PDF The Puppy Whisperer A Compassionate Non Violent Guide to Early Training and Care Terence Cranendonk Paul Owens Norma Eckroate 9781593375973 Books

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Product details Paperback 304 pages Publisher Adams Media; 1 edition (October 1, 2007) Language English ISBN-10 1593375972

The Puppy Whisperer A Compassionate Non Violent Guide to Early Training and Care Terence Cranendonk Paul Owens Norma Eckroate 9781593375973 Books Reviews

• This book is straight up reward on good behavior and ignoring bad behavior entirely. Very difficult for me to do. Made me recognize I am too harsh with negative reinforcement. Temper control mandatory in order to use these methods. It really does work, but your individual personality, like mine, might be tough to actually implement. It was very helpful to read about the different weeks of life and what to expect from the dog as they mature. It was right on for me at about 10 or 12 weeks, my dog got all sorts of scared about everything on walks. The book called it out and said it should last about 2 weeks. Basically his senses got turned on and he had to learn how to process them. What was a bad sound and what was a nothing sound, etc.
• This is a great, common sense, positive reward-based approach to training your pooch. The book definitely gave me some ideas to follow, and changed my opinion on some pup psychology by changing my perspective. It’s a good, easy read. Thanks!
• Paul Owens addresses just about every topic concerning a new dog's needs - but some of them only very superficially. His play and exercise discussions in particular were quite lightweight on content. Not a comprehensive puppy-rearing guide by any means.
  
  I have no problem with food rewards for early training (why are people more eager to scold a dog than to give her a piece of food?). That said, I HATE his overuse of food for socialization. Puppies should be encouraged to approach the world on their own. If they balk at something, it is best to lead by example by quietly interacting with that object yourself, allowing your puppy to approach at her own pace and giving her praise and support when she freely interacts ("what a brave, good puppy!"). Covering the world in food is not instilling the puppy with confidence. It is also a terrible way for puppies to view people. They lose their interest in interacting, and focus on begging or demanding food. Unless the pup has a big problem that requires counterconditioning, plying them with food in social situations is unnecessary. Calm confidence on your part will send the needed message.
  
  I do like his training section. I love his description of "capturing" as "the magnet game" - good behavior draws good things. Easy to remember and enact. His methods are common for positive reinforcement, but they are well presented. His troubleshooting section is slight, but in truth, most common behavior issues can be addressed by redirecting the puppy into a preferred response. "Do this instead of doing that."
  
  It is boring visually, but having tried to read "How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With" (talk about BORING), at least I wasn't lulled to sleep by it. Still, I found Gwen Bailey's Perfect Puppy-Newly Revised & Updated How to Raise a Well-Behaved Dog more enjoyable and thorough, and it remains my #1 choice among puppy books.
• About a third of the information in this book is about trying to find the right puppy for your family and making sure you have the right kind of environment for the puppy you're going to get. If, like me, you already have a puppy then about a third of this book is useless to you. The actual training section of the book is not bad, there are some details that one might miss when it comes to teaching the basic commands, but the gist of the entire thing is just that you should condition your puppy using rewards and the occasional (but not severe) punishment. The "compassionate" part of the book is that it encourages the conditioning to be about the right kind of reward and claims that if done right this will allow you to use little to no punishment. But the training part of the book seems to assume you've followed the advice in the first part of the book and bought a puppy with the right kind of temperament. If you have a puppy who is acting aggressively, biting or nipping there is not a ton of advice for you in this book. Also, like most puppy books, there is not a ton of advice on puppies and children (except, again, in the buying a puppy section). Overall, not a bad book, but one I would probably only recommend to someone who was going to buy a puppy, not someone who already had one.
• Pauls Owens offers wonderful advice for any new puppy owner in his book, The Puppy Whisperer. He gives detailed information about everything from potty training to to leash training, socialzation to diet and even learning games to play with the new addition to your family. The information in this book is what every puppy would want his new owner to know about him or her. One of the things that I like best about Owens approach is that he breaks the training down into components labled "kindergarten", "grade school", and "high school" to help guarantee sucess for both the puppy and the owner. The other thing that I like about the info in this book is that it is all based on positive reinforcement. I highly recommend it!
• Love this book. The insights and suggestions are great. Have given this as a gift too.
• I foster puppies for the local animal shelter and have read lots of books on care and feeding. This one I will keep- the instructions are well detailed and cover very basic training to more complex commands. The approach is kind to the animal and rewards rather than punishes, leading to a capable and very happy little one.
  The book arrived in mint condition, securely wrapped and quickly received. Kudos to the seller.
• A great approach to puppy training that encourages loving response rather that defiance that seemed to follow other, pack-based forms of discipline.
  This has been very helpful to be given more choices in training.