Good Dog, Bad Dog, New and Revised : Dog Training Made Easy

Good Dog, Bad Dog, New and Revised : Dog Training Made Easy

Good Dog, Bad Dog, New and Revised : Dog Training Made Easy

A best-selling classic since 1971, this practical guide to home training has been completely updated and expanded, with customized tips for one hundred different breeds.

Customer Review: Do not purchase
These books relies entirely on the use of aversives (collar choking) with dog training and does not use strong positive reinforcers like food. The methods are 50 years outdated and did not work at all with my dog. If you really want to know how your dog learns and how to teach him what you want him to do, buy Jean Donaldson's Culture Clash, perhaps the best book ever written about dogs.

Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others

Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others

Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others You and your dog can become a therapy dog team!

Are you looking for a new and meaningful way to work with your dog? Do you want to improve the lives of those who because of illness or disability would benefit from visits with a volunteer canine "therapist"? Then think bout becoming a Therapy Dog Team and you will create the kind of magic that enriches lives.

Therapy Dogs, Training Your Dog to Reach Others, 2nd Edition gives you all the information you need to select, socialize and train your dog for this work. What better creature than a dog to offer comfort, companionship and even entertainment to people in a wide variety of settings?

You will learn: *What therapy dog work involves and how to train for it.
*Benefits therapy dog work provides for you, your dog and others.
*Various settings in which therapy dog teams do their work.
*Whether your family pet might make a good therapy dog.
*Selecting and training a puppy for therapy dog work.
*How to keep yourself and your dog fresh for the work.

INCLUDES a complete course outline for teaching therapy dog classes!

Health care facilities need this information NOW!

Don't start an Animal Assisted Activity program at your facility without Therapy Dogs! You will have the latest information on how teams train, prevent problems, deal with liability issues as well as health and safety concerns. Therapy Dogs will help you understand what to look for in a program and in volunteers to assure success.
Customer Review: A gold mine of information and ideas
Kathy Diamond-Davis knows dogs (and their handlers) like no other author I have ever read. This book carefully and clearly covers topics from choosing an appropriate dog for therapy work, through socializing the dog and building your relationship with the dog, to finding an appropriate organization to work with and doing therapy dog visits. She emphasizes positive training that builds the dog/human bond and produces a happy, friendly dog. Realistically, she emphasizes that not all dogs (and not all handlers) are suited for therapy work.

I am currently working with my second therapy dog, who is registered with Therapy Dogs Inc. and who visits hospice patients. The ideas in Kathy's book continue to make us a better team.