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SURVIVING YOUR DOG'S ADOLESCENCE
by Carol Lea Benjamin (See other books by author)
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Publisher: Howell Book House
Edition: 1993
ISBN: 0876057423
Item: DTB323
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Summary: Learn how to survive your dog's "hooligan" teenage years. Techniques to turn a bratty dog into a wonderful companion.
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Has your cute, charming puppy suddenly turned into a juvenile delinquent? This book explains why puppy training does not work on adolescent dogs, and why training with treats offers only short-term benefits! The answer is training the natural way, the way the dog's mother taught him; with easy-to-follow steps, she will show you how to win your dog's respect, get and hold his attention, teach the basic commands and play games that inspire good habits. A humane, effective approach to socializing, exercising, educating and enjoying the zestful adolescent dog. Illustrated with black & white cartoon drawings by the author and black & white photos.
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| Yuck!, December 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Ashley |
I picked up this book hoping to find better answers to my client's dog's adolescent behavior issues. What I found instead was a book full of really bad information, nearly all of it severely outdated and successfuly refuted, and some of it downright dangerous.
The first chapter I turned to was on behavior problems, and was sorely disappointed. Ms. Benjamin states that a dog who resource guards (food, in her example) should be punished, and modern trainers know that punishing aggression of this type is a raipd route to a dog that bites without warning.
Ms. Benjamin also perpetuates the terribly outdated notion that you can end a bad behavior by punishing the dog after the behavior has happened as long as there is a 'reminder' you can show the dog.
Finally, Ms. Benjamin says that 'positive training,' that is, training without physical punishment, does not work. Considering that this book was written over a decade ago, I don't find this attitude surprising at all, but it is wrong.
There is a little bit of good information, such as 'anger has no place in dog training' and 'dogs don't act out of spite.' But the average dog owner cannot distinguish between the good information and the bad, and the bad is bad enough that I have to strongly recommend than an owner or novice dog trainer avoid this book altogether, and that seasoned trainers don't waste thier money.
If you are looking for positive *traditional* training, find another author, one who understands punishment and the proper way to use it, and understands how dogs learn. |
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