4-H Guide to Dog Training & Dog Tricks

Description

Teaching a dog commands, let alone tricks, can be - tricky, hard work, demanding, and very often owners don't bother as the techniques and books they use seem to have no influence. This step-by-step illustrated guide introduces beginners to the basics of dog training, in no-nonsense easy-to-follow terms. From establishing authority and trust to leash-training, mastering simple commands, teaching tricks, for good behaviour, for a dog show, to prevent your dog running into traffic, this guide provides all the information a dog owner needs to start and to succeed.

Tammie Rogers and her husband, Robert, reside in Brownstown, Illinois, where they operate DarnFar Ranch, a full-service, professional dog-training facility. Assisted by Border Collies, they also maintain a commercial flock of Dorper-cross sheep. Tammie provides instruction in basic through advanced obedience, service dog training, and livestock herding, and she teaches 4-H dog-training classes. Several of her students have earned high honors at the state fair. In 2002, Tammie left a twenty-year career as a biologist in the biomedical field to devote her full attention to dogs and their people. http://www.darnfar.com/