Knack Dog Tricks A Step-by-Step Guide to Teaching Your Pet to Sit, Catch, Fetch, & Impress
by MacDonald, Carina; Diener, Jeff; Burakian, EliFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-09-15
Publisher(s): Globe Pequot
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Summary
Whether one has a difficult dog or a charm-school puppy, part of the fun is how much a pup wants to play. WithKnack Dog Tricksin hand, anyone can teach a dog a new set of tricks. Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, the book first establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance core training sessions with classic tricks such as "shake hands" and "roll over." And it covers advanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbee tricksand useful tricks such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.
Author Biography
Carina lives in Flint, Michigan with two charming Rottweilers, three cats and a small spotted dog of indeterminate origin and believes a properly trained human is a dog's best friend.
Carina's parents are British and Carina grew up in various locations including Devon, England; and Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Skye, Scotland. She attended high school on the Isle of Skye, where her mother currently lives and owns Shilasdair Yarns. During her years in Devon, Carina had a dog who walked to the bus stop with the children in the family, waited until they were on the bus, and then walked himself home. She spent a lot of time walking and hiking in the English countryside with dog by her side.
Table of Contents
| Trick Training 101 | |
| The Case for Trick Training | |
| The Right Attitude | |
| Size Matters | |
| Breed Matters Too | |
| Finding your Dog's Drive | |
| Priming the Puppy | |
| Tricky Tools | |
| Leashes, Collars and Halters | |
| Finding the Perfect Treat | |
| Toys for Structured Play | |
| Clicker Training | |
| Target Sticks and Squeezy Cheese | |
| Group Training Classes | |
| Tricky Techniques | |
| Keep it Fun | |
| Back-chaining and Breaking Down | |
| Timing is Everything | |
| Know Your Dog! | |
| Communicating With Your Dog | |
| Troubleshooting Tricks for Tricks | |
| Clickers for Tricksters | |
| Priming the Clicker | |
| Know When to Click | |
| The Other Element: Treats | |
| Luring, Bribing and Rewarding | |
| Get What You Train For | |
| Turn Your Head | |
| The Not-so-Boring Basics | |
| An Enthusiastic Recall | |
| Puppy Push-ups | |
| Stay and Wait | |
| No-Pull Leash Manners | |
| Tug Games | |
| Long Distance Learning | |
| Tricks you Can Build On | |
| Shake Hands | |
| Fetch! | |
| Roll Over | |
| Leaping Tall Buildings | |
| Spin and Nips | |
| Through the Legs | |
| The Controlled Canine | |
| With Control Comes Better Manners | |
| Wait and Release | |
| Teaching Leave It | |
| Drop It | |
| Take it Nice | |
| The Ready, Ready, Ready Game | |
| Advanced Basics | |
| Hello, High Five, Goodbye | |
| Bang, You're Dead (Not Really.) | |
| A Nose for Cookies | |
| Controlled Jumping | |
| Sit Pretty | |
| Sequencing for Fun | |
| Smarty Pants Dog Tricks | |
| He's Smarter Than You Think | |
| My Dog Does Calculus | |
| The Political Animal | |
| Dogs Have Feelings Too | |
| The Canine Courier | |
| Name That Toy | |
| Obedience Games | |
| Watch Me | |
| Make Heeling Fun | |
| Front and Finish | |
| Moving Sits and Downs | |
| Article Scent Discrimination | |
| Retrieve and Jump | |
| The Helpful Hound | |
| Find the Remote | |
| Get That Cat | |
| Retrieving the Newspaper | |
| Carrying the Groceries | |
| Ring Bell to Go Out | |
| Put Your Toys Away | |
| Packing and Travelling Dogs | |
| Dress for the Distance | |
| Doggie Backpacks | |
| Carting Basics | |
| Skateboarding Dogs | |
| Bicycling with Bowser | |
| Weight Pulling | |
| Get Out and Play | |
| Understand Your Dog's Instincts | |
| Socialize for Success | |
| First Get a Long Line... | |
| Off Leash Games | |
| Fetch and Frisbee | |
| The Nose Knows | |
| Channeling Bad Habits | |
| Your Dog Can Speak | |
| From Hooligan to Helpful Greeter | |
| Pottying in Place | |
| Digging for Treasure | |
| Fetch for Hyper Dogs | |
| Kids and Dogs | |
| Multiple-Dog Games | |
| Managing the Dog Pack | |
| Under and Over | |
| Speed Sitting Competition | |
| Get Your Treat | |
| Big Dog Little Dog | |
| A Punch and Judy Show | |
| When It's Frightful Outside | |
| Hide and Seek | |
| Find the Stuffie | |
| Jumping Games | |
| Speed Heeling Demons | |
| Round Robin and Family Games | |
| Bed Time Games | |
| Agility Tricks | |
| Exercises on the Fly | |
| Rear Foot Awareness for Contacts | |
| Pause and Table Games | |
| Wild Weavers | |
| Crate Games | |
| Go Around | |
| The Dancing Dawg | |
| Freestylin' is for Everybody | |
| The Weave and Walk | |
| Walking Funny for Freestyle | |
| Dancing in Place | |
| Bowing to the Crowd | |
| Strut Your Stuff | |
| Complex | |
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