- ISBN13: 9780684856469
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Did you ever stop to think that there’s only one thing getting in the way of training your dog? You! From the bestselling authors of I Just Got a Puppy. What Do I Do?; Good Dog, Bad Dog; and When Good Dogs Do Bad Things comes this invaluable resource guide to shaping up your lovable canine companion. With their trademark praise, affection, humor, and easy-to-follow style, Siegal and Margolis will teach you how to: * Housebreak your dog for good!
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The Ultimate Guide to Dog Training
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#1 by Anonymous on June 17, 2010 - 3:48 am
A great book that gets you on your way to training a great to-be dog, with tips on almost all needed aspects of dog-training.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Steve on June 17, 2010 - 3:59 am
The writing style was nauseating and it certainly isn’t the ultimate guide to dog training.
Not worth buying
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Anonymous on June 17, 2010 - 5:17 am
I didn’t buy this book, a friend lent it to me to read. Thank goodness I didn’t spend money because I would be even more annoyed than I am. The book basically uses the same ’solution’ for every problem. Jerk the leash and yell no! First, I don’t need a book to tell me how to do that and second I am really into dogs and have read other books that come up with much better solutions that don’t require screaming at the dog and jerking it around on a choke collar. What is with these guys?
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Will Crowe on June 17, 2010 - 6:00 am
I am glad this book was purchased at a discount because it is so painful to read. The information is good, but it is presented in such a way as to drive off any thinking person. The book is written as a set of dialogs between “Uncle Matty” Margolis and his irritatingly stupid students. If these are real people, it is scary to think that they might be allowed to vote and drive cars. I found myself focusing on this aspect more than listening to what Mr. Margolis had to say in each lesson, which when one takes out the dialog, are actually pretty helpful. I suppose the problem is that once you’ve written one dog training book, there’s not much else you can say on the subject. However, “Uncle Matty” needs to keep writing books (it’s a living), and this is the result.
Rating: 2 / 5
#5 by J. Laydbak on June 17, 2010 - 7:54 am
“Repeat after me, please, I am Jeanette.”
“Okay. I am Jeanette.”
“I am a human.”
She sighs.
“I am a human.”
“Punch is a dog.”
“Okay, okay.”
“Come on, say it”
Page 44
This is all you need to know about this book. It treats you like an idiot, incapable of recognizing that you know full well you are not a dog and that dogs think differently. I would appreciate being treated like the college educated adult that I am. The anecdotes are poorly written and take away from the task at hand. At least now I know why this book was $3 at the used book store.
Rating: 2 / 5