- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Avon; 1 edition (Feb 19 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0062734571
- ISBN-13: 978-0062734570
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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#314,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #37 in Books > Home & Garden > Animal Care & Pets > Dogs > Care & Health
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In this well-written, easy-to-follow dog training manual, authors Fisher and Delzio provide gentle, humorous advice for training "hard to train dogs." They outline specific training disorders and motivational techniques that will work with many breeds of dogs, and they advise common sense, patience, and diligence, especially when working with animals that were originally bred to display qualities of independence and dominance. Readers will appreciate the encouraging, simple instructions and examples, the humorous anecdotes, and the easy recipes for baking training treats. The book will appeal to dog owners frustrated by previous training attempts, and even those interested in training for show purposes. Kathleen Hughes
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"If you're frustrated and about ready to give up on the "perfect dog" you adopted several months ago, don't pack it in without first perusing this compelling guidebook." "The Seattle Times"
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth the money,
By A Customer
This review is from: So Your Dog's Not Lassie (Paperback)
The book had a lot of extremly useful information in it. You get a really good understanding on not only the bulldog breed but any smart independant breed. There are numerous tips on how to begin training your dog the basics like sitting, down, stay, heeling and walking on a leash. It's got a lot of good advice on how to overcome some of the alpha dominance problems you tend to have with dominant independant breeds. I wished the book would have had more information on puppy training though. A good part of the book had info you could use on any age dog but it didn't deal with the problems owners have with young pups. The books discusses how independant breeds need positive reinforcement to behave properly. The book just didn't address what to do or how to handle the difficult situations that come up with these dogs on a day to day. All in all it was very worth the money and I'm glad I have it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well done attempt to explain training process,
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This review is from: So Your Dog's Not Lassie (Paperback)
Here in the Los Angeles area of California, about 20 twenty trainers get together once a month to discuss training, help one another solve problems and to discuss a book read during the previous month.One trainer, who specializes in classes and behavior problem solving in large and other independent breeds, such as Mastiffs, said it is the best of the big dog books; easy to read, and has found that her clients do read it and that it speaks to the owners of these dogs. The particular challenge of dog training books is to describe a physical skill, like dancing, with the added difficulty of a non-human partner. In addition, authors often try to get some basic learning theory across to explain why or how a particular exercise is done and to give some idea of the training from the dog's point of view. The book successfully meets this challenge for the most part. The writing is clear, and the layout is easy to follow; with "Novice Notes" through out which give personal diary-like observations of the training process. The pictures are good, some of the best I have seen, when showing owners where to place their hands to get the dog into position and, importantly, the effect on the dog when the hands are misplaced. Footwork is succinctly shown with pictures that show the right and wrong positions and how they influence the dog to position itself. The authors give a variety of approaches, not really coming down in one camp, and they include material not found in other books. Written in 1998, when many trainers were discovering learning theory, working out how to implement the theory in classes and how to present it to dog owners, the authors advocate the idea of "jack-pot" rewards for a really well done performance, and urge owners, when training, to adopt an intermittent reinforcement schedule. Now the consensus, at least within this group, is to not use intermittent schedules and that a "jack-pot" reward may make the owner feel good, but it doesn't have much influence on the animal's learning. This book met with approval by the group in general. Many members of the group said they would recommend it to their clients.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great training book!,
By "malteserus" (Calgary, AB, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: So Your Dog's Not Lassie (Paperback)
This book gives you a very good and detailed analysis of "hard to train dogs" and how to train them. It's easy to follow and fun to read. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has a dog with an "attitude". :-)
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