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Think Like Your Dog and Enjoy the Rewards
Speak Your Dog’s Language
You can take communication with your dog to amazing levels if you know how, and this book shows you how. Learn to think like your dog and to communicate with it in a language your dog understands and uses all the time; body language.
What you will find in this book is not academic theory. It is boots-on-the-ground information from a boots-on-the-ground professional trainer who has learned her craft in a painstaking way. This book is about what works and why it works. It will help put you inside the head of your canine companion and to understand the processes that go on there. Then it will show you how to make that information work for you.
The principles that are shared in this book, when properly applied, will reward you with a happy dog, a disciplined dog, and a fulfilling companion with whom you will be pleased to share your life. For a new dog owner, or simply the owner of a new dog, at the start of a budding relationship and feeling the wonderful anticipation of imagining what awaits you both just a little way down the road.
You can take communication with your dog to amazing levels if you know how, and this book shows you how. Learn to think like your dog and to communicate with it in a language your dog understands and uses all the time; body language.
What you will find in this book is not academic theory. It is boots-on-the-ground information from a boots-on-the-ground professional trainer who has learned her craft in a painstaking way. This book is about what works and why it works. It will help put you inside the head of your canine companion and to understand the processes that go on there. Then it will show you how to make that information work for you.
The principles that are shared in this book, when properly applied, will reward you with a happy dog, a disciplined dog, and a fulfilling companion with whom you will be pleased to share your life. For a new dog owner, or simply the owner of a new dog, at the start of a budding relationship and feeling the wonderful anticipation of imagining what awaits you both just a little way down the road.
- GenresAnimals
208 pages, Paperback
First published June 23, 2013
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About the author
Dianna M. Young
1 book4 followersDianna M. Young began her dog-training career in Germany, where she served three years of apprenticeship under skilled master trainers, studying and participating in dog training for police-service work, security, scent detection, personal protection, tracking and search-and-rescue.
Dianna returned to the United States and enrolled in a nationally accredited school for professional dog trainers, where she continued her studies in canine behavior, all facets of professional dog training and animal husbandry. Upon completing her schooling, she worked and studied for several years in animal-related fields in New York state.
Dianna also served as an Animal Control Officer, enforcing animal-related laws and ordinances in New York state, and managed a 103-animal-capacity shelter and holding facility for a New York township.
Dianna then apprenticed under world-renowned Certified Master Trainer John M. Henkel of New Milford, Connecticut. While employed at the Henkel teaching and training facility, Dianna assisted John with classes for the personnel of many law-enforcement and security agencies in New York and New England, and also with providing trained dogs world-wide to celebrities and dignitaries for personal and estate protection.
After returning to her native Pacific Northwest, Dianna began her own consulting and training services, and spent two years as canine-behavior consultant and in-store dog trainer for outlets of a national pet-supply store chain in two Washington cities.
In 1997 Dianna opened her own training and boarding facility, Camano Island Kennels, where she trains dogs successfully for a wide range of clients. People come to her with needs that range from simple obedience training to the finding and implementing of solutions for complex behavioral problems. She is a first-choice for some veterinarians who seek training for themselves and their own dogs, and teaches classes and seminars in dog-handling for the staff s of veterinary hospitals, animal shelters and rescue organizations.
Since moving to Camano Island, Dianna also has competed successfully at the international level with her own personal service dogs. Some have ranked very high for training in national and international Sieger shows, in which dogs demonstrate proficiency with skills similar to those used by police-service dogs. This has included attaining the position of number-one dog in the United States and number-one dog in Canada in their respective classes.
Dianna returned to the United States and enrolled in a nationally accredited school for professional dog trainers, where she continued her studies in canine behavior, all facets of professional dog training and animal husbandry. Upon completing her schooling, she worked and studied for several years in animal-related fields in New York state.
Dianna also served as an Animal Control Officer, enforcing animal-related laws and ordinances in New York state, and managed a 103-animal-capacity shelter and holding facility for a New York township.
Dianna then apprenticed under world-renowned Certified Master Trainer John M. Henkel of New Milford, Connecticut. While employed at the Henkel teaching and training facility, Dianna assisted John with classes for the personnel of many law-enforcement and security agencies in New York and New England, and also with providing trained dogs world-wide to celebrities and dignitaries for personal and estate protection.
After returning to her native Pacific Northwest, Dianna began her own consulting and training services, and spent two years as canine-behavior consultant and in-store dog trainer for outlets of a national pet-supply store chain in two Washington cities.
In 1997 Dianna opened her own training and boarding facility, Camano Island Kennels, where she trains dogs successfully for a wide range of clients. People come to her with needs that range from simple obedience training to the finding and implementing of solutions for complex behavioral problems. She is a first-choice for some veterinarians who seek training for themselves and their own dogs, and teaches classes and seminars in dog-handling for the staff s of veterinary hospitals, animal shelters and rescue organizations.
Since moving to Camano Island, Dianna also has competed successfully at the international level with her own personal service dogs. Some have ranked very high for training in national and international Sieger shows, in which dogs demonstrate proficiency with skills similar to those used by police-service dogs. This has included attaining the position of number-one dog in the United States and number-one dog in Canada in their respective classes.
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May 22, 2014
I've owned a GSD dog trained by the author, Dianna Young, and that dog proved that her techniques work. Upon the passing of that fantastic dog, we acquired small breed rescue dogs, some of which totally lacked socialization skills because of their puppy mill beginnings in life. Many of the techniques written about in the book were included in classes we took from Dianna and her staff. It truly is a matter of thinking like your dog. The book contains so much valuable information which does make a difference in working and living with your dog. Plus the book is always at hand to refer back to. GREAT BOOK TO OWN.
March 3, 2020
Good book for new dog owners. Lots of information on how to interact with your dog in a positive way to get positive results. Not really for anyone looking for a greater depth of information or experienced dog owners.
September 11, 2023
This is an excellent book on dog training. Or maybe I'm biased. I've never read a book on dog training but have trained dogs and this backs up most of what I do and my arguments for why so I have to be on the right track (all my dogs have been pretty well behaved even the problem child I got when he was an adult).
February 14, 2020
At chapter 15. Had to stop. It's complicated.
July 2, 2014
This was a first-reads books for me. This is a good book for novice and experienced dog owners alike. I have never been without a dog for more than six months my entire life but find myself always trying to learn more about training and raising dogs.This book has some very good information for a new dog owner. Starting out with how to choose a dog that fits in with your life style to housebreaking and crating. I will reread the sections walking because this has always been an issue for me although it is getting better. I do wish there was more information about dealing with anxiety in dogs. My younger dog has just started to get anxious over thunder and this section didn't really have much info on helping with that. I like the fact that the author makes it known that you are responsible for training your dog. That training isn't something you only do when they are young. That it is a constant activity. Training never ends. I do however disagree with some of the authors training tools. I personally do not like the choke or the shock collar at all. Again this is a personal preference There are many positive things that I take away from this book and I would recommend this book to any dog owner. If anything else it allows you to several different training options and tools at your disposal. Not all dogs learn the same.
December 30, 2015
If you have a dog, are thinking of getting a dog, or just love dogs, this is the Number 1 book for you. I've read many training books, but there are several things that make this one unique. First, the expertise of the first author is immediately apparent; second, the prose is beautifully rendered. But what makes "Think Like Your Dog and Enjoy the Rewards" truly special and different from all other dog training books is the holistic understanding of dog training, which the authors provide. They understand that there are many types of training and some dogs respond better to certain techniques than others. Other dog training books seem to exclaim: You must do it my way! Second, the book is replete with real-life examples that both illuminate the training exercises and provide the reader with wonderful stories to keep you captivated throughout. It's been many years since I've been this excited about recommending a book on training dogs and it's such a pleasure to be able to do so now. The title is perfect because if you read this fine book and follow even a few of its suggestions, you will definitely "enjoy the rewards."
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