Saturday, April 28, 2012

Dog Health Questions: Need a good recommendation for a dog training book?

I love my puppy but she is making my life more stressful than it should be! She is a 10 month old springer spaniel. She knows basic commands, sit, stay, come... and she is very well behaved when just around me. But when visitors or my roommates are around she is absolutely crazy! She totally ignores me when i tell her to quite jumping up on them or play-biting. I need a good book or site where i can learn to train her to stop doing these things:
-Jumping up on kids, visitors, furniture, beds, and counters, she also jumps onto the patio table to bark at the neighbors.
-Play-biting and licking
-Barking at stray animals that taunt her (i know this is hard for springers!)
-Bolting out the front door
-Stealing food
-Begging for food (i have never given her any people food, but i know other people have)
-Hyperactivity
-Needs off leash control from far away
-Ignoring me

Please help! can't afford expensive training classes at the moment

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Recommended Answer:
"Dog Training for Dummies" is a good all-round book for those beginning the process of training, but personally, I don't see any book as being a substitute for professional training for inexperienced owners. Dog training classes don't have to be expensive - colleges, community groups and many large petstores often run courses at pretty reasonable prices.

Good trainers work with owners just as much, or more than, they do their dogs. A book can make an owner shortsighted, as they don't always focus on specific problems the owner might have in relating to their dog. Stealing, hyperactivity, lack of control when off-leash and jumping are all behavioural that will require you to adapt your own behaviour rather than simple matters of having a disobedient dog.

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  • Don't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor

  • HI,

    I have a great solution for you! I am a dog trainer that used to train Guide Dogs for the Blind (some of the best trained dogs in the world) and I have written a dog training book you will find VERY helpful. It is available online and the best part about it is that you can also talk with me, the trainer, through a LIVE Chat feature I have on my site to help guide you along the way. It is a really great way to train your dog. IT offers all the details and information of a book but with the added bonus of getting personal help along the way. Usually to talk with professional trainers it costs you hundreds of dollars, this is only $35 so I think you'll really like it. You can also contact me through my site for a 25% off promo code! Check it out for more info: www.webDogTrainer.com

    I look forward to helping you!
    Julie

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