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  • Before and After Getting Your Puppy

  • The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog
  • By: Ian Dunbar
  • Narrated by: Michael Page
  • Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (56 ratings)
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By: Ian Dunbar
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Summary

Before and After Getting Your Puppy is a simple, practical guide for anyone bringing a new puppy into the family. In clear steps, with easy-to-follow training deadlines, Dr. Ian Dunbar, who pioneered puppy classes and a loving style of dog training in the 1970s, presents a structured yet playful and humorous plan for raising a wonderful dog.

The guide is based on six developmental deadlines:

  • Completing owner education and preparation
  • Assessing a puppy's prior socialization and education
  • Teaching errorless house-training and chew-toy training
  • Completing a socialization program of meeting strange dogs and people
  • Learning bite inhibition
  • A continuing program of ongoing training

In the first half of the book, Dr. Dunbar focuses on what the owner needs to know to select a great puppy. In the second half, he presents the crucial lessons the puppy must be taught during its impressionable early development. Over time, Dr. Dunbar's kind, positive program has been proven the most effective.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2004 Dr. Ian Dunbar (P)2016 Tantor

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Very useful information

So glad I bought this book. Good info for someone who's never had a dog before. Will read it a few more times before getting my puppy and will refer to it afterwards. Pity that it was written by an American as it often referred to 'dog parks' and gave out US phone numbers which wouldn't be useful to someone living in the UK.

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Excellent for training

I thought I would read several books on training a puppy.
This is the best one.

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The way to bring up your puppy

Gives a logical regime for socialising and producing a well behaved and happy dog. All based on up to date scientific evidence.
I needed to listen to each chapter a couple of times, to embed the recommendations, but it was worth it!

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  • 15-01-21

practical advice and thorough

I would definitely recommend this as a prerequisite to purchasing or adopting a puppy. Some basic and we'll reasoned methods of training and great to get an idea of timings on certain skills training.

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Author assumes all prospective dog owners are idiots

This book was really hard going. Everything was approached from a negative standpoint, assuming the prospective owner has no common sense or intelligence. Full of sarcasm with a condescending tone throughout.

Lessons could be summarised into ten minutes or key points - socialise, bite training, toilet training.

Would not recommend.

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Covers all the basics.

This short book covers all the basics of puppy training. If you don't have too much time, this one should be enough to raise a well behaved pet dog. Logical, ethical, simple. Highly recommended.

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a must for anyone getting a puppy.

this book is written by someone who has studied dogs, trained dogs and above all owned dogs for many years.
it makes starting out with a puppy easy to understand and stresses the most important requirements to get you and your puppy off to the best start.

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excellent

a must for puppy owners that want to have a well mannered dog. training is crucial

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Best book on puppy training

I have found this book most instructive. We have really enjoying our puppy as a result.

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Good guide

Good guide for training with useful and essentially easy tips for getting the results you and your dog deserve.

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