Dog Logic: Companion Obedience, Rapport-Based Training

by Joel M. McMains

Overview

To train your dog effectively, you must establish more than authority and obedience. You must train the dog to want to please you. You must establish rapport. It is upon this basis that the excellent training regimen given in Dog Logic: Companion Obedience is developed. Understanding your dog's natural behavior and responses to the world he lives in is the key to achieving the training results you want. That key is provided in this book and will result for you in a responsive, obedient dog that accepts your leadership and happily lives by your rules. This is mutual respect that works! The exercises in Dog Logic are for the companion dog and, if you like, the obedience trial dog. They guide you gradually and expertly through the whole series of training objectives, and your ultimate reward is a dog you can always be proud of. Week by week and level by level, you will see your dog gaining poise, polish and the admiration of all who meet him. You and your dog will become a living example of what it means to be a smoothly functioning dog/human partnership. These training methods are tested, proven and reliable and can make a world of important difference for you and your dog.
A Howell Dog Book of Distinction

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470252772
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/31/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Joel M. McMains is a professional dog trainer with vast experience in a wide variety of training applications. A trainer who really likes his pupils, he has trained companion dogs to guard dogs and everything in between. He lives in Sheridan, Wyoming, where he has worked with local police and the 4-H in dog training applications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Foreword.

Preface.

A Tribute to the Dog.

Section I: Prior to Training.

1. Beginnings.

2. The Right Dog.

3. Pretraining and Bonding.

4. Instincts and Drives.

5. Training Guidelines.

Section II: Companion Obedience.

6. Basic Tools.

7. Fundamental Lessons.

8. First Week.

9. Second Week.

10. Third Week.

11. Fourth Week.

12. Fifth Week.

Dog Tricks.

Lessons from the Best Teacher.

Postscript.

Ten Commandments.

Glossary.

Index.

About the Author.

Editorial Reviews

McMains teaches owners how to "think dog," describing how dogs interpret human mannerisms, tones of voice, commands, praises and corrections. Includes a 5-week series of training guidelines with basic steps and fundamental lessons necessary to create the proper relationship between dog and owner. Provides a week by week, lesson by lesson regime, essential for new puppy owners or any owner who wants to improve his dog's training. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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