Childproofing Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Dog for the Children in Your Life: Amazon.ca: Brian Kilcommons, Sarah Wilson: Books

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Master dog trainer and author of Good Owners, Great Dogs Brian Kilcommons shows readers how to encourage children and dogs to be perfect companions, in a comprehensive manual that demonstrates how to train an older dog to acept an infant, choose the right breed, and more.

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The authors of Good Owners, Great Dogs offer advice on picking the best breed for a family dog, avoiding common dog/toddler problems, training an older dog to accept an infant, and other topics.

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Ajax, a young Weimaraner, dragged eight-year-old Ellen into our office, in the process yanking the lead out of Ellen's hand. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Dog Trainer's Point of View, July 17 2000

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Edward Terroux (Golden, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Childproofing Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Dog for the Children in Your Life (Paperback)

This book has helped hundreds of my clients understand the psychology behind the child-dog relationship and it has helped them avoid many of the common mistakes people make when dogs and kids mix. Brian and Sarah don't get into a lot of specifics on how to correct established problems, which is actually a good thing. It would take volumes of books to address exactly how each individual breed, temperament and problem should be handled. That perspective is best left to a reputable, thorough and non-violent trainer. Brian and Sarah give you good specific information on how to keep common problems from developing and some great general rules that apply to every breed of dog. None of their instruction is damaging to the child-dog relationship, which is saying a lot compared to many other authors of dog training books. Overall, this book is light, entertaining, non-clinical, and informative. I recommend it to any dog owner that has regular contact with children.

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5.0 out of 5 stars childproofing your dog, Jun 27 2003

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This review is from: Childproofing Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Dog for the Children in Your Life (Paperback)

A very concise book on the topic. I found this book to be intelligent, useful and sensible. It may lean a little more towards the owner who has experience obedience training a dog, but I found it helpful since I do have experience obedience training & prefer not to get extraneous training advice. I highly recommend the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Childproofing your dog, Aug 20 2001

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Anna Clarkson (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Childproofing Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Dog for the Children in Your Life (Paperback)

'Good Owners Great Dogs' was one of the best dog training books I have read. When I saw 'Childproofing your Dog' I knew it would be just as good. It is a simple, easy to understand book. Basic common sense as far as children & dogs are concerned. I haven't found any other books available that cover this topic. We are expecting our first child in October and from what the authors have written we seem to be on the right track so far with our dog. A must-read, not only for people with dogs who haven't had children yet, but for people who don't own dogs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Baby Shower Gift!!!
"Childproofing Your Dog" and GreatPets.com are 2 resources I routinely tell my dog training clients about when they have children or are expecting to have children. Read more

Published on Aug 5 2003 by Schipit

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful for anybody responsible for a dog OR a child.
A quick, interesting read, full of pertinent information & tips for anybody whose dog might ever come into contact with a child, AND for anybody whose child might ever come... Read more

Published on July 11 2001