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Train your dog the positive way. Includes how to raise a puppy positively, how to build a strong relationship, manners training, teaching a really reliable recall, and how to train effectively without force. Special instructions in each section for companion dogs, competition obedience, agility and Schutzhund. Clearly explains both theory and technique, including The Golden Rule and The Ten Commandments of positive training. Easy-to-follow directions to teach sit, down, stand, heel, recall, finish, retrieving, jumping and send away. Special chapter on preparing for successful competition. Written with love of dogs and an understanding of training.
Have fun while training! This method gives your dog choices, then you simply reward him for making the correct choice. This gives him credit for being an intelligent, sensitive creature who enjoys working when we allow him to think for himself. This happy attitude assures your dog will work joyfully and correctly0́4in other words, he will love to work!! Stresses the drive instinct in the dog, and is a step-by-step manual to teach you how to train your dog for winning obedience. Popular with both Schutzhund and competitive obedience customers. Deals with the novice exercises: heeling, sit, stay, down, stand, recall.
Life’s Unexpected Blessings By: Ms. Michelle Copeland Life’s Unexpected Blessings is about a woman named Shelia whose life has not turned out like she planned or expected. Along the way she has faced some obstacles but has gotten through them with her faith in God. During her journey, she meets James, who has also faced some of the same challenges. Love soon blossoms between the two. Maybe her life turned out better than she expected.
Maggie McNair, like many other children, doesn't like her hair brushed. After much persuasion and struggle, Maggie's mother gives up and decides to let Maggie learn a lesson the hard way. Ironically, threats turn to reality when Maggie McNair discovers a spider in her hair. In this humorously entertaining story, Sheila Booth-Alberstadt tells a "slightly" exaggerated tale that will keep both children and adults amused to the very last page. While attempting to help her own child with hair brushing issues, Sheila has ingeniously solved a daily challenge she and many others have experienced with other children alike. Through vibrant illustrations, Maggie McNair is set to become a much-loved and favorite character in everyone's life.
Sequel to Redstripe and Other Dachshund Tales. Once again, the hounds, not the humans, are in charge. New Yorker Sheila and Jamaican rastamafarian Cirtron travel to the American heartland to run a farm. More canine comedy ensues.
Maggie McNair doesn't like bathing, but changes her tune after the kids at school make fun of the way she smells.
Winner 1991 Maxwell Medallion Best Special Volume ABOUT THE FIRST EDITION "...the techniques and the case studies here are so interesting that a read will prove rewarding to ordinary trainers and fanciers alike." --Publisher s Weekly From the devastation of the World Trade Center to earthquakes in Central Asia, search and rescue dogs have proven invaluable in helping to find victims of disasters whether man-made or natural. First published in 1991 to critical acclaim, this newly expanded and revised edition of Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero, contains original, updated content. Chapters describe cutting-edge training techniques used for wilderness, disaster, cadaver dogs, and w...
"You might have a dog who you think will be a super-star on the agility course, but unless you work with him 'from the ground up,' you may end up being disappointed. Author Kim Collins takes the position that there is a lot of training and relationship building that needs to go on before you ever begin to train the specific skills needed for agility."--Back cove
Maggie McNair learns the hard way how important it is to have good oral hygiene.
DATES FROM HELL (And A Few Moments Made In Heaven)' is a collection of true, funny-awful nightmare dating stories. We asked people to send us their 'hell date' tales, and they sure did! We received stories from all over America, as well as Great Britain, Canada, and Australia. And, yes, we include a few 'Moments Made In Heaven' just to prove that romance isn't quite dead. Of course, the funniest stories are the 'Dates from Hell' such as...