Training A Puppy

Question: Good books on training a puppy?

(Posted by: Pinky on 2010-03-12 11:47:45)

3 months old, me and my partner are finding it hard to get him to sit ect, Only trying a few days so i know theres still hope. Hes a small half pug half shizu. Thanks

Posted by: #1 Animal Lover on 2010-03-12, 11:49:47

No need for a book when you go to this site loveyourdog.com find out evrything here

Posted by: I love to help! on 2010-03-12, 12:01:34

Why not take it to a puppy class? They are really fun, and a great way to bond with your new puppy. They are also a great way to socialize your dog to be calmer around other people and dogs. Petsmart offers classes that run for 8 weeks, one hour a week. We just signed up our puppy and it was only $120. If I were going to recomend any book it would be: "New Dog " by Bruce Fogle amazon.ca/ New-Dog-Choosing-Ensuring-Happily/ dp/ 155407357X/ ref= sr_1_6?ie= UTF8 &s= books &qid= 1268423943 &sr= 1-6 I like the second one better because it is really simple language and has training tips for the whole family (it's easy enough for a 12 year old to use some of the training techniques), also, it has grea advice for owners of older adopted dogs, to fix poorly trained older dogs with issues (which doesn't apply to you, but I've now lent this book to others that find it really helpful for shleter adopted dogs. Good Luck!

Posted by: MrsB on 2010-03-12, 12:01:47

Books are rubbish, you need to see it first hand. Go to YouTube and search for Kikopup. She is a positive trainer and uses clicker training and she is fab. Some of the things she teaches her dogs are a little pointless, but the method is the same. Get a clicker. Click, give treat. Click, give treat. Click, give treat. When you click and the dog expects a treat, which can take several short sessions over a week or so, you are ready to start training. Basically if your puppy does something that you want it to repeat, you click as soon as you see the behaviour and then treat. It is best to focus on just one behaviour at a time. I started by training my puppy his name, which is the command to look at me. So when he looked at me, i clicked and treated. Then after a few times he looks at me deliberately hoping for a treat. Then i introduce his name and then when he looks at me i click. Now when i say his name, he looks at me no matter what he is doing and he no longer gets a click or a treat.

Posted by: Stacey on 2010-03-12, 12:03:50

Teach Your Dog 100 English Words by Michele Welton. It's written in plain English, It advises you on how to teach your dog basic obedience and good manners and some tricks as well! I have had GREAT success with this book, I've trained 4 dogs with it's help. It's a very good reference guide, highly recommended. You can read more about it and purchase it here: yourpurebredpuppy.com/ books/ TYD.html (note: Your dog does not have to be a purebred to use it, obviously, it's just the name of the site the author runs.) Good luck to you and your dog!

Posted by: anwen55 on 2010-03-12, 14:04:50

Gwen Bailey -The Perfect Puppy amazon.co.uk/ s/ ref= nb_sb_noss?url= search-alias%3Daps &field-keywords= perfect+ puppy &x= 17 &y= 19 Shows you how to understand a puppy and what's going on that puppy brain! Neither Shih Tzus nor Pugs are exactly competition material when it comes to obedience - don't expect too much too soon! A puppy class is great both for soicalisation and for teachin you how to train your pup. apdt.co.uk/ local_dog_trainers.asp (There are some puppy training tips on that site too.)