Old Dog, New Tricks: Understanding and Retraining Older and Rescued Dogs (Paperback)

Old Dog, New Tricks: Understanding and Retraining Older and Rescued Dogs

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A ‘must’ … An excellent guide which dog owners and public libraries will find important. (Diane C. Donovan The Midwest Book Review 200705)

Thorough on discussing canine behavior and training … Taylor gives a nice overview of how to handle specific issues. (Lizz NYCityPets.com 20070525)

[Starred review] Full-color photos throughout, this book should be readable and understandable to even the first-time dog owner. Highly recommended. (Edell M. Schaefer Library Journal 20061101)

If you’ve been tempted to adopt an older or rescued … [this book] could help you take the plunge. (Janine Adams Dog World 200710)

Offers sound advice and practical solutions… a wealth of information that any dog, and owner, can benefit from. (Nancy Romanenko, Critters Editor Asbury-Park Press 20070115)

Can help prevent the many problems it seeks to fix… It’s a worthwhile read for anyone with a dog. (Mia Urquhart New Brunswick Reader )

This wonderful book is full of commonsense and should be a ‘must’ for anyone thinking of adopting. (Nancy Romanenko Neptune Asbury Park Press )

An indispensable resource. (Pet Business Magazine )

An informative and educational resource… The photos are vivid and easy to follow.. and information is easy to locate. (Angela Thompson Resource Links )



Product Description

It’s never too late to train an older dog to respond promptly and correctly to commands.

Every year thousands of families adopt adult dogs, whether from friends, relatives or the pound or rescue society. These new owners need to understand and deal with the specific problems an older dog may have, especially if its history is unknown.

Old Dog, New Tricks provides expert insights into basic adult dog behaviors. It explains how to communicate effectively with an older dog and create a great partnership. Many issues are peculiar to older dogs and, in particular, rescued ones. David Taylor addresses them all, including socialization and previous training (or the lack of either), genetic factors and adaptation to a new environment.

The book contains practical solutions to ensure good dog behavior: - Step-by-step obedience drills - Welcoming the new arrival - How to assess a dog’s problems - How a dog “thinks” - How to be a good owner/master - Communicating with a dog - What to look for in a rescued dog - Tackling problem behaviors - Understanding the effect of a dog’s prior history - Mental and physical changes in older dogs

Old Dog, New Tricks has everything needed for human-canine harmony in any household generous enough to give an old dog a new home.



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How to Teach Your Old Dog New Tricks (Paperback)

How to Teach Your Old Dog New Tricks

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“You can’t,” says the old cliche, but author Ted Baer is ready to prove otherwise. A well-known and highly successful dog trainer, he emphasizes the humane approach to increasing communication–and with it, the affection–between master and dog. Full-color photographs and illustrations.


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How To Teach Your Dog To Talk: 125 Easy-To-Learn Tricks Guaranteed To Entertain Both You And Your Pet (Paperback)

How To Teach Your Dog To Talk: 125 Easy-To-Learn Tricks Guaranteed To Entertain Both You And Your Pet

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“The Dean of U.S. dog trainers”.

– FAMILY WEEKLY magazine



Product Description

If you think you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, think again.

Captain Haggerty — hailed by The New York Times as “the world’s most experienced dog trainer” — proves that every dog can indeed have its day.

Not your everyday obedience or dog training guide — designed for dogs who are ready for new challenges — this presents instructions for 125 tricks, ranging from simple “bits” to spectacular acts worthy of a show business agent.

Safety tricks * Cute tricks * Retrieving tricks * Healthy tricks * Balancing tricks * Jumping tricks * Tricks emphasizing a dog’s sense of smell * Magic tricks * Tricks for the Show Biz dog * Tricks for the multidog family * Useful tricks * Tricks with props

There’s even a selection of tricks ideal for kids to teach the family pooch as well as notes on the breeds that excel at specific activities.



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Dog Tricks: Step by Step (Paperback)

Dog Tricks: Step by Step

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Create Your Dog’s Personality Profile for Training Success!

Teach your dog tricks you’ll BOTH enjoy, the fun way, without rules and regimentation! Use the Canine Personality Test included to find out your pet’s Personality Profile, and then follow the step-by-step guidelines to teach those tricks best suited to your star-to-be.

Included are practical tricks to make your dog useful at home; tricks to build rapport between dog and trainer; and cute tricks, great just for showing off.

Instructive and fun photos and illustrations throughout complement the easy to follow, step-by-step instruction from trainer Mary Ann Rombold Zeigenfuse.

Dog Tricks: Step by Step, Revised Edition, will entertain you and your dog, whether you are preparing for show biz or simply looking for fun activities to share with your best friend.



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Create Your Dog’s Personality Profile for Training Success!

Teach your dog tricks you’ll BOTH enjoy, the fun way, without rules and regimentation! Use the Canine Personality Test included to find out your pet’s Personality Profile, and then follow the step-by-step guidelines to teach those tricks best suited to your star-to-be.

Included are practical tricks to make your dog useful at home; tricks to build rapport between dog and trainer; and cute tricks, great just for showing off.

Instructive and fun photos and illustrations throughout complement the easy to follow, step-by-step instruction from trainer Mary Ann Rombold Zeigenfuse.

Dog Tricks: Step by Step, Revised Edition, will entertain you and your dog, whether you are preparing for show biz or simply looking for fun activities to share with your best friend.



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Dog Tricks: Eighty-Eight Challenging Activities for Your Dog from World-Class Trainers (Hardcover)

Dog Tricks: Eighty-Eight Challenging Activities for Your Dog from World-Class Trainers

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In Dog Tricks world-class trainers offer more than 80 challenging and unusual activities to teach your dog, including simple tricks that even the most stubborn pets can be taught to perform. Jumping rope” and the “telephone answering machine trick” are among the more advanced acts outlined in this amusingly illustrated guide that comes packaged with a colorful plastic flying disk. The book, which features 45 drawings, was previously published at $27.50.



About the Author

Captain’ Arthur Haggerty was a well-known and popular dog trainer whose “students” went on to careers as attack dogs, guard dogs, rescue dogs, bomb sniffers, and even actors and actresses.

He was an Army K-9 Unit commander, and when he left the service, he established the Captain Haggerty School for Dogs in NYC. It was there where he became known as dog-trainer to many Hollywood and Broadway stars. He also provided dogs for advertisements as well as movies and tv shows.

Capt. Haggerty was a hulking figure, 6-feet 3-inches and over 300 pounds. He did some acting himself, appearing in “Shamus” (1973) with Burt Reynolds, “Home Movies” (1980), and “Married to the Mob (1988), as well as a few others.

In early 1983, Capt. Haggerty appeared on David Letterman’s tv show, talking about his career as a dog trainer it was from there that “Stupid Pet Tricks” was born.


CAROL LEA BENJAMIN, a professional dog trainer, is the author of five books on dog behavior. For the past ten years, she has written a monthly column, Dog Trainer’s Diary, for Pure-Bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, the official publication of The American Kennel Club. Ms. Benjamin is the recipient of the 1985 Dog Writers’ Association of American Writer of the Year award, the 1985 Gaines Fido award and the 1987 Kal Kan Pedigree Outstanding Pet Care Journalist award.  She lives in New York, New York.


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Knack Dog Tricks: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teaching Your Pet to Sit, Catch, Fetch, & Impress (Knack: Make It easy) (Paperback)

Knack Dog Tricks: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teaching Your Pet to Sit, Catch, Fetch, & Impress (Knack: Make It easy)

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Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, the book first establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance core training sessions with classic tricks as well as advanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbee tricks—and useful tricks such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.



From the Back Cover

Dogs love to play. Whether you have a difficult dog or a charm-school puppy, capitalizing on her play drive by teaching her tricks will make training fun for your dog—and doing so can hone obedience skills. With Knack Dog Tricks in hand, anyone can teach a dog a new set of tricks. Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, it establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance training sessions with classic tricks. It also covers advanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy Frisbee tricks—and owner-friendly tricks, such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.
 
450 full-color photos covering:
The Right Tricks for Your Breed * Clicker Tricks * Obedience Games
Fetch * Shake Hands * Roll Over * Agility Training * Dancing Dogs
Tricks for Two Dogs



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Dog Tricks for Dummies (Paperback)

Dog Tricks for Dummies

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One of the reasons we share our lives with dogs is to enjoy their company – while they help us loosen our grip on this no-nonsense, career-driven world. Once you and your canine pal have serious training (for obedience, basic good behavior, and so on) under the belt, you can take the edge off by injecting the whole training process with some fun tricks and games.

Tricks and games are open to dogs of all sizes, shapes, and ages. Every dog can learn to do something they’ll enjoy. A Poodle, for example, can learn to dance. A retriever needs to fetch. Bichon Frises love their parlor tricks. Huskies want to pull a sled, herders love to herd, and so on. As for you, the dog owner, you  need to be sure your pooch knows who’s in charge. You need to be the trainer, not the trained, before you and your dog can move on to tricks and games.

Dog Tricks For Dummies makes trick training fun for you and your dog. You can teach simple tricks, like wagging the tail on command, and more complex ones, like fetching a soda from the refrigerator. This handy guide also shows you how to

  • Use basic commands such as Sit, Stay, Down, and Go.
  • Teach good manners: Potty in one place, settle in one spot, pick up toys
  • Identify your dog’s personality: Eager Beaver, Comedian, Bully, and more
  • Keep injuries at bay with a health plan
  • Teach jumps (and when not to jump)
  • Have fun in the snow: Sledding, skijoring, and tunneling
  • Go hiking, backpacking, or carting with your dog
  • Train your dog to run an agility course
  • Play Frisbee and flyball
  • Participate in pet therapy and at kids’ parties

    Sharing your life with a dog shouldn’t be a militaristic venture, selfishly designed around what you want your dog to do. Owning a dog is about joining two different species, two different spirits, in a way that will make the world better for both.



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    Easy-to-follow illustrations throughout

    The quick and easy way to make trick training fun for you and your dog This fun and friendly guide shows you how to teach your dog tricks, from the simple (wagging his tail) to the extraordinary (fetching a soda from the refrigerator). Dogs of all sizes, shapes, and ages can learn new tricks, and this book’s clear, step-by-step instructions show you how to train your special friend to perform.



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    The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook: A Step-by-Step Interactive Curriculum to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog (Hardcover)

    The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook: A Step-by-Step Interactive Curriculum to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog

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    The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook is a follow-up guide to 101 Dog Tricks. This new book invites the reader to focus on 30 foundational tricks and to track and gauge his or her progress in teaching them. The workbook explores integral behavior and training concepts, which enhance not only the dog’s performance but the overall relationship between dog and owner. The accompanying deck of 30 trick cards illustrate the step-by-steps of the tricks themselves, and are excellent teaching tools for the working, training, and bonding sessions outlined in the workbook.



    About the Author

    Kyra Sundance and her Weimaraner, Chalcy, have entertained audiences worldwide with their trick dog show, performing at fairs, circuses, schools, and sporting event halftime shows. Audiences have been amazed by television performances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Entertainment Tonight, Best Damn Sports Show Period, and The Tonight Show, where Jay Leno deemed Chalcy “World’s Smartest Dog!” Complex routines, comic antics, and obvious love for each other are an inspiration to animal enthusiasts.


    Product Details

    • Hardcover: 128 pages
    • Publisher: Quarry Books; Spi Har/Dv edition (June 1, 2009)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 1592535305
    • ISBN-13: 978-1592535309

    • Product Dimensions:

      8.5 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
    • Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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    • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,881 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    hide your head,
    cover your eyes,
    leg weave,
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    dog pawed,
    dog fetched,
    dog tricks,
    familiar hint,
    dog begged,
    foot signal,
    tug toy,
    teaching your dog,
    trick cards,
    trick training,
    teach your dog

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    Shake Hands,
    Say Your Prayers,
    Wave Goodbye,
    Get Your Leash,
    Sit Pretty,
    Shell Game,
    Jump Through My Arms

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