There is No Secret to Dog Training

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There really is no secret to dog training.

Let me repeat and complete that comment.

There really is no secret to dog training once you read it.

Like the over 216,000 readers of this program, I've had my share of dogs with bad habits.  At the time, I didn't relate the problem as me being the cause except when my pet actually did something right, and then I was a great trainer.  When my pet did not listen, it was the dog's bad habit.

I think back over the dogs I've had in my life, and the list is lengthy. The first in memory was a mix named Suzie. I was quite young and Suzie quite old. She was a good dog, with very few problems that I can remember. A German Shepherd named Duke. Another Duke but a Kerry blue terrier. Duchess was the Dachshund and Peggy the Chihuahua. These were all before I was old enough to be on my own. My mother had two Poodles and a Shitzu after I left the nest.

As an adult, there was Chessy the Schnauzer, A mean Scottie named Sam. Judy the English Bulldog, Tessie the Pomeranian and today it's Abigail, another English Bulldog.  The best by far has been my English Bulldog Abigail. Stubborn, but still the best.

The dogs when I was a youngster had a variety of bad habits. From nipping, chewing and actually attacking. I think of those pets and how, myself, a brother, sister and parents all affected their bad habits. No wonder they were confused.

My dogs, as an adult, were by far more polite, well-behaved and attentive to habits. More than likely due to less confusion. They did not have five conflicting personalities creating the bad habits.

I never really read up on or investigated dog training until the first Bulldog Judy. It wasn't this program, but books from the Library. They were helpful but not like this easy to follow program.

Judy was a good dog and passed away at eleven years old. Tessie the Pomeranian died from kidney failure at four. Abigail is still my sidekick and the most receptive patient to dog training. Secrets of Dog Training has played a big part in her development, or should I say my development. I'm not sure who trained whom.

If your concern is aggression, chewing, house training or any of twenty-five problems, this is the program for you.  260 e-pages with photos and a 30 minute video to download. It is the easiest to read and understand.

So there is no secrets to dog training after you've read

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Terry D.

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Dogs Can Sign, Too - A Breakthrough Method For Teaching Your Dog to Communicate - By Sean Senechal

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Have you ever wanted to sit down and have a conversation with your dog? Or just ask your pooch "Why are you barking?" Well, that just might be possible according to Sean Senchal. In her book "Dogs Can Sign, Too", she presents a method for communicating with your canine -- a system of gestures that she calls "K9Signs" which could allow your dog to "talk" to you. The goal is to teach dogs to use this sign language to ask for things, to ask or answer questions, and to respond to your commands or comments.

Senechal has established an "academy" (the AnimalSign Center) where people are working every day with dogs and other animals to see just what their limits are as "language learners". The author emphasizes that it will probably be years before any definite conclusions can be drawn as to the ability of non-primate animals to communicate with us, but she offers a number of examples of what she has accomplished in working with her own pets.

One example had to do with her dog Chal who she has worked with for several years. Chal came into a room where Senechal was talking to a friend and tapped a storage drawer with her nose, then lifted her right front leg which is the K9Sign for an object. When Senechal made the sign for "What?", Chal lifted her right front leg and flicked it slightly, the sign for "keys". The author opened the drawer and there was the key to the yard gate; Chal immediately ran out to the gate and waited for Senechal to open it for her.

That story may not seem all that unusual or interesting; after all I had a border collie whose parents herded cattle and sheep and were able to respond to a wide variety of hand and voice signals. The main difference is that in Chal's case she not only responds to various signs, she offers her own canine signs. If you thought Lassie was brilliant, imagine a herd dog that could come to you and sign "Lamb caught under branch in gully over there; wildcat sneaking up on her -- hurry". That's the fascinating part of K9Signs; not just the ability to communicate but the complexity of the information that can be exchanged in just a few signs.

K9Signs training, as Senechal points out, is fundamentally different from obedience training. It calls for encouraging your dog to show creative behavior rather than obedience. Your dog has to be prompted to initiate communication and make requests rather than just respond to commands. Conversation implies a give and take, a two-sided method of communicating and that means your dog has to feel free to "talk back".

Maybe the most important thing to remember in K9Sign training is to make signing fun. If your dog is obviously having trouble understanding what you're doing and seems to be getting frustrated or losing interest, back up and try to break the lesson down into simpler steps and reward the accomplishment of each smaller step. Or go back to something your dog has already learned and enjoys (like playing with a favorite toy) and make that sign. Later you can go back to working on the new sign. Senechal constantly emphasizes the importance of patience, rewards, and slow, easy steps in teaching K9Signs.

I'm not sure I would have the patience for K9Sign training and really, like most dogs, my two already communicate with me without animal signing. For example my Lab will bark and let me know if someone comes to the front door. But if he and I could make use of K9Signs, who knows -- maybe he could tell me "Pat at front door, has pizza" or "Two strange men at front door, smell friendly". Or instead of simply moving around restlessly, maybe our Rottweiler could tell me "Feel bad - need go out and eat grass". It would require a good deal of time and patience, but maybe one of these days I'll work up the courage to give K9Signs a try (and find out what my dogs are really thinking).

If you're interested in learning more about Sean Senechal's K9Signs system or her method of animal signing in general, her books "AnimalSigns To You" and "Dogs Can Sign Too", are both available at http://www.amazon.com.

Dog Training Book - "Dog Training 4 Life" - Reviewed in Detail by Another Expert

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An exclusive new dog training book, "Dog Training 4 Life", has recently been published online. It is an excellent training resource for people who would like to benefit from the author, Anne Pottinger's wealth of experience with dogs. She has trained not only puppies, but also older dogs, including many discards rescued from shelters. In fact her wealth of knowledge stems from more than thirty years working with dogs.

Before moving to the US, Anne began training dogs in England under the mentorship and direction of the late, great Barbara Woodhouse, at that time a renowned trainer who also published several bestselling books on the subject and had television shows syndicated worldwide.

Dogs love to please, your praise means everything to them. Unfortunately too many owners never think to praise or reward good behavior, relying instead upon negative reinforcement and punishing bad behavior. Dog Training 4 Life is structured entirely upon Positive Reinforcement coupled with consistency.

Positive reinforcement takes the two things dogs care most about in life-- praise and food -- and make them work to the owner's advantage. The principal is simple: use praise and treats to reward him whenever he does something you are asking him to do correctly, and be consistent. Always use exactly the same command for any action you wish your dog to perform.

Dog Training 4 Life begins by explaining the dog's heritage and how the different types of dogs and breeds developed and evolved. In fact it represents a very well structured and thought out piece of work and anyone reading the book from start to finish will not only have a much clearer perspective on training their dog, they will also know exactly why their chosen breed looks and behaves the way he does.

This e-book is phenomenal value. Well over 80 pages jam packed with really great information! It's also written in a style that keeps the reader engaged from beginning to end, with an abundance of interesting facts that you just don't find in your average dog training book. The author appears to have taken immense care in constructing and writing the e-book, even including little quotes at the beginning every chapter. My favorite is the one by Will Rogers: "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went."

She also offers all her customers a great bonus: Unlimited personal consultations with her via email.

Whether you have a new puppy and want to get off on the right foot, have recently adopted an older dog, or you have had a dog for a long time that has behavior issues that you need to remedy, the Dog Training Book Dog Training 4 Life receives my wholehearted recommendation! For much more information Click Here Now!