Your Next Skill: Training Your Dog
Find resources--books, online video, and an online class--which may help you learn the basics of training your canine.
Train Your Dog Now! Your Instant Training Handbook, from Basic Commands to Behavior Fixes
Presenting a new way to work with your dog, with simple step-by-step instructions and lists to help you teach your dog the most important and necessary skills. Take your dog from wild to well-behaved in just a few steps! Train Your Dog Now! takes the best dog training tips, advice, and instructions and breaks them out into bite-sized pieces to help you--and your dog-- learn everything you need to know, fast. With step-by-step instructions for teaching simple commands such as sit and drop it, guides for getting your dog used to new environments, as well as easy-to-follow instructions for teaching basic tricks and correcting bad behaviors, this book has everything you need for your pet.
Format: Book - 2018
American Kennel Club
Whether or not you plan on competing in dog sports and events, it’s critical that all dogs receive basic training, from how to walk well on leash to being comfortable with strangers.
Format: Video
The Best Dog Tricks on the Planet: 125 amazing things your dog can do on command
Step-by-step photos, more than 500 of them, pack the pages showing you the tricks to the tricks. In no time your dog will not only bring in the paper, play dead and roll over but also count objects, jump into your arms, crawl like a soldier and take a bow.
Format: Book - 2013
The Ultimate Guide to Dog Training: puppy training to advanced technologies plus 25 problem behaviors solved!
Inside, you'll find complete puppy training, from house-training to socialization; an easy-to-understand scientific explanation of positive training methods; clear step-by-step instructions for the clicker training method; a comprehensive training program for teenage and adult dogs, from beginner to advanced; training important skills like Sit, Stay, and Come (the recall); an introduction and basic overview of 35 dog sports and activities, from obedience and agility trials to weight pulls, dock diving, skijoring, and more; training tips for small dogs, giant dogs, and dogs with special considerations; solutions for 25 of the most common behavior problems; 24 favorite tricks you can teach your dog, from balancing a bone on her nose to jumping through a hoop; a handy resource section of websites, associations, and publications; and a glossary of training terms.
Format: Book - 2014
Dog Training 101
A dog is a wonderful, entertaining and loyal companion. Bringing home a new dog to join your family is such a fun and exciting time. When you take on this huge responsibility, you'll want to do the best job you can. Your animal now depends on you for food, shelter, medical care, and companionship. In short, you hold their very life in your hands and they have complete trust in your judgment.
This fun and informative course will help you cover all the basics of dog care and training. Everything from feeding recommendations, bathing tips, training guides and basic first aid topics are included in just 12 easy-to-learn lessons. Just follow along and you'll be a pro in no time at all!
Topics include:
- Different nutritional phases in a dog's life
- Feeding tips
- Essential pet Items
- Basics of dog bathing
- Importance of grooming and how to groom
- Benefits and rewards that come from training your dog
- How to gauge your dog's personality and the tools needed to start training him
- How to handle leash training, chewing habits and house-training
- How to control some of your dog's bad habits including barking and running away
- Difference between positive reinforcement and punishment
- Heartworms: what are they and the treatment
- What constitutes an emergency, and what you can and can't treat safely
- First aid situations: what you need to know to help your pet
- Pet Poisoning and seeking help
- Home preparation for new pets
- Pet owner responsibility: dealing with the good along with the bad
- Pet boarding tips and resources
- And much more
The class is self-paced and you can take it when it fits your schedule. So why not join and learn how to provide the care your dog needs for a long and healthy life!
Format: Free online course
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