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Loading... Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog (2004)by Dr. Ian Dunbar
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Yes, he sets the bar really high. But his advice is backed by systematic evidence. Check, for instance, Serpell et al's "Becoming a dog: early experience and the development of behavior". Dunbar may go a little overboard when it comes to puppy socialization ("invite 3-4 different people over every day") but he is fundamentally right: there are developmental deadlines and you'll ruin your dog if you miss them. Raising a puppy is way more work than most people realize. ( ) I highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about getting a puppy. It discusses the importance of early socialization, the 6 developmental deadlines and covers all of the problems you may face when rearing a puppy. I LOVE the no nonsense way this book is written and have had great results with relatives reading it and finally understanding why socializing dogs is so important! the_discowhore no reviews | add a review
Before & After Getting Your Puppy is a simple, practical guide for anyone bringing a new puppy into the family. In clear steps, with helpful photos and easy-to-follow training deadlines, Dr. Ian Dunbar, who pioneered puppy classes and a loving style of dog training in the 1970s, presents a structured yet playful and humorous plan for raising a wonderful dog. The guide is based on six developmental deadlines: completing owner education and preparation assessing a puppy's prior socialization and education teaching errorless housetraining and chewtoy-training completing a socialization program of meeting strange dogs and people learning bite inhibition a continuing program of ongoing training In the first half of the book, Dr. Dunbar focuses on what the owner needs to know to select a great puppy. In the second half, he presents the crucial lessons the puppy must be taught during its impressionable early development. Over time, Dr Dunbar's kind, positive program has been proven the most effective. No library descriptions found. |
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