Bonding with your dog : a trainer's secrets for building a better relationship

Bonding with your dog A trainer's secrets for building a better relationship

Victoria Schade

Book - 2009

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Subjects
Dogs > Psychology.
Dogs > Effect of human beings on.
Dogs > Training.
Published
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley [2009]
Language
English
Main Author
Victoria Schade (-)
Physical Description
xii, 212 pages : illustrations
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780470409152
  • Foreword
  • Part I. All about Bonding
  • 1. What Is the Bond?
  • Relationship Quiz: How Strong Is Your Bond?
  • Introducing the Bonded Dog
  • Mutual respect
  • Trust
  • Regard
  • What a Strong Bond Can Do
  • No bad dogs
  • Sweet freedom
  • How touching
  • You drive me crazy
  • Is It Ever Too Late to Build a Bond?
  • 2. Ways We Accidentally Undermine the Bond
  • Love You till It Hurts
  • Fido, Have Your People Call My People
  • Work It Out
  • The Schoolyard Bully
  • Sir! Yes, Sir!
  • Will You? Maybe? Please?
  • On Second Thought ...
  • Pre-K to Grad School in Just One Week!
  • White-Glove Service
  • May I Speak to a Manager, Please?
  • 3. Bonding and Body Language
  • Touch-Aversive Dogs: Hands Off, Please!
  • Body Language Basics
  • The body as a whole
  • Head
  • Tail
  • Feet
  • 4. Privileges vs. Rights
  • Privilege #1: Full Household Freedom
  • Privilege #2: Access to Guests
  • Privilege #3: Field Trips
  • Privilege #4: Off-Leash Freedom
  • Part II. How to Build the Bond
  • 5. Building Block #1: Training for Life
  • Down-Stay
  • Coming When Called
  • Go to Bed
  • Leash Walking
  • 6. Building Block #2: Be Predictable but Unpredictable
  • Walk around the Clock
  • Ways to Be Fetching and Playful
  • You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours
  • Magic-ball fetch
  • Rapid-fire fetch
  • Dogs Cannot Live by Biscuits Alone
  • Say What?
  • 7. Building Block #3: Praise!
  • Bathroom Behavior
  • Walking
  • Recall Approach
  • Everyday Obedience
  • Checking In
  • Stopping Naughty Behavior
  • How to Praise
  • 8. Building Block #4: Playing to Win
  • The Body Games
  • Evasive Maneuvers
  • Refugee from cat-land
  • The Brain Games
  • Find the Toy
  • Find Me
  • It's Tricky
  • Not All Play Is Constructive
  • Wrestling
  • Slap the Puppy and other hand games
  • Chase
  • Play It Again, and Again ...
  • 9. Building Block #5: Time for the Tricky Stuff
  • The Squirrel Game
  • Amazing Discoveries
  • Get Lost
  • One, Two, Three, Let's Go!
  • Wild, Wonderful
  • 10. Building Block #6: Don't Forget Your Sense of Humor
  • Laugh a Little
  • Frustration Is Inevitable
  • It's Not Rocket Science
  • Index

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