The Joy Of Dog Training

The Joy of Dog Training is a fun and inspirational guide to teaching your dog the 30 tricks most fundamental to their training. This interactive program will enhance not only your dog's performance, but also your overall relationship with your dog. Learn the core concepts of dog training, and apply those concepts in training 30 different tricks. As you work from level to level, you will master the key elements of dog training—timing, technique, motivation, and building on known behaviors—as you achieve a stronger bond with your dog. The tricks are explained with step-by-step instructional text and photos, and range from basic (Sit, Shake Hands, Paws Up) to advanced (Newspaper Delivery, Tidy Up Your Toys, Get a Soda from the Fridge). With this complete curriculum in dog tricks, you will establish a conscious and consistent pattern of relating to your dog in a meaningful partnership based on trust, communication, and respect. Also by Kyra Sundance, learn to do even more with your dog with: 101 Dog Tricks; The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook; 51 Puppy Tricks; 10-Minute Dog Training Games; 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition; Dog Training 101; The Pocket Guide to Dog Tricks; and Kyra’s Canine Conditioning.

The Joy of Dog Training is an engaging and interactive guide for training your dog by teaching them 30 fundamental tricks.

Compete In Joy was written by the late Patty Ruzzo to be a "handling coach" so that all who are interested in becoming better handlers in Competition Obedience can carry Patty's help in their training bag wherever they are. It contains the recipes for handler success in the ring. Patty's words, so precious now because of her passing, continue to support, encourage and affirm good handling in the ring. This book will be a wonderful addition to any obedience competitors training bag. You will hear Patty whispering encouragement and inspiration in your ear on every excercise.

Using a visually driven, playful presentation as style, Dog Training 101 offers step-by-step instructions every dog owner needs and wants to know as they care for and raise their dogs.

In this new book, renowned dog trainer Kathy Sdao reveals how her journey through life and her decades of experience training marine mammals and dogs led her to reject a number of sacred cows including the leadership model of dog training.

Fully train your dog in just six weeks with this revolutionary new method. The Monks of New Skete, long-time breeders of German shepherds and renowned trainers of all breeds and mixes, have codeveloped a successful new training technique. They and Marc Goldberg, who pioneered the approach, offer you and your canine companion a way forward using a game-changing tool: the invisible leash or electronic collar. Now in paperback, The Art of Training Your Dog presents their compassionate, efficient system along with helpful advice on choosing the best collar. At the right moment, using a light touch—that many humans can’t even feel—strategically refocuses your dog’s attention. This method helps you create effortless teaching moments that tie into your dog’s pack instincts and help strengthen your bond with your dog. In as little as six weeks, your pup can master good leash manners; obey basic commands, such as sit, down, and stay; stop problematic behaviors; and play safely off leash with consistent recall.

Click for Joy! is packed with information for experienced trainers and newcomers alike, including:* positive, effective solutions to common problems* practical instructions to train any behavior for fluency and reliability*encouragement, advice, and success stories from clicker trainers around the world* short-term and long-term consequences of controversial training techniques* clear, easy-to-understand explanations of the science underlying clicker training* glossary of clicker training terms and concepts* east-to-use cross-referencing and index

Most dog trainers have a strong desire to help dogs learn appropriate behaviors and solve the kinds of problems that most dogs experience or create. It is why they get into the business in the first place and it is what they are trained to do. What is challenging for so many trainers is that their success in working with dogs ultimately depends on the cooperation, understanding and follow-through of the people who bring their dogs to them to be trained. Failure to work with people often leads to failure with the dogs. In The Human Half of Dog Training, author Risë VanFleet draws upon her years of experience of working with people as a child and family psychologist to teach dog trainers how take a collaborative approach with clients to help insure the best possible outcomes for their dogs.