Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Book Review
Old dog new tricks
By David Taylor
This book is very easy to read, has a nice intro all about dogs before offering any training advice, and has a ton of beautiful colour photos for the reader to enjoy.
Old Dogs new tricks is probably one of the best books about general dog training I've ever read. There are instructions on how to teach a sit, heel, come and stay, and there are also descriptions of various behaviour problems, why they occur, and what you can do in order to treat these issues. The section on aggression is particularly imformative when it comes to the various types of aggression, though there wasn't a whole lot of treatment advice to back each section up. (Still, if you've identified what you're facing maybe the internet can help find a solution!)
There isn't much indepth advice in here about any issue really but for the basic training guidelines you can't go wrong grabbing yourself a copy of this manual. Most people buying a puppy really only want the basics anyway and it's all in here.
Don't bother with this book if you have bigger long term training issues that need addressing however - any treatment advice offered within these pages isn't detailed enough to help in my opinion.
Overall a good book for the basics, but nothing too exciting in here for a more experienced owner looking to fix bigger behaviour issues.
By David Taylor
This book is very easy to read, has a nice intro all about dogs before offering any training advice, and has a ton of beautiful colour photos for the reader to enjoy.
Old Dogs new tricks is probably one of the best books about general dog training I've ever read. There are instructions on how to teach a sit, heel, come and stay, and there are also descriptions of various behaviour problems, why they occur, and what you can do in order to treat these issues. The section on aggression is particularly imformative when it comes to the various types of aggression, though there wasn't a whole lot of treatment advice to back each section up. (Still, if you've identified what you're facing maybe the internet can help find a solution!)
There isn't much indepth advice in here about any issue really but for the basic training guidelines you can't go wrong grabbing yourself a copy of this manual. Most people buying a puppy really only want the basics anyway and it's all in here.
Don't bother with this book if you have bigger long term training issues that need addressing however - any treatment advice offered within these pages isn't detailed enough to help in my opinion.
Overall a good book for the basics, but nothing too exciting in here for a more experienced owner looking to fix bigger behaviour issues.
Labels: Dog training books
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