Dogwise: The Natural Way to Train Your Dog

by John Fisher

Using a non-aggressive approach, this practical handbook offers a radically new system of dog training that truly works. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0285631144
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Souvenir Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

pos-R works well, is safe, sane and fun for all parties!

the Customer who reviewed it in 2002, i agree, must not have read the book - just a blurb or excerpt. Bark B*uster uses thrown-objects as a startle-method, while training basics and in B-Mod. bagged-throw-chains are issued to clients; one BB-ex-client was very upset by the side-FX of water-balloons, thrown *At* their 10# 6-month-old dog - that is far, far different than a conditioned aversive sound/interruptor. the primary focus is on building trust and enthusiasm, and managing the dog to goof-proof the training - the dog is set-up to succeed, then rewarded for success, and that success is repeated in more and more demanding settings, with greater and greater challenges and distractions. - terry pride, APDT-Aus, apdt#1827, CVA, IPDTA, TDF

Read the whole book before judging

I actually had the chance to spend time at a seminar that John Fisher put on at the Humane Society. Before his death, he was working very hard to show owners/trainers how to work with their dogs and not use the standard dominance/punishment method. Unfortuantely a previous reviewer must not have read the whole book. You introduce the discs slowly and you are simply dropping them when you introduce them (from a distance of you knee to the floor, because you sit when introducing these) Later when working distance exercises you may toss them near a dog as a distraction...but nothing more. His video show the steps much better. "Training dogs in the human pack" As he states in the book, to get a better understanding of how the discs work he advises you read his other books, this book does not go into full detail. Overall I enjoyed reading Dogwise. They shaped the dogs behavior with NO aggression or punishment. They made the dog figure things out on his own and in a very short period of time. It's great reading if you want to undersatnd how your dog learns and what you can do to teach them in a positive way.