Synopses & Reviews
Since its initial publication, Beyond Basic Dog Training has achieved well deserved recognition as an innovative, unique guide to obedience instruction. Obedience authority Diane Baumans proven training philosophy asserts that the time has come to go beyond training dogs and start teaching them to please us. This has made a vital difference for those who use her methodand for dogs taught by it to succeed in competitive canine sports.
In this new, updated edition, Bauman presents the most current knowledge on canine learning patterns. Believing that dogs learn by trial and error, Bauman provides a novel approach that encourages dogs to learn by removing corrections for incorrect responses. As a result, dogs do not fear failure and are taught to exercise options in a quest for the desired behavior.
Bauman shows you how to become a "thinking handler" who can train the "thinking dog." Her remarkable ability to view training from the dogs perspective translates into an invaluable tool for building effective communication between you and your dog.
The instruction in this authoritative guide is behind Gaines "Superdogs," numerous obedience trial champions, and a host of other canine successes. If you want your dog to be happy, confident stimulated, and secure in the obedience ring, Beyond Basic Dog Training is the book of choice.
Synopsis
Beyond Basic Dog Training has, since its initial publication, achieved well-deserved recognition as an innovative guide to obedience instruction that is truly unique among books on the subject.
Beyond Basic Dog Training makes a vital difference for those who read and use it and for dogs taught by it. This book shows how dogs learn, what they do with what they learn, and how a stimulated canine mind, along with an untrampled canine ego, makes for a dog that is a constant joy to live and work with.
The new edition presents the most current knowledge on canine learning patterns, and provides updated American Kennel Club obedience trial regulations, greatly expanded since the first edition appeared. The instruction in Beyond Basic Dog Training is behind Gaines "Superdogs," numerous obedience trial champions, and a host of canine successes. This is the book of choice for informed obedience fans. It can do for you and your dog what it has done for them and theirs.
A Howell Dog Book of Distinction
About the Author
Diane L. Bauman is one of today's most respected obedience authorities. An internationally celebrated instructor, she conducts seminars and clinics throughout the United States and Canada and is a popular writer in Off-Lead magazine and Front and Finish: The Dog Trainers' News. It is the success of her approach that is her best testimonial.
Table of Contents
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. Training the Thinking Dog.
2. Wrong Is Wonderful.
3. Good News and Bad News.
4. HonestyThe Best Policy.
5. Slow Down and Shut Up!
6. A "Pity Party" for Rover or Little People in Fur Coats.
7. Demand Sweetly.
8. Where to Go to Train.
9. Thereby Hangs a Tale.
10. Why Not "NO!".
11. Understanding Corrections vs. Help.
12. Praise.
13. Training Equipment.
14. Choosing and Raising the Future O.T. Ch.
15. Anticipation.
16. Creatures Big and Small.
17. Special Small Dog and Big Dog Techniques.
18. Proofing.
19. Homework CountsWhen It's Done Right!