Dog-Friendly Dog Training - Hardcover

by Andrea Arden (Author)

The classic dog training guide, now updated and revised

This update of the perennially popular guide provides everything you need to know to develop a healthy relationship with a well-behaved dog. With easy-to-understand instructions and helpful illustrations, Dog-Friendly Dog Training, 2nd Edition begins with the necessary tools for teaching your dog, and then covers housetraining, socialization, basic manners, and problem solving, all using proven, positive methods. Key updates include information about:

• Instilling impulse control
• Training a dog who is safe to handle
• Teaching the Roll Over exercise safely and humanely

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The classic dog training guide, now updated and revised

This update of the perennially popular guide provides everything you need to know to develop a healthy relationship with a well-behaved dog. With easy-to-understand instructions and helpful illustrations, Dog-Friendly Dog Training, 2nd Edition begins with the necessary tools for teaching your dog, and then covers housetraining, socialization, basic manners, and problem solving, all using proven, positive methods. Key updates include information about:

• Instilling impulse control
• Training a dog who is safe to handle
• Teaching the Roll Over exercise safely and humanely

Praise for the 1st Edition of Dog-Friendly Dog Training:

"I'm a dog fanatic, read everything I can find on dog behavior, and this book is terrific . . . the methods are clearly spelled out-how to do them, why they work, how they make the doggie-human bond a more loving one." --Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, and Saving Fish from Drowning

"[Arden's] approach is humane, user-friendly, dog-friendly, and guaranteed to produce the desired results. A must-read for owners." --Dr. Nicholas Dodman, author of The Dog Who Loved Too Much and Dogs Behaving Badly

Author Biography

Andrea Arden is best known as the trainer and field host for The Pet Department, Fox's Emmy Award-winning show. Her appearances also include the Today Show, 20/20, Live with Regis and Kelli, The View, and Dateline NBC. She is the author of Train Your Dog the Lazy Way, Andrea Arden's Little Book of Dog Tricks, and On the Road with Your Pet. Andrea is a columnist and contributing writer for numerous magazines, including Dog Fancy, Modern Dog, and The New York Dog. She is a charter member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers and has served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers and Animal Haven Shelter and Sanctuary. Andrea is Director of Andrea Arden Dog Training and lives in New York City with her husband, Rhett Butler; her dogs, Nora, Moka, and Bela; and two very pretty cats named Issa and Anya.