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For almost twenty years, dog owners have turned to this compact guide for sensible, step-by-step advice how to housebreak their beloved pets–in just one week! Now revised and updated, pet expert Shirlee Kalstone’s foolproof method for housebreaking your dog is available with a fresh new look and up-to-date information.
Whether your dog is a puppy or getting on in years, whether your goal is to housebreak, paper train, or litter train, this practical, easy-to-follow plan will help you transform your pet into a dependable member of the household–in a way that works with both his innate behavioral instincts and your individual lifestyle. You’ll never again have to worry about your dog acting out, feeling anxious or depressed–or ruining your brand-new rug–as you discover:
* The simple secret of successful housebreaking–understanding your dog as a den dweller
* Step-by-step programs tailored to both apartment dwellers and home owners, as well as to people who go to work, versus those who are home all day
* Schedules for training puppies and (re)training adult dogs
* How to identify your dog’s natural behavioral rhythms–and use them to your advantage
* How to cope with housebreaking lapses, marking territory, separation anxiety, and health problems
* The power of praise and positive reinforcement, not punishment
Including sample schedules and timetables, and a list of related resources and websites, here is the essential, proven advice that will make training a pleasure, for both you and your dog.
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V. Thompson says:
06/13/2010 at 2:26 PM (UTC -5)
Ummm-I think the dog just has to want to do the correct thing. Good ideas in the book but it didn’t work for us, but we have 7 dogs.
Rating: 5 / 5
Patti Rein says:
06/13/2010 at 12:43 PM (UTC -5)
This book gave me the absolutely WORST dog training advice I have ever gotten! The notion that you should not teach your pup to use pads in the house if you eventually want it to go outside is hideously ill advised! I took this to heart and my puppy now has a special area in the house that no matter how many times I clean and disinfect she comes right back to. I take her outside and she waits to come back in and use her spot. I put down pads and she thinks they are a toy made just for shredding. I now have a dog trainer coming to work with her at $50 an hour to try to help me solve this problem. The author is right about one thing – it is far easier to teach good habits from the beginning than to break bad ones. It’s a shame her advice led me to allow my puppy to develop bad habits in the first place. Bypass this train wreck and think seriously about buying a book on dogs by someone who actually seems to know something about the subject… Stanley Coren, perhaps.
Rating: 1 / 5
B. DeCola says:
06/13/2010 at 11:50 AM (UTC -5)
Every once in awhile I buy something online that is a total waste of money and this is one of them. I can’t say I learned one thing from this book (pamphlet) and it is way overpriced.
Rating: 1 / 5
Patricia M. Courtenay says:
06/13/2010 at 10:52 AM (UTC -5)
This book didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know already.
Rating: 2 / 5
Mr Pineapples says:
06/13/2010 at 9:23 AM (UTC -5)
Trouble is ..it takes you seven days to read it, during which time the dog has chewed up your slippers, bitten the postman and vomitted on the carpet.
The dog has broken your house!!
Rating: 4 / 5