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Title: So Your Dogs Not Lassie: Tips for Training Difficult Dogs and Independent Breeds by Betty Fisher, Suzanne Delzio ISBN: 0-06-273457-1 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful training advice for any dog - difficult or not!
Comment: Unlike so many other training titles, So Your Dog's Not Lassie is founded on a respect for dogs and their individual personalities, and a deep interest in the development of a strong relationship between handler and dog. The authors's philosophy: "Owners who will be successful with their independent dog dispense with the common mind set that they are the master and their dog is the slave. Instead, they know that respect and accommodation must go both ways." Fisher & Delzio emphasize making learning fun and relevant from the dog's perspective. This book will help anyone convince their dog that there is a good and pleasant rationale behind your training requests while simultaneously strengthening and enhancing the dog/owner relationship. Humane and sensible, the training methodology is totally congruent with the philosophy espoused - a rare find in dog training books. If this book has a failing, it is in the subtitle. While aimed at handlers of difficult or independent breeds, So Your Dog's Not Lassie is eminently suitable for training any dog of any breed. This humorous, well written and informative book is notably fluff free, and one that readers - both professionals & novices - will refer back to time and again. Highly recommended!
Rating: 4
Summary: Worth the money
Comment: 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.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well done attempt to explain training process
Comment: 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.
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Title: The Cautious Canine by Patricia B. McConnell ISBN: 1891767003 Publisher: Dog's Best Friend, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell ISBN: 0345446798 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: How to be the Leader of the Pack...And have Your Dog Love You For It. ("How to" booklets from Dog's Best Friend) by Patricia B. McConnell ISBN: 189176702X Publisher: Dog's Best Friend, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor ISBN: 0553380397 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Power of Positive Dog Training by Pat Miller, Jean Donaldson ISBN: 0764536095 Publisher: Howell Book House Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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