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The Power of Positive Dog Training |  | Author: Pat Miller
Publisher: Howell Book House
Category: Book
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 6546
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0470241845
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70887
EAN: 9780470241844
ASIN: 0470241845
Publication Date: April 21, 2008
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A renowned dog trainer gives you the positive training tools you need to share a lifetime of fun, companionship, and respect with your dog. Plus, you?ll get: information on the importance of observing, understanding, and reacting appropriately to your dog's body language; instructions on how to phase out the use of a clicker and treats to introduce more advanced training concepts; a diary to track progress; suggestions for treats your dog will respond to; and a glossary of training terms.
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 great training book! February 11, 2010
Julie A. Fannin (Urbana, OH United States)
I am a 4-H obedience advisor and I thought this book was great. I will definitely be sharing the information that I learned with my kids.
 Not all other training methods are wrong January 14, 2010
S. Schierling
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I read this book and really wanted to get some good positive insight. I found the author very judgemental and accusing that any other method of training was abusive. I'm not sure what obedience classes she went to but not all classes are full of choke chains, beatings and abuse.
This book is about how to make your life, the people in your life and everything about your life revolve around your dog.
When this author recommended either wearing gloves or metal splints on your fingers for dogs going after your hands so hard they draw blood when you treat them... I thought that was just way too far. I would never beat my dog, but giving him a light tap so he isn't ripping my fingers to shreds and drawing blood is by no means abusive...
There was good info about shaping and positive rewards but many other trainers teach these same concepts. I think this book went way too far in the keeping everything positive 100% of the time.
 The limits of positive dog training December 24, 2009
polecat
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got this book because we had recently gotten an 8 week old puppy, who was quickly becoming a handful. Nice detailed instruction with photos on how to treat-lure your dog into different tricks. The idea of managing your puppy through various means in order to avoid having to tell them no all the time was also very helpful. I notice that I say "no" to my puppy a lot less often than I did to the ones I helped raise when I was in high school back in the 80s. However, I wasn't so keen on the dogmatic preaching that corrections (even verbal reprimands) are never okay, and that ever resorting to them is a form of failure... or the implied message that if you love your dog, you'll welcome them on your couch and bed. I guess it's not unusual for professional trainers to insist that theirs is the only way, but the ideological rigidity wasn't particularly helpful to me in dealing with some of my pup's more challenging behaviors.
 One of my most recommended titles! November 4, 2009
S. Fishbein (St. Louis, MO USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book! I was dismayed for awhile when it appeared as though it was out of print, but it has now resurfaced in a new edition.
I recommend this book all the time to new adopters (I've done dog rescue for years) and people who believe that choke chains, pinch collars and shock collars are necessary for a well-trained dog.
The section where Miller describes her epiphany that the relationship is more important than the ribbons still makes me cry every time I read it.
I find the week-by-week lessons are easy for new owners to understand and apply with great success. She also does a great job at explaining the theory and science behind the training without getting dry, boring and too bogged down for people who want application and not theory. (If I want to read data and science, there are other books for that!)
All in all, this is definitely a five-star book (I would give it 10 if I could!).
The Dog Training Book Everyone Should Read October 28, 2009
Viviane Arzoumanian (Brooklyn, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pat Miller brings you more than 30 years of experience training dogs and their people to this most excellent book...and what makes this book special is the author's clear and straightforward writing style. Don't pass up this comprehensive guide to training dogs through positive reinforcement.
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