Dog-Friendly Dog Training

Andrea Arden

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Praise for the 1st Edition of Dog-Friendly Dog Training:

"I'm a dog fanatic, read everything I can find on dog behavior, and this book is terrific . . . the methods are clearly spelled out-how to do them, why they work, how they make the doggie-human bond a more loving one."
-Amy Tan author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, and Saving Fish from Drowning

"... [Arden's] approach is humane, user-friendly, dog-friendly, and guaranteed to produce the desired results. A must-read for owners."
-Dr. Nicholas Dodman author of The Dog Who Loved Too Much and Dogs Behaving Badly

The classic dog training guide, now updated and revised

This update of the perennially popular guide provides everything you need to know to develop a healthy relationship with a well-behaved dog. With easy-to-understand instructions and helpful illustrations, Dog-Friendly Dog Training, 2nd Edition begins with the necessary tools for teaching your dog, and then covers housetraining, socialization, basic manners, and problem solving, all using proven, positive methods. Key updates include information about:

• Instilling impulse control
• Training a dog who is safe to handle
• Teaching the Roll Over exercise safely and humanely

1 What Is Dog-Friendly Dog Training?

Focusing on Rewarding Good Behaviors.

Preventative Management.

Using Gentle Teaching Methods.

The Four E’s of Training.

Training Techniques Go Full Circle.

Building a Bond with Your Dog.

2 Tools to Help You Teach.

Rewards.

Consequences for Inappropriate Behavior.

Training Tools to Buy.

The Reward/Reprimand Rainbow.

Training Tools You Won’t Need.

How Dogs Learn.

3 Housetraining.

Tools for Time Management.

Choosing a Doggy Toilet.

House-Soiling Mistakes.

Submissive or Excitement Urination.

The Three Steps to Successful Housetraining.

4 Improve Your Dog’s Social Life.

What Are Socialization and Habituation?

Puppy Socialization and Habituation.

Adult Dog Socialization.

Problems Caused by Failure to Socialize.

Maintaining Socialization.

5 Gentling and Handling.

Handling Exercises.

Sharing Exercises.

Preventing Nipping in Play.

Teaching Your Dog to Take Food Gently.

6 Impulse Control.

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait.

Impulse Control Exercises.

7 Basic Manners.

Why Train Your Dog?

Preparing to Teach.

Reasons to Teach Sit, Down, and Stand.

The Three Methods for Teaching Sit, Down, and Stand.

Teaching Your Dog to Stay.

Just to Be Close to You.

Hand Targeting.

Time to Reward Randomly.

8 Behavior Problems.

Barking Nine to Five.

Whining.

Jumping Up.

Chewing Inappropriate Items.

Couch Hog.

Separation Issues.

Garbage Raiding.

Eating Feces.

Digging.

Hyperactivity.

Chasing.

Fear of People.

Canine Squabbles.

Resource Guide.

Association of Pet Dog Trainers.

Books.

Videos.

Catalogs.

More Fun and Games.

Kennel Clubs and Registries.

Getting in Touch with the Author.

Index.

Sujets

• Dogs
• Training
• Tracy Dockray
• Pets

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780470171417
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Dog- Friendly
DOG TRAINING
2nd Edition
Andrea Arden
Illustrations by Tracy Dockray

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Arden, Andrea.
Dog-friendly dog training / Andrea Arden ; illustrations by Tracy Dockray. — 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-11514-5 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-470-11514-9 (alk. paper)
1. Dogs—Training. I. Title.
SF431.A75 2007
636.7'0887—dc22
2007007079
Printed in the United States of America
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Second Edition
Book design by George J. McKeon
Cover design by Wendy Mount
Wiley Bicentennial Logo: Richard J. Pacifico
Book production by Wiley Publishing, Inc. Composition Services
For my brother George
Acknowledgments
I would like to express thanks and acknowledgment to the following:
Dr. Ian Dunbar. I am lucky to count myself among the thousands who have been influenced by Dr. Ian Dunbar. If one were to count the hours that Dr. Dunbar has spent helping people learn a better, kinder way of teaching dogs, I have no doubt they would find that he has given up years of his life in this effort. Thankfully, it has not been in vain. Because of him, dog training is fun, friendly, and full of tail wags.
Oliver and Nora, and all the dogs who are responsible for teaching me so much and who are the reason my life is what I dreamed it would be when I was a child.
Rhett, whose drive and enthusiasm for new challenges and adventures of all sorts is inspiring. He chose me as his wife, and for that I am very lucky.
Laura, who is truly the best friend.
About the Author
A ndrea Arden is best known as the trainer and field host for The Pet Department , Fox’s Emmy Award–winning show. Her appearances also include the Today Show, 20/20, Live with Regis and Kelli, The View , and Dateline NBC. She is the author of Train Your Dog the Lazy Way , Andrea Arden’s Little Book of Dog Tricks , and On the Road with Your Pet. Andrea is a columnist and contributing writer for numerous magazines, including Dog Fancy, Modern Dog , and The New York Dog. She is a charter member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers and has served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers and Animal Haven Shelter and Sanctuary.
Andrea is Director of Andrea Arden Dog Training and lives in New York City with her husband, Rhett Butler; her dogs, Nora, Moka, and Bela; and two very pretty cats named Issa and Anya.
About the Illustrator
T racy Dockray has illustrated many books, including Grimm’s Grimmest and Am I Big or Little? by Margaret Parks Bridges, and was proud to reillustrate Beverly Cleary’s Ramona series, Mouse and the Motorcycle series, and Henry Huggins series, and most of her individual novels as well. Her work has also appeared in Vogue, Travel and Leisure , and the New York Times . Tracy has found Dog-Friendly Dog Training most helpful in training her family’s new Brussels Griffon and has even found its friendly theories handy in dealing with her two small children, stepdaughter, and husband. (Don’t tell them that!)
Contents
1 What Is Dog-Friendly Dog Training?
Focusing on Rewarding Good Behaviors
Preventative Management
Using Gentle Teaching Methods
The Four E’s of Training
Training Techniques Go Full Circle
Building a Bond with Your Dog
2 Tools to Help You Teach
Rewards
Consequences for Inappropriate Behavior
Training Tools to Buy
The Reward/Reprimand Rainbow
Training Tools You Won’t Need
How Dogs Learn
3 Housetraining
Tools for Time Management
Choosing a Doggy Toilet
House-Soiling Mistakes
Submissive or Excitement Urination
The Three Steps to Successful Housetraining
4 Improve Your Dog’s Social Life
What Are Socialization and Habituation?
Puppy Socialization and Habituation
Adult Dog Socialization
Problems Caused by Failure to Socialize
Maintaining Socialization
5 Gentling and Handling
Handling Exercises
Sharing Exercises
Preventing Nipping in Play
Teaching Your Dog to Take Food Gently
6 Impulse Control
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Impulse Control Exercises
7 Basic Manners
Why Train Your Dog?
Preparing to Teach
Reasons to Teach Sit, Down, and Stand
The Three Methods for Teaching Sit, Down, and Stand
Teaching Your Dog to Stay
Just to Be Close to You
Hand Targeting
Time to Reward Randomly
8 Behavior Problems
Barking Nine to Five
Whining
Jumping Up
Chewing Inappropriate Items
Couch Hog
Separation Issues
Garbage Raiding
Eating Feces
Digging
Hyperactivity
Chasing
Fear of People
Canine Squabbles
Resource Guide
Association of Pet Dog Trainers
Books
Videos
Catalogs
More Fun and Games
Kennel Clubs and Registries
Getting in Touch with the Author
Index
What Is Dog-Friendly Dog Training?
W hen it comes to the best way to train your dog, the sheer wealth and breadth of conflicting advice is often bewildering. Bookstores and pet shops sell a vast array of literally hundreds of different dog books, and each one recommends different training methods—jerk the leash, don’t jerk the leash; use food, don’t use food; always do this, never do that.
Worse yet, for the longest time most people have associated dog training with choke collars and leash jerks, assuming the whole process to be a chore and a drag. Wrong, wrong, wrong! An incredible rediscovery has been made in the field of dog training: Training your dog is fun! Better yet, the more fun you and your dog have while training, the faster and more effective training becomes.
Luckily for today’s dogs, the popularity of reward-based training grew steadily through the 1980s and 1990s and caused a dog-friendly revolution.

Dog-friendly dog training is the best way to create the dog of your dreams.
In a nutshell, dog-friendly dog training focuses on three things:
Rewarding good behaviors
Preventative management
Using gentle teaching methods
Focusing on Rewarding Good Behaviors
There are two objectives in training your dog: a major objective and a minor one. The major objective of friendly, intelligent pet dog training is to teach dogs to do things we want them to do. The secondary and minor objective is to teach dogs not to do things we don’t want them to do.
Dog-friendly dog training zeroes in on the major objective: teaching your dog what you want and rewarding him for doing it. This is the easiest way to train your dog. After all, there aren’t many things we consider “right” for pet dogs to do, so you really don’t have many things to teach. On the other hand, the list of “wrong” things that pet dogs can do is endless, so trying to train by punishing your dog for each mistake would be a lengthy and unpleasant process for both of you. When you have taught your dog to reliably understand you and consistently spend his time focusing on good behaviors, he won’t have the time or the inclination to behave inappropriately.
For any natural dog behavior you can come up with, there are lots of inappropriate choices and usually just a few correct ones. For example, imagine the one right spot for your dog to use as his toilet (either outside or inside on papers or pads), a