describes how such individuality isn’t addressed by even the best and most popular training methods. Not every training theory is for everyone, notes Katz, but almost anyone can train a dog and live with him comfortably. Katz on Dogs is filled with no-nonsense advice and answers to such key questions as:

• What kind of dog should I have? Is there is a specific breed or kind of dog for my personality, family, or living situation?
• What is the best way to train a dog?
• Can I trust my vet?
• How often (and for how long) can a dog be left alone?
• Is it preferable to have only one dog, or are more better?
• What are the secrets to successful housebreaking?
• What are my dogs thinking, if anything?
• How can I walk my dog instead of having her walk me?
• Is it ever okay to give away a dog you love?
• When is it time to put my dog down?

Katz draws from his own experience, his interactions with thousands of dog owners, vets, breeders, dog rescue workers, trainers, and behaviorists, and he has tested his approach with volunteer dog owners around the country. Their helpful and often inspiring stories illustrate how all of us can live well with our dogs. You can do it, Katz contends. You can live a loving and harmonious life with your dog.

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As a journalist and columnist on the topic of dogs, and as a lifetime dog owner, Katz manages to breathe new life into the pet-care genre. Though occasionally preachy and redundant, the manual has an empathetic tone; Katz makes clear that he hasn't always been an expert: it was after living with many dogs and only after adopting "a demented border collie" that he was forced to "either learn how to train this hooligan or get rid of him." What Katz stresses above all is that every dog is different-due to breeding, environment and temperament, to name just a few factors-and therefore, every human-dog relationship varies. As a result, Katz's book says there can never be one universal, inflexible methodology for training-unlike most training manuals, which usually argue one practice is superior to others. Says Katz, "training methods fail... if they don't take into account the owner's psyche as well as the dog's." Despite these beliefs, Katz leans on positive reinforcement and offers numerous practical solutions to common behavioral problems. He reiterates that dogs are "comparatively simple animals" that we all too often personify-much to the detriment of the human-dog bond. Photos. Agent, Richard Abate.
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Katz began as a reporter, columnist, and author of suburban detective mysteries, and had pretty much always had a dog. But when he began working out of his home, he got serious about dogs and dog training. The result was a series of superb dog books (A Dog Year, 2002, The New Work of Dogs, 2003, and The Dogs of Bedlam Farm, 2004) that explored the relationship between the author and his dogs as well as the place of dogs in human society. In his new book, Katz takes what he has learned from his dogs, other people's dogs, and various dog trainers, and synthesizes a commonsense approach to dog training. In 13 chapters he covers the basics--choosing a dog, why training matters, and basic training--as well as the more esoteric aspects of the dog-human relationship, including multiple-dog households, setting boundaries, and loving and losing dogs. Katz writes in a calm, measured tone (seeming to follow his own advice about calming a dog before training it) and fills the text with examples, both positive and negative. Nancy Bent
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Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Villard; First Edition edition (October 4, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400064031
ISBN-13: 978-1400064038
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1 x 9.6 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,118,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #215 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Pets & Animal Care > Dogs > Care & Health
- #3686 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Pets & Animal Care > Dogs > Training

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Just Ordered My Third copy of This Book

ByLizon August 28, 2015

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Liked the honesty and frankness of Katz's prospective. Not a book of stiff rules for training and raising dogs. He talks from experience and is an avid dog lover, which I appreciate, being a dog lover myself. His knowledge of dog behavior is evident and his guide on training and living with dogs is very realistic. Helped me to understand my own dog much better. I just ordered my third copy today for gifts because everyone I've given a copy to loved it.