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Spare the punishment and raise a happy, well-behaved dog …

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Positive Dog Training, Second Edition, replaces the standard punishment-based training methods that have potential consequences for puppies and limited effectiveness with older dogs. This guide demonstrates positive training methods, based on a system of rewards and encouragement, to ...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published February 7th 2006 by Alpha (first published 2003)
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Lisa
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This book really helped my husband and me when we took on two strays, a German Shepherd and Beagle. We found that "traditional" training (hitting and yelling) did not work, it tended to make things worse AND made us feel bad in the process. This book really opened our eyes to a new way to train. Ignoring and rewarding are the replacements for the hitting and yelling and it works 10 times faster, not to mention no one's feelings (or butts) get hurt.

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I dig this book, and plan to buy a copy of it.
I especially want to learn to clicker train
my dogs, Morisson, and Bundy, and this book
offers insite into that.
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Good in theory. Went and paid a dog trainer to come and help train my dog!!
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