101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog
Quarry Books - Quarry Books
Release date: 2007-04-01
Paperback
Author: Chalcy
Dogs as pets, Dogs, Pets, Dogs - General, Pets / Dogs / General, Pets / General, Pets & Equine
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101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog
Date undefinedThe only reason I have given this book 2 stars is that it contains really lovely pictures. Beyond that, I am appalled by the content of the book.
The "trainer" advocates negative reinforcement as a training tool, which is not only an ineffective technique, it is harmful to the dog/owner bond. The proper way to effectively train an animal, whether you're teaching it to sit, stay, or not poop on your bed, is through positive reinforcement and association. "Bopping" an animal's face or shoving its nose/head down into the posture you want it to adopt is completely stupid. It's mean, it's telling the dog that you don't value it enough to refrain from physically striking it, and it doesn't *teach* the dog what you want it to do.
If you're wanting to hit your dog, or believe that negative physical contact is the best way to train a dog to sit or lie down, then this book is for you.
If, on the other hand, you are wanting to learn the best way to really bond with your dog, teach it loads of tricks and manners, and have a happy, healthy, trusting pet, stay as far away from this book as possible. Buy a book on clicker training instead. That will be money well spent.
101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog
Date undefinedThis book is worth every penny I paid for it. It has beautiful colored photographs of every trick with step-by-step instructions. It also provides a wide variety of tricks from the basics to the more complex agility training. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is wanting to train their dog.
101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog
Date undefinedI've taught my border terrier puppy about 15 tricks using this. The instructions and the pictures are great and the tips for what to do if your dog isn't getting it were always spot on. The author's methods are always gentle and she thinks of great ways to motivate dogs to learn. My favorite example: To teach a dog to fetch cut a slit in a tennis ball and let the dog watch you put a treat inside before you throw it. The dog will learn that in order to get the treat out he needs to bring the ball back to you. Totally brilliant, had my terrier, who loved to play keep away with balls, hurling the tennis ball back at me to get his treat.
