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Before and After Getting Your Puppy
- Author
- Ian Dunbar
- Narrator
- Michael Page
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 12 July 2016
- Run Time
- 4 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
- completing owner education and preparation
- assessing a puppy's prior socialization and education
- teaching errorless house-training and chewtoy-training
- completing a socialization program of meeting strange dogs and people
- learning bite inhibition
- a continuing program of ongoing training
In the first half of the book, Dr. Dunbar focuses on what the owner needs to know to select a great puppy. In the second half, he presents the crucial lessons the puppy must be taught during its impressionable early development. Over time, Dr. Dunbar's kind, positive program has been proven the most effective.
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- Author
- Ian Dunbar
- Narrator
- Michael Page
- Duration
- 4 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 July 2016
- ISBN
- 9781515978558
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Domestic animals and pets, Dog obedience and training, Dogs as pets
Synopsis
Before & After Getting Your Puppy is a simple, practical guide for anyone bringing a new puppy into the family. In clear steps, with easy-to-follow training deadlines, Dr. Ian Dunbar, who pioneered puppy classes and a loving style of dog training in the 1970s, presents a structured yet playful and humorous plan for raising a wonderful dog. The guide is based on six developmental deadlines:completing owner education and preparationassessing a puppy's prior socialization and educationteaching errorless house-training and chewtoy-trainingcompleting a socialization program of meeting strange dogs and peoplelearning bite inhibitiona continuing program of ongoing trainingIn the first half of the book, Dr. Dunbar focuses on what the owner needs to know to select a great puppy. In the second half, he presents the crucial lessons the puppy must be taught during its impressionable early development. Over time, Dr. Dunbar's kind, positive program has been proven the most effective.
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