Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz is a very special trainer. She knows dogs instinctively, and, drawing on lessons she learned from raising three children, she uses the power of positive reinforcement and bonding to train dogs to be joyful, obedient, and devoted members of a family. Dog lovers throughout the Washington, DC, area know her: She trained each of the late Senator Ted Kennedy s dogs, and when the Obama family were deciding on a puppy and could have chosen any trainer in the world to work with it was Ms Sylvia-Stasiewicz who trained Bo.In The Love That Dog Training Program, a lively, accessible, authoritative book, she shares her invaluable and proven program. Her method is based on positive reinforcement. She believes in trust and treats, not choke collars; in bonding, not squeezing or hitting. Her dogs are happy and self-confident, spirited yet very well-behaved. The basic program is five weeks, it takes only 15 or 20 minutes a day, and it works for both puppies and dogs, including retraining a dog with bad habits. Illustrated with step-by-step photographs, The Love That Dog Training Program covers hand-feeding. Crate training and potty training. Simple commands sit, stay, come here as well as more complex goals, such as bite inhibition and water safety. It shows how to avoid or correct common behavioral problems including jumping, barking, noise phobias, hiding, and more. Then: how to make your dog comfortable in the world a dog that travels well, knows how to behave in a dog park or vet s office, is comfortable around strangers, and more. As the author points out, dog training never ends, it just gets easier and even more rewarding.

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Every dog owner must make a choice: Do you want a fearful and submissive pet, or do you want a happy, joyful, and well-mannered member of the family?Tamar Geller's mission in life is to teach her cruelty-free method of "life coaching" for dogs and their people. Her revolutionary play-training uses mutual understanding and respect -- and puts an end to outdated methods that rely on physical exhaustion, choke chains, prong collars, dominance rollovers, or stressful aggression of any kind.A former Israeli intelligence officer who witnessed the horrors of military dog training methods, Tamar went on to observe wolves in the wild. She discovered that wolves educate and socialize their cubs with games, bonding, and body language, not dominance or punishment. As a result, she developed teaching systems that address a dog's authentic nature, part wolflike and part toddlerlike. Learning can be a positive experience that dogs enjoy and look forward to, and we can actually make it fun for our dogs to listen to us and behave as we want them to.Tamar's insights have brought dog training into the twenty-first century, and her groundbreaking techniques have won the approval of the Humane Society of the United States, for which she is a longtime advisor. Her celebrity clients include Oprah Winfrey, Ben Affleck, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Owen Wilson, and the Osbournes, and she has appeared as an expert on the Today show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Animal Planet, and more.InThe Loved Dog,Tamar gives you all the instruction, insights, and tips you need to teach your dog good manners, as well as to troubleshoot specific problems and unwanted behaviors. She helps you and your dog learn a common language, resulting in a loving, respectful relationship that will bring you years of joy and companionship. Tamar's play-training approach is so gentle, even children can get involved.Whether you use Tamar's methods to raise a puppy or teach an old dog new tricks, you'll loveThe Loved Dog.

A famous vet's complete guide to dogs and their behavior.This handsome book celebrates the close and complex relationship between humans and dogs, and it examines dogs in the contexts of behavior, anthropology, history, literature and genetics. Dog reveals the essential nature of the human-dog relationship and gives insight into how that relationship has changed and what its future holds.Topics include: The ancestry of the modern dog Dog breed classifications The modern dog owner The modern dog The development of a dog from puppyhood into old age Living with dogs Feeding, training and caring for a dog Health and welfare Coping with the loss of a beloved petDr. Bruce Fogle provides expert advice and thoughtful essays based on his years of experience as a veterinarian, highlighted with personal anecdotes and more than 600 beautiful color photographs. Illustrated how-to spreads focus on practical topics related to dog care and training.Beautifully presented, compassionate and full of useful information, Dog can be the book that dog owners will turn to throughout their pets' lives.

To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life, a quaint house on an island off Seattle's coast, a thriving dog-training school, and a challenging volunteer job performing canine search and rescues. Not to mention her three intensely loyal Labs. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare. Several years ago, Fiona was the only survivor of the Red Scarf serial killer, who shot and killed Fiona's cop fiancé and his K-9 partner. On Orcas Island, Fiona found the peace and solitude she needed to rebuild her life. But all that changes on the day Simon Doyle barrels up her drive, desperate for her help. he's the reluctant owner of an out-of-control puppy, foisted upon him by his mother. Jaws has eaten through Simon's house, and he's at his wit's end. To Fiona, Jaws is nothing she can't handle. Simon, however, is another matter. A newcomer to Orcas, he's a rugged and intensely private artist, known for the exquisite furniture he creates from wood. Simon never wanted a puppy and he most definitely doesn't want a woman. Besides, the lanky redhead is not his type. But tell that to his hormones. As Fiona embarks on training Jaws, and Simon begins to appreciate both dog and trainer, the past tears back into Fiona's life. A copycat killer has emerged out of the shadows, a man whose bloodlust has been channeled by a master with one motive: to reclaim the woman who slipped out of his hands.

Originally published : New York : Putnam, 2010.

As a college student, Fiona managed to escape from a serial killer.  A few months after her escape, the killer ambushed her policer officer fiancé and killed him and his K-9 dog, but the dog was able to injure the killer enough so that he was caught and put in prison for life.  Fiona has recovered and has made a good life for herself, running a dog training school and working with a K-9 search and rescue unit.  She is living on Orcas Island, near Seattle, and runs her business out of her home.

Simon, her new neighbor and a wood artist, arrives at her house with an enthusiastic new puppy that badly needs training.  Simon's blunt manner delights her and soon, they are training his puppy and starting a relationship with possibilities.  One day, a sheriff's deputy arrives to tell her that a killer with the same MO as the one she escaped from has surfaced and killed.  The race begins to find out who is copying her assailant before more women are killed.

Roberts fills her novel with a cast of believable secondary characters, such as Fiona's dogs, her stepmother, her best friend, Mai, and the people in her search and rescue unit. The details of her dog training and rescue missions are wonderful.

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Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-colour photos, the bookfirst establishes training basics, and then shows how toenhance core training sessions with classic tricks aswell as advanced obedience games; agility training;jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbeetricks - and useful tricks such as finding the remote,retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.