No Bad Dogs: The Woodhouse Way

For the non-Animal activist that I am, I found this book to be a good read. It was insightful and gave me a new perspective on how dogs think. Barbara Woodhouse is a dog's champion. I never realized, just in being loving and kind to our pooch, how we are displacing her from what comes natural to her. Barbara Woodhouse explains this well.

This wasn't the training manual I was looking for but it did give me a starting point in that in order to train our dog, the first thing that has to happen is to look at oneself and see where we are being consistant and inconsistant. Like Barbara Woodhouse, fixing the owner's issues are half the problem.

This was an easy read and it gave a lot of good tips on training Dogs. I would recommend this book.

For the non-Animal activist that I am, I found this book to be a good read. It was insightful and gave me a new perspective on how dogs think. Barbara Woodhouse is a dog's champion. I never realized, just in being loving and kind to our pooch, how we are displacing her from what comes natural to her. Barbara Woodhouse explains this well.

This wasn't the training manual I was looking for but it did give me a starting point in that in order to train our dog, the first thing that has to happen is to look at oneself and see where we are being consistant and inconsistant. Like Barbara Woodhouse, fixing the owner's issues are half the problem.

This was an easy read and it gave a lot of good tips on training Dogs. I would recommend this book.

Outdated, poorly realized "yank n crank" training methods.

While I don't doubt that Woodhouse truly thought she was helping these dogs, in the end studies have shown methods like this may actually have detrimental effects.

Take any and all of these training tips with a handful of salt.

There are no bad dogs, Barbara Woodhouse believes -- only inexperienced owners. She ought to in thirty years she has personally trained 17,000 dogs and their owners in her weekend courses, teaching perfect obedience to basic commands in only six and a half hours.
In this irresistible book, Barbara Woodhouse passes on to the reader the simple, effective techniques as well as the infectious, positive attitude that have enabled her to make the most unruly or nervous dog happily obedient -- sometimes within a few minutes, as astonished television audiences can attest.
No Bad Dogs will leave every dog owner with both the skills and the indispensable attitude of love, firmness, and enthusiasm that gets results -- The Woodhouse Way.

Dogs want to be loved, and flourish best when guided by a firm hand so they can love and respect their owners in a secure relationship. Most dog faults can be traced back to a lack of firmness in training and various weaknesses and neuroses on the part of the owner. The well-trained, obedient dog that knows what is expected of them is happier and a more pleasant companion than the spoiled disobedient dog of an over-sentimental overindulgent owner. Ms. Woodhouse demonstrates these concepts through many anecdotes of her experiences as a dog-trainer. The writing style is a bit rambling and at times feels rather repetitive. Although there are a few "how-to" passages, much more of the book is devoted to the discussion of root causes of dog show more behaviour. show less

Very good dog training book. Simple, straightforward, and no nonsense

This method is based on the use of a large-linked choke chain. The dog is trained by a sharp jerk on this chain. I find it frightening and I am glad dogs can´t read it.