Dog Perfect: The User-Friendly Guide to a Well-Behaved Dog | 
 enlarge | Author: Sarah Hodgson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 836321
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 256
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 087605534X
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70887
UPC: 021898005342
EAN: 9780876055342
ASIN: 087605534X
Publication Date: December 1995
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Dog-Perfect Are you at the end of your leash with your dog? Tried everything and nothing seems to work? Don't give up hope—your dog can be DogPerfect, too, with the simple training instructions in this book. DogPerfect takes you through the basics step-by-step. Chapters include:Who Is Your Dog, and How Does He Learn?What You'll Need To Train Your DogStarting Off On The Right PawBasics For Your Best FriendEncyclopedia of Canine EtiquetteYour dog will learn how to Sit, Stay, Down, Come and Heel like the well-mannered dog you want him to be. At the same time you'll learn how you contribute to your dog's sense of self and how to boost your leadership status so your dog listens to and respects you. DogPerfect will have the two of you working together as a team in no time. A Howell Dog Book of Distinction You'll Learn How to:Stop your dog from pulling you down the street.Teach your dog to sit while greeting company.Housetrain your dog once and for all.Play fun and instructional games with your dog.Use the Teaching Lead to humanely calm and control your dog.Handle problem barking, chewing and digging and much more!
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Essential for anyone who lives with a dog. November 16, 2005
JK (Sedona, AZ)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is one of the best dog-training books I've read. I've had my Border Collie for 2 1/2 years and I've read several books, online articles, and even spoke with two different dog behaviorists and still managed to learn several things from Ms. Hodgson's book.
Scold the cookies, not the dog - what a great idea. Your dog gets the idea that the cookies are a bad thing & he should just leave them alone lest he be associated with them. He doesn't want you to think HE is bad, too!
Love it.
Thank you, Ms. Hodgson - I'm happy to recommend your book to everyone I know who needs some advice on living with their canine companions.
THE Best Dog Training Book! January 15, 2005
jbx2usa (MI, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book years ago, back in 1995, in it's first edition. Back then, I had a Siberian Husky who was more than difficult to train. I read the book and followed Sarah's advice on how to train my hard-headed and over-active pupil. It worked! Not only did it work, but it worked very well! The techniques in this book only took about 15-30 minutes of my time each day.
In the end, I was able to effectively train my dog, especially house train, in no time! I borrowed out the book and I never saw it again! I was overjoyed to see Sarah has released a second edition. I am getting a new puppy next month, and this is my book. I even found the first edition and bought that one as well! Thanks Sarah.
WOW WOW WOW WOW December 10, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
WOW WOW WOW WOW. This Is an incredible book, extremly useful, and funny. It really explains the dog's point of view, and how silly people can look sometimes.-don't take that personbally. If you have a dog or you are a dog trainer this book is a must!
Every dog should come with this book. February 25, 2004
Rebecca Yoder (San Jose, CA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Years ago when I worked in the grooming department of a pet store, we sold cases of the first edition of this book to customers who would ask us why their dogs "misbehaved." I thought that book was the best book ever written for dog owners. The second edition is much better.The author speaks simply and with the compassion and knowledge that comes from her years of experience with dogs and their people. This book enables people to communicate effectively with the dogs in the household, so there is mutual understanding, and "training" becomes second nature. It is useful, informative, easily referenced, and very readable. Even if you think you know dogs, you will learn from this book, and enjoy the reading. It is not overwhelming for beginners, either. If you have a dog, buy this book, and then be prepared to have to buy 4 more copies because you keep "lending" it to friends and family.
Great book for training your dog August 6, 2000
Darla McFarren (Hastings, NE USA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book seems to be an excellent book for training your dog -- big or small. The author takes you from trying to understand your dog, to simple things you should need to train your dog, the first basic commands, moving on to harder things. At the end the author also outlines a variety of items to discipline your dog if your dog has problems of barking, chewing etc.Not only is the book detailed, but set up in a way that you can easily read. Lists are very helpful in this book. The book also has interesting antecdotes about the author's experience with dogs which are separated out so that people who don't want to read them don't have to read them. The content is good to help because it doesn't limit your options to one way of correcting your dog, but gives other ideas for those of us who are only a little creative. The book even talks about what games are good to play and has given me a few ideas for games for me and my dog. My only problem with the book is the plug for a specially designed leash that the author sells. It does sound like a good leash for a dog that is kept inside most of the time. My dog is mostly outside and so the training with the special leash doesn't look that practical to me. I think the best part of the book is the constant encouragement to the dog owners. The author tells us that training a dog depends on our attitude and does everything possible to keep our attitude to be helpful for training our dogs. One of the better dog-training books I have found.
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