Making Friends: Training Your Dog Positively
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Book Overview
A good relationship with a dog is built on realistic expectations. The better you understand your dog's unique personality and natural behavior, the sooner you will establish a rapport based on two-way communication, mutual respect, and trust-and the easier it will be to train your dog successfully. One of the first positive training books, Making Friends is a highly accessible guide to training your dog effectively and humanely. Respected dog obedience trainer Linda Colflesh shows you how to use positive reinforcement through gentle, easy-to-follow methods that get results while respecting your dog's intelligence and dignity. From housebreaking and teaching everyday commands to grasping the important (but often overlooked) details of dog reaction and interaction, Colflesh outlines a week-by-week training plan that meets your needs and helps you build a strong connection with your furry companion. You'll discover how to: Learn to "Read" Your Dog's Body Language, Make Proper use of Collars, Leashes, and Treats, Handle Puppy Behavior Problems the Positive Way, Keep Your Dog Mentally Stimulated and Properly Exercised, Join Dog Clubs and Play Groups. Highly recommended by satisfied trainers, breeders, and pet owners, Making Friends is a proven, sensible, fun training method that lets you truly be your dog's best friend. Book jacket.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0876056877
ISBN13:9780876056875
Release Date:December 1990
Publisher:Howell Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Great Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This is a great book. I highly recomend it to any dog owner. It is a great way to help understand your dog and a great tool in training. We now refer to it as our dogs hand book!! Great read and it helped so much!
The best dog training book I have ever read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Of all the dog training books I have ever read-- this one is my favorite--it's the book I recommend most to anyone who is getting a new dog-- It is extremely well written with excellent advice, easy to follow training methods- In her book she not only teaches owners how to train their dog -- but how to understand how your dog thinks and learns, and why dogs do the things they do. I followed her instructions for teaching my puppy to sit, stay, and also house training and it made training my puppy easy and fun for the both of us. On top of all that- the book is full of entertaining stories about people and their dogs (so its fun reading her book). I can't say enough good things about her book. Anyone who has a dog should read it! (by the way: another person on this site wrote a review of linda's book and said it had typical advice about choke train methods- who ever wrote that must be confusing Making Friends with another book- because Linda Colflesh's book argues against choke chain methods of training- so someone should take that review off the site- the person who wrote it didnt read the book.
Easy reading and very informative!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Hi Linda! This is so ironic, I recently purchased a White Alaskan Eskimo and I borrowed your book from a friend of mine not knowing that you were the author. Well I read it and I think it is going to be quite helpful while raising this little monster. You should see him, I could not resist. Well, again the book was and is super! Won't bore you. Drop me a line at [email protected]. That would be nice. G-
This book saved my dog and I from a trip to the pound.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Makin Friends:Training Your Dog Positively is an excellent manual for dog owners be they new puppy owners or owners desperate for a solution to training problems. It is written in a down to earth and easy to put into use style. The advice given is sensible and easy to implement in any home situation. If you are tired of textbook style training manuals that only serve to confuse not assist this is the book for you. It is definately the best dog training manual around
Excellent book for new and inexperienced trainers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
This book is an excellent one for new and inexperienced trainers as well as a good review for those with experience in old training techniques. It emphasizes positive training techniques and truly does help one make friends with ones dog. It clearly comes from a trainer and writer whose love of dogs and their ability to fit comfortably into our lives is first and foremost.
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