Dog Training for Dummies
Chapter One
Recognizing Why Dog
Training Is Important
In This Chapter
* Recognizing a well-trained dog
* Understanding the five basic commands
* Figuring out who the trainer is - you or your dog
* Knowing the YOU factor
* Deciphering your dog's thoughts
* Eyeing advanced training opportunities
* Looking at dog's relationship with man
Over the course of the last 30 years, dog training has undergone enormous
changes. When we started training dogs in the late 1960s, dogs
were hauled around on choke chains and jerked every which way without
any clue of what was expected of them. They did get trained, but it wasn't
pretty.
We felt that there was an inherent unfairness in "correcting" a dog that had
no idea why he was being corrected. There had to be a fairer way - a way in
which the dog is systematically taught a command without the use of sheer
brute force.
At that time, the use of food in training was considered anathema, and
when we introduced food in the teaching process, the ... read full excerpt from Dog Training For Dummies ebook
