PuppyPerfect: The user-friendly guide to puppy parenting (Howell Dog Book of Distinction (Paperback)) Paperback - 2005 - 1st Edition
by Hodgson, Sarah
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Details
- Title PuppyPerfect: The user-friendly guide to puppy parenting (Howell Dog Book of Distinction (Paperback))
- Author Hodgson, Sarah
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Howell Book House, Hoboken, NJ
- Date 2005-11-01
- Features Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # T10C-04158
- ISBN 9780764587979 / 0764587978
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.3 x 0.56 in (23.52 x 16.00 x 1.42 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Puppies, Puppies - Training
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005017376
- Dewey Decimal Code 636.707
Summary
First line
From the rear cover
The approach is puppy-friendly!
Your puppy is so irresistible, cute, and lovable--until she chews your shoe, uproots your flowers, ruins your rug, demolishes your remote, or gobbles up your steaks.
Understanding your puppy's unique personality, breed-specific traits, and temperament will help you tailor and implement proper, positive training techniques to save your sanity and your puppy! PuppyPerfect explains how to develop a nurturing and mutually respectful relationship with your puppy, which is the key to getting her to behave properly. You'll get information on supplies you need for a puppy, proper feeding, healthcare, and more. You'll learn about puppy psychology, personality, breed differences, and training tools. You'll discover how to make training your puppy more effective and more enjoyable, with: Six puppy personality profiles, plus a quiz to help you determine where your puppy fitsStep-by-step lessons for puppies at various ages and stagesInformation on clicker training, targeting, and point trainingSuggestions and games for positive play trainingDoglish 101 to help you decipher your puppy's bark and body languageTechniques for dealing with specific bad behaviors, including jumping, digging, pulling on the leash, barking and aggression, stealing food, and more
Complete with more than fifty photos, stories from the author's teaching experiences, a Doglish glossary, and more, this must-read will help you turn your adorable, but far from perfect, puppy into a lovable friend for life.
