Publisher's Synopsis
Everyone wants a well-trained dog, most people can train, some have the drive and fortitude to follow through, but only a few have the basic knowledge and methods needed to train their dog successfully. If you are a proud owner of an untrained, unruly or "out of control" dog, this simple, easy to follow but effective plan on how to train your dog into enjoyable and pleasant companion will be exactly the help that you need. If you are planning to read just this volume or you intend to read the entire training series, you have already taken the first step necessary to gain this knowledge. The training plan presented in this series of books will not only provide you with the basic knowledge that you need to communicate your wants and desires to your dog, but will also show you how to produce a dog that desires to understand what you want and then one who will voluntarily modify his behavior to please you. Dog-On Good Dog's Beginning Obedience and Basic Manners course provides you with a simple to understand and easy to follow method to train your dog into an enjoyable and pleasant companion. This training course is structured such that you can either go through the entire course from the beginning to end or you can pick and choose the portions of the course that apply to your situation. First, you are given detailed explanations of dog sociology and canine pack mentality, so you will know the "Why" behind your dog's inappropriate behaviors. Then you are presented with a well-rounded training program of incremental training exercises and problem-solving's, so you will know the "How," to change the undesirable behaviors in your dog. The series is divided into sixteen different volumes. Each volume has been published as a separate book. The total course consists of an "Evaluation" book, used to help you narrow down your training needs, eight books of "Lessons," that consist of a series of sequential exercises, and seven "Problem-solving" books that address specific problem areas with which your dog may need some help. In this sixth volume of the Dog-On Good Dog's Beginning Obedience and Basic Manners course you will learn the five exercises that constitute the third Lesson. The first exercise is the "Social Heel" which will add distractions and social interactions to "Heel" exercise. You will teach your dog how to respond correctly to six different kinds of social situations. You will introduce your dog to friendly people, practice passing uninterested pedestrians, take charge when approaching someone with whom you feel uncomfortable, deal with a charging dog, ignore other passing dogs and introduce your dog to other dogs allowing them to play a controlled manner. The second exercise are three extensions of the "Sit Stay" exercise. First, you will expand the amount of time that your dog must remain in the "Sit Stay" position, second you will teach your dog to remain in the "Sit Stay" position when you are moving and third, you will teach your dog to remain in the "Sit Stay" when your body language is inviting him to "Come." The third exercise is the "Foundation for the Lay Down" exercise in which you will teach your dog three things. First, the verbal command and hand signal for the "Lay Down," second, in what physical position he should place himself and third, that after obeying he will receive both physically and verbally praise. The fourth exercise is the "Go-Play/Come/This Way." The object of this exercise is to get your dog to "Go-Play" when you are moving, to respond to the "Come" command when you summon him and to follow you, staying within a thirty-foot radius, when given the command "This Way." The fifth exercise is "The Can Monster." In this exercise you will give your dog the motivation to keep the borders shown him in the second Lesson by creating an imaginary danger on the outside of the borders that is present only when you have not given your dog permission to cross the borders.
