Expert Obedience Training for Dogs

by Winifred Gibson Strickland

Overview

The Latest Edition of a Classic Dog Training Book

Learn how to communicate more effectively with your dog using the time-tested training method of the most successful Obedience competitor in history.

Winifred Strickland s humane, commonsense approach to dog training applies to all breeds of dogs, large and small. And now it s updated to include training for the latest AKC Obedience exercises.

Complete with helpful training tips, answers to frequently asked questions, and more than 170 photographs, this is an indispensable resource for everyone pet owners, Novice competitors, Open enthusiasts, Utility contenders, and Obedience instructors.
A Howell Dog Book of Distinction

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630269883
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Foreword to the Third Revised Edition.

Foreword to the First Edition.

1. Should You Own a Dog?

2. Choosing a Puppy.

3. Choosing a Name for Your Puppy.

4. When to Start Training Your Dog.

5. Care and Grooming.

6. Housebreaking.

7. Should a Top Obedience Dog Live in Your Home?

8. Preliminary Training.

9. Practical Tricks.

10. Dog Shows.

11. Equipment.

12. Formal Training.

13. Training Program.

14. Regulations for Obedience Trials.

15. The Novice Exercises.

16. Handling.

17. The Open Exercises.

18. Small Dogs.

19. The Utility Exercises.

20. Brace Competition.

21. Graduate Novice.

22. The Working Class.

23. Competing in Shows.

24. Tracking.

25. Advanced Tracking.

26. Traveling with Your Dog.

27. Exhibition Work.

28. Teaching Your Dog to Be Useful.

29. Problems and Solutions.

American Kennel Club Obedience Regulations.