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Advantages: Some good tips for training a pet dog.
Disadvantages: Some methods may seem severe.

The Dog Listener "Learning the Language of your Best Friend" is a guide to learning the psychology of dogs in the hope that, with better understanding we can train them to be obedient, social pets. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jan Fennell from Lincolnshire began her career as a successful English Springer Spaniel breeder and went on to become a dog behaviour specialist making frequent contributions to radio and television programmes. THE FOREWARD The foreward ...
...of horses that Jan found the inspiration to develop his techniques to canine advantage. THE PRINCIPLE- AMICHIEN BONDING Dogs were once "pack animals" and although lifestyles and appearances have changed over thousands of years the wolf pack instinct still remains. The "alpha pair" was the strongest, healthiest and most intelligent .Among the pack it is only the "Alpha pair" who breed, ensuring a strong line of descendants. They are responsible ... Read review

Advantages: Frankie is now completely trained and tame.
Disadvantages: It took longer than 7 days.

...even chewing up my 6 year old daughters toys. This book honestly has helped! It's extremely detailed and definately works. It contains tips on how to keep them at bay, how to control them and even how to prevent them from biting! A great buy! :) ... Read review

Advantages: Reading, enjoyable book, funny!
Disadvantages: None!

Walking Ollie: Dog Owners must read! Walking Ollie is a genius book written by Stephen Foster, as an owner of 2 dogs my self I found this book hysterically funny and struggled to keep my eyes off it until I had read it. The book is many things but not a negative one could be listed, the author is discovering what it's like to be a dog owner and although may sound a little boring. Don't knock it until you've read it. It shows the typical bitchiness ...
...ego that builds up just walking past a dog owner for the 3 seconds, this book has everything from, comedy, drama, action yet it's just about a man trying to gain the love of a tough dog! Buying this book will.. Heck.. May even make you get a dog yourself! ... Read review

Advantages: Effective, simple, chapters
Disadvantages: you still have to put the work in

...how to discipline too. It's also reasurringly written in that it's not patronising and helps you understand your dog - there's sections on body language and noises - it's fairly in depth but at the same time split into sections so you can find the bit on crate training, or toilet training, or barking whenever you need it. It definately helped me train Doughnut and now we're best of pals (she'd sell my soul for a bonio but...). I got my copy of ebay ... Read review

Advantages: Satisfyingly dog-centred
Disadvantages: Has given mr-zeeman an appetite for another dog

...by Roy Hattersly; "Dogs in the News" by Martyn Lewis"; "500 Mile Walkies" by a chap whose name I have temporarily forgotten; "Dog Facts" by Joan Palmer … and a whole sagging shelf-load of other titles. Hence it was with massive coronary-inducing excitement that I handed over 20pence in a charity shop in exchange for a dog-related volume that I hadn't seen before … "The Hidden Life of Dogs" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas [E.M.T for brevity]. A quick ...
...and easily-digested academic study of the behaviour of domestic dogs. ~~~~~~ "How might dogs conduct themselves if left undisturbed in normal circumstances?" This was the recurring thought that propelled dog enthusiast Elizabeth Marshall Thomas into conducting a totally unsentimental piece of research into normal, unrestricted, uncontrolled, canine behaviour. At first glance one would assume that this very same thought had reverberated through ... Read review