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| | Other popular titles...  If you haven't seen what you're looking for so far, try this additional selection. Although not currently stocked by us, they are available at Amazon.co.uk! |
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| Fun And Games With Your Dog | 
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Indoor and outdoor activities that will sharpen your dog's intelligence, coordination, and stamina, and give them hours of fun. Happy dogs love to play games and do tricks. Teaching a dog to perform tricks is a fine way of bonding between owner and pet. It is also a subtle method of obedience training. This manual guides owners through methods of teaching their dogs to run through obstacle courses, retrieve hidden objects, play games with frisbees and more. A unique resource to help you and your dog enjoy recreation time. Author: Gerd Ludwig We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| Breaking Bad Habits In Dogs | 
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Illustrated throughout with step by step photography, this book is essential reading for all dog owners. Colin Tennant is one of the world's foremost authorities on canine behaviour and has a strong background in animal training videos and UK television appearances. The book uses digital video photography to demonstrate the various behavioural improvement techniques. Colin gives us a fascinating insight into canine psychology and explains why dogs behave in the way that they do when part of the "family pack". Using simple exercises, he reveals how dogs can be retrained through a system of reward and deterrence that makes bad behaviour a thing of the past. Author: Colin Tennant We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| Competitive Obedience: A step-by-step Guide | 
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Experienced as an Obedience competitor, trainer, and judge, the auther guides you through how to bring out the best in your canine partner. Competitive obedience provides a tremendous challenge for dog and handler, but you can learn how to form a successful partnership by following this step-by-step guide which takes you from the basics through to the most advanced exercises. Using a training system based on play and reward, you can teach your dog: - Competition-style heelwork
- RecallsSend away
- Scent discrimination
- Distance control
Author: Paddy Coughlan We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| Competitive Obedience For Winners | 
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Training your dog to win at competition level requires skill, dedication and patience. It is also vital to build up a close relationship with your dog and to have an understanding of how the canine mind works. In this book, Brian McGovern gives the benefit of his wide and varied experience to help you get the best from your dog. Starting from the early lessons taught when you first acquire your puppy, Brian describes his method of training, which is based on a gradual progression of learning so your dog is never given the chance to make mistakes. Problems in training are tackled, culminating in preparing yourself and your dog for competition. Author: Brian McGovern We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| How Dogs Learn | 
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This excellent book describes the basic principles of behaviour and how they can be used to teach your dog new skills, diagnose problems and eliminate unwanted behaviours. How Dogs Learn explains the fascinating science of operant conditioning. The authors, recognized experts in this field, are also experienced dog trainers, and they explain each operant conditioning principle using dog training examples. For the first time, behavioural procedures that are used with humans, such as Behavioural Diagnostics and Functional Analysis, have been translated for applications with dogs. How Dogs Learn will help all dog owners solve canine behaviour problems and improve their proficiency as trainers. Author: Mary R Burch & Jon S Bailey We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| Dancing With Dogs |
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From small beginnings, Freestyle, sometimes known as Heelwork to Music, has grown into a highly competitive discipline, which demands control, obedience, agility and a spot-on sense of timing. The greatest challenge is to form a perfect partnership so that you can, literally, dance with your dog. In this book Richard Curtis breaks down all the moves, from the simplest to the most complex and shows you how to train your dog for Freestyle. If you have just started training a puppy, or you want to train your adult dog in a new discipline, Dancing with Dogs will give you all the guidance you need for you and your dog to become star performers in this new sport. Author: Richard Curtis We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| The Power of Positive Dog Training | 
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This book demonstrates how you can train your dog, have fun, and build a lasting relationship at the same time. The Power of Positive Dog Training is the best book yet on explaining how and why purely positive training works. Inside, you'll find easy to read discussion of the philosophy of positive training followed by training tips and exercises. This book is geared toward the dog owner who wants to develop a relationship with their dog based on friendship and positive reinforcement, not fear and punishment. You get 30 chapters with instructive illustrations, including an easy-to-follow, step-by-step, six-week basic training program (with diary) for any dog. Author: Pat Miller We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| How To Speak Dog | 
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Communication is crucial in any relationship -- especially when one of you happens to be a dog. Drawing on substantial research in animal behaviour, Stanley Coren demonstrates that the average house dog can distinguish at least 140 words and can interact at a level approaching that of a human two-year-old. While actual conversation of the sort Lassie seemed capable of in Hollywood myth-making remains in the realm of fantasy, this book shows us that a great deal of real communication is possible between humans and dogs beyond the simple giving and obeying of commands. How to Speak Dog not only explains the sounds, words, actions and movements which will help owners to communicate most effectively with their dogs; it also deciphers the signs and signals our dogs are giving to us. With easy-to-follow tips on how humans can mimic the language dogs use to talk to one another, original drawings illustrating the subleties of canine body language and a handy visual glossary, How to Speak Dog gives dog lovers a whole new range of essential skills with which to improve their relationship with their dogs. Author: Stanley Coren We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| Clicking Your Dog Step By Step | 
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This book is for the pet owner who wants to raise the great, lifelong, family dog. It covers what you need to know including teaching good manners (covers extended stays), training handy skills and useful tricks (like picking up items), teaching you and your dog and to be safe and polite around other people and kids, and creating the right environment. In the introductory chapters you get a solid introduction to clicker training and a fast-start approach. There are over 100 behaviors taught in this book, including: - Sit to greet people instead of jumping up
- Walk on a leash without pulling
- Come when called, even outdoors
- Stay home alone quietly
- Find the right place to “go”
- Play hide-and-seek and other fun games and tricks
This book is a fantastic, stand-alone guide to training your dog. A highly recommended book if you have new dog/puppy or are preparing for one. Author: Peggy Tillman We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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| Raw Dog Food: Making It Work For You And Your Dog | 
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There certainly is no one perfect “complete, balanced” diet for dogs – and if there was, it surely wouldn’t be little processed dried pellets manufactured by the truckload by Acme Super-Duper Kibble Co. Some people’s dogs do just fine on commercial dog food. Some are healthy and happy on a cooked diet. Folks whose dogs eat raw food – the way Nature intended – are committed to a raw diet for their canine companions.Whether your call it Bones and Raw Food, Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (BARF), Raw Meaty Bones (RMB), Natural Nutrition or Raw Dog Food, this book is for those who already feed raw and want to learn more, and especially for those who want to start but are intimidated by the whole process. Author: Carina Beth MacDonald We do not currently stock this book, but it may be available from Amazon.co.uk through the link on the right. For details of how this works, please click HERE. | Available from Amazon.co.uk
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