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The human-canine bond: a relationship steeped in love with equal parts mutual respect, trust, and regard

In this groundbreaking book, professional dog trainer Victoria Schade reveals that a successful relationship between you and your dog isn’t about establishing yourself as the pack leader, but about building a meaningful bond. She explains how this bond forms the core of your entire relationship; if it’s lacking, it’s the primary source of any frustration you may be having with your dog.

First, you’ll take a quiz to help you gauge your current relationship with your dog. Next, you’ll learn the building blocks for creating a positive, mutually rewarding bond-from granting privileges to being unpredictable to offering ample praise and playtime. You’ll discover how a bonded dog:

• Listens to obedience cues
• Wants you in her sightlines, even in intriguing environments
• Doesn’t escape through open doorways
• Understands and follows your house rules
• Wants to be close to you and work with you
• Truly trusts and respects you

Whether you share your heart and home with a puppy, an adolescent, or a senior dog, it’s never too early or too late to build a bond to last a lifetime-and this book shows you how.

About the Author
Victoria Schade is an APDT Certified Pet Dog Trainer and owner of Good Dog! Obedience Training. She received a Maxwell Award from the Dog Writers Association of America for her training video New Puppy! Now What? and hosts the training segment on the Animal Planet show Faithful Friends.

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In this groundbreaking guide, elite dog trainer Kyra Sundance reveals the path to helping your dog be a reliable partner and true member of your family. Kyra — a world-acclaimed Stunt Dog Team performer, nationally ranked dog sports competitor, and movie dog trainer — holds the human-dog bond at the heart of her training method. She cares for her dogs with tenderness, trains them thoroughly, and inspires them to excel.

If you’re battling the same problems with your dog over and over, then the training method you’re using isn’t working. Instead of more training, what’s needed is better training. Kyra’s “whole-dog” approach looks beyond sterile training methods that manipulate through reward and punishment and instead advocates humane behavior modification techniques to establish expectations without compromising love. Her principles — such as “One Command, One Consequence,” “Focus on the Solution, Not the Problem” and “Praise, Touch, Treat — in That Order” — empower readers with a clear strategy and the tools to enact real change.

Kyra’s method does not suppress natural behaviors and teach subservience. Instead, it fosters confident, happy dogs who are motivated to do the right thing rather than fearful of making a mistake. The Dog Rules shows us us how to develop joyful relationships with dogs who balance enthusiasm and self-control.

About the Author

Together, Kyra Sundance and her Weimaraner Chalcy are one of the most recognized dog performance teams in the country. Their Stunt Dog Show has entertained audiences worldwide at fairs, circuses, schools, sporting event halftime shows, and even a command performance in Marrakech for the King of Morocco. They’ve starred in 200 performances of Disney’s Underdog movie stage show in Hollywood. Kyra, Chalcy, and a new puppy, Jadie, live with Kyra’s husband, Randy Banis, on a ranch in the California desert of Mojave. Kyra is a marathon runner and gymnast and is also the author of 101 Dog Tricks.

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As every dog owner knows, it takes a lot of time and patience to train a dog–whether she’s a puppy or an adult dog learning new behaviors. 1000 Best Dog Training Secrets is packed full of useful training tips for new and seasoned dog owners from two experts in the field.

The easy-to-follow advice covers everything from basic skills to socialization, obedience training, manners, tricks and more. Robyn Achey and William Gorton, owners and operators of Tall Tails Training & K-9 Education school in New England, offer insight into handling dogs at all stages of development from brand new puppy to geriatric, so it’s never too late to get started.

You will learn about:

– Establishing leadership
– Socialization–learning from human leaders
– Obedience training
– Developing life skills
– Teaching manners
– Dog etiquette
– Behavior problem prevention & solutions
– Toys, games & leisure activities

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After all the frustration to find out the truth on how to make a Boxer healthy, happy and obedient, I have created ?Boxer Secrets?. I spent over 2 months just communicating with 93 boxer lovers (some are owners) to get their input and learn from their experiences. Then, I searched the internet, burning the midnight oil to read articles and forum posts to find out more. And, of course, I did not forget about the tips I?ve gathered from books I?ve bought from the local bookstores. Phew! It was a lot of work. But if you were to ask me whether it was worth the effort, I?ll say YES because I finally got my answers. It?s no longer a secret to me how to make a boxer dog happy, healthy and obedient the way you want it. This is unlike ANY dog book you see on the shelf because it?s a researched book from people who personally own boxer dogs. This is information gathered that you can use and apply to your Boxer. With that said, it?s time for to start reading ?Boxer Secrets? and see improvement in your dog!