How to Be Your Dog s Best Friend

Release on 2001-05-15 | by Monks of New Skete

This expanded edition preserves the best features of the original classic while bringing the book fully up-to-date. The result: the ultimate training manual for a new generation of dog owners--and, of course, for their canine best friends.

Author: Monks of New Skete
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9780759524385
Category: Pets
Page: 300
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How to Be Your Dog s Best Friend

For more than a quarter century, How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend has been the standard against which all other dog-training books have been measured. This expanded edition preserves the best features of the original classic while bringing the book fully up-to-date. The result: the ultimate training manual for a new generation of dog owners--and, of course, for their canine best friends. The Monks of New Skete have achieved international renown as breeders of German shepherds and as outstanding trainers of dogs of all breeds. Their unique approach to canine training, developed and refined over four decades, is based on the philosophy that "understanding is the key to communication, compassion, and communion" with your dog. How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend covers virtually every aspect of living with and caring for your dog, including: Selecting a dog (what breed? male? female? puppy or older dog?) to fit your lifestyle Where to get--and where not to get--a dog Reading a pedigree Training your dog or puppy--when, where, and how The proper use of praise and discipline Feeding, grooming, and ensuring your dog's physical fitness Recognizing and correcting canine behavioral problems The particular challenges of raising a dog where you live - in the city, country, or suburb The proper techniques for complete care of your pet at every stage of his or her life In its scope, its clarity, and its authority, How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend remains unrivaled as a basic training guide for dog owners. Like no other book, this guide can help you understand and appreciate your dog's nature as well as his or her distinct personality--and in so doing, it can significantly enrich the life you share with your dog.

Language: en
Pages: 300

How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend

Authors: Monks of New Skete

Categories: Pets

Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-05-15 - Publisher: Hachette UK

Language: en
Pages: 280

The Art of Training Your Dog: How to Gently Teach Good Behavior Using an E-Collar

Authors: Monks of New Skete, Marc Goldberg

Categories: Pets

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-06 - Publisher: The Countryman Press

A brand-new training regimen—off-leash in 30 days!—from the pack who brought you The Art of Raising a Puppy. The Monks of New Skete, longtime breeders of German shepherds and established dog trainers of all breeds, have developed a new training technique. A decade in the making, this program represents a

Language: en
Pages: 304

How to be Your Pet's Best Friend

Authors: Michael W. Fox

Categories: Technology & Engineering

Type: BOOK - Published: 1981 - Publisher: Coward Mc Cann

A complete, authoritative guide to understanding your dog and cat presents practical advice on pet ownership, including choosing pets, health care, training, and the problems of pets in urban environments

Language: en
Pages: 272

Dog Is Love

Authors: Clive D. L. Wynne

Categories: Pets

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

A pioneering canine behaviorist draws on cutting-edge research to show that a single, simple trait--the capacity to love--is what makes dogs such perfect companions for humans, and to explain how we can better reciprocate their affection.

Language: en
Pages: 144

Dog Training in 10 Minutes

Authors: Carol Lea Benjamin

Categories: Pets

Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-01-06 - Publisher: *Howell Book House

"Carol Lea Benjamin is the finest writer about dogs we have today." Job Michael Evans, former Monk of New Skete and author of the best-selling How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend Dog Training in 10 Minutes is Carol Lea Benjamin's dog-training book for the 1990s, geared specifically for people