My Smart Puppy: Fun, Effective, and Easy Puppy Training (Book & 60min DVD)
Selected Book Details
- Hardcover
- Edition: Har/DVD
- Author: Brian Kilcommons, Sarah Wilson
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Release Date: October 2006
- ISBN-10: 044657886X
- ISBN-13: 9780446578868
- List Price: $25.99
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryRaising a happy, well-adjusted puppy is much like raising a child--owners have to listen to what their puppy's behavior is trying to tell them. And it's far simpler than people think. With the intuitive and step-by-step methods included in this invaluable book from experts Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson, including tips on how to deal with every kind of personality, puppies can be trained quickly and painlessly. With humor, time-tested advice, and an arsenal of tricks, MY SMART PUPPY teaches new dog owners everything they need to know to raise a healthy, happy, and well-adjusted dog. |
Customer Reviews
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Dog Training
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I actually bought this book in preparation for a dog trainer class, at our local SPCA, where the instructors told us to get this book. I almost couldn't put it down when it arrived in the mail, because there is so much sound advice in it. And all of it is presented in a very approachable way. The authors start out with a long chapter on understanding your puppy and its different growth stages. Then they get into the basics of good dog training - from the beginners level all the way to the more advanced training levels. All throughout the book there are plenty of scenarios that you might encounter while training your dog and specific advice on how to deal with them. This book even comes with a great DVD that demonstrates some training techniques for housebreaking, barking, jumping etc. A very handy tool for all visual learners. Overall, I would highly recommend this book. It's one of the best training guides out there.
Good informative book
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This was a good informative book about dogs and their nature. This was my first book, since I was getting a dog for the first time, and I must say I have learned a lot from this book and it prepared before getting my first dog.
Useful book and practical DVD for first time puppy owners
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This book is a good complement to these authors' other book "Great Owners Good Dogs" (that is an EXCELLENT book, by the way). This is more recent and up to date although not as complete. The DVD has some good demonstrations that we, as first time puppy owners, found useful, although experienced owners would not (and probably not need the book anyway). I agree with another reviewer's comment about the sponsored products being a little too heavily visible and promoted, but I guess that is the price one pays for effectively, a "free" DVD. Overall, a useful book and practical DVD for first time puppy owners, I would recommend it (along with "Great Owners Good Dogs")
Not enough "Here is what you do..."
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I was very excited about getting this book, because the reviews on here seemed pretty good. When I started reading, I was quite disappointed. First of all, many pages are dedicated to the authors' own experiences -- which is fine if I were reading for entertainment, but not when I'm reading to figure out how to train my new puppy.
The biggest downfall of this book, however, is the layout. Whenever you finally think you are getting to a part that will teach you how to train, the book says, "And for this type of training, see later in the book." The entire book references other parts of the book over and over again, so it's pretty much flipping back and forth and back and forth. When I finally figured out some of the training tips, my dog did not react in the way that the book said she would -- and we were both stuck.
Frankly, I gave up on it and am buying a different book.
My Smart Puppy: Fun, Effective, and Easy Puppy Training (Book & 60min DVD) Review
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I have used this book and DVD a long while back when my dog was a puppy and I got this book along with some other training tools. They came in handy and I have taken my dog to training lessons also in the meantime.
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