Dimensions
159 x 235 x 13mm
Today's dog owners want well-behaved, take-anywhere canine companions
Increasingly, owners take their dogs everywhere and expect them to behave in all kinds of social situations. This book shares the proven methods of assistance and therapy dog trainers; after all, assistance dogs are models of doggy decorum. Complete with instructive photos, this guide emphasizes socialization and espouses dog-friendly, reward-based techniques. The training creates a reliable, owner-focused dog and an owner who can read his pet and proactively prevent problems. The result? A reliable canine companion who is welcome anywhere.
Lorie Long (Roanoke, VA) has trained dogs for more than 25 years. She has written extensively for The Whole Dog Journal and other publications and is the author of The Siberian Husky (978-0-7938-3647-5).
