How to Get Your Dog to Love Tracking!Dogwise Publishing, along with our friends at Kosmos-Verlag based in Germany, are happy to bring an English language of their best-selling tracking book, Tracking Training for All Dogs, to tracking enthusiasts all over the world. This book is the most comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to compete in tracking trials, but also can help those who to want to get out with their dogs and experience the thrill of watching them follow a scent trail. Track...

Training your dog (and yourself) for agility competitions will create a fun working relationship that both of you can enjoy. Find everything you need top know in this fun guide that includes information on pre-agility training detailed advice on correction-free training and step-by step agility training techniques. Also learn how to make your own agility obstacles use a clicker as a motivational tool and officially enter agility trials. Participation in agility competitions can build a str...

In a conversational Q&A format, a leading dog expert answers the most commonly asked questions about how dogs think and act.Do dogs dream? Can they recognize themselves in the mirror or understand what they’re seeing on television? Are they more intelligent than cats? People have a great curiosity—and many misunderstandings—about how dogs think, act, and perceive the world. They also wonder about the social and emotional lives of dogs. Stanley Coren brings decades of scientific res...

Help! He’s herding the neighborhood kids!!Herding breed dogs such as Border Collies, Corgis, and Australian Shepherds have incredibly strong instinctive behaviors to do the work they were bred for—controlling various kinds of livestock. These behaviors manifest themselves in modern herding breed dogs kept as companions or family pets in a number of ways. These include chasing cars and bicyclists, herding kids, nipping at vulnerable heels, barking incessantly, and ac...

Understand dog behavior to work with, not against, your K9’s instincts.Learn how to:Recognize and interpret your K9’s expressions, gestures and signals.Use operant conditioning to efficiently and humanely train K9s.Plan and execute effective K9 training programs for search and detection, patrol, remote guided camera, attack, and more.The art and science of training police, military and other service dogs continue to ...

What Would It Mean To You To Have An Obedient, Well-Behaved Dog?Your canine friend deserves the best. Why not make sure you give him/her the best possible life through the incredible gift of proper training and discipline. Imagine how proud you will feel when guests arrive at your house and tell you, "I've never seen a dog that was so well-behaved".Have the best possible relationship with your dog by properly training your dog. The key to any great and fulf...

Win in Agility! is designed for the agility competitor who has mastered beginner-level agility skills and is ready for her next challenge in this exciting sport. It builds on the skills learned from the best-selling and award-winning The Beginners Guide to Dog Agility (the most respected dog agility book on the market) and features step-by-step instructions for a variety of intermediate skills to help you succeed on the competitive agility circuit. More than 200 full-color photographs and ...

Schutzhund is one of the fastest-growing forms of canine competition in the United States. The desire to have a reliable protector and steady family companion all in the same dog has encouraged interest in the Schutzhund philosophy. Schutzhund began in nineteenth-century Europe as a test of a dog's ability to work for humans. In the early 1900s. Max von Stephanitz refined and redesigned the tests to include obedience, protection and tracking. Schutzhund: Theory and Training Methods, a supe...

Say goodbye to intense lead pulling and hello to relaxed walks.Are you embarrassed about taking your dog for a walk, as you are left thinking "who is walking who?"Are you tired of being dragged around by your high-energy dog while they are choking themselves?Do you feel like you have already tried everything and nothing seems to work?Teaching a high-drive dog to stop pulling on the lead can feel impossible.It's true that working breeds, especia...

Say goodbye to intense lead pulling and hello to relaxed walks.Are you embarrassed about taking your dog for a walk, as you are left thinking "who is walking who?"Are you tired of being dragged around by your high-energy dog while they are choking themselves?Do you feel like you have already tried everything and nothing seems to work?Teaching a high-drive dog to stop pulling on the lead can feel impossible.It's true that working breeds, especially those with a high prey-drive, need a speci...

Dog Facts: Information About Dogs - Best Dog Breeds, Dog Types, Best Family Dogs and Dog Training TipsHaving a dog is a lifetime commitment. Or at least a commitment you should keep as long as your dog lives. When you adopt a dog, it becomes your responsibility, whether you are in the mood to take good care of it or not.Not a few dog owners leave their dogs tied to their chains unattended, day in, day out. Imagine how bored you would be if you have nothing to do, nowhere to...

Published in association with The Blue Cross, one of Britain’s top animal welfare societies, ‘Collins Good Dog Behaviour’ is an essential handbook for all responsible dog owners with numerous step-by-step photographs that will help to make training your dog simple and enjoyable.Gwen Bailey believes that the first step to having a well-behaved dog is for the owner to fully understand the dog’s behaviour – only then can you learn to communicate effectively with your pet and create a ...