It's a Dog Not a Toaster: Finding Your Fun in Competitive Obedience

By Diana Kerew-shaw

Book Overview

Learn to love competing in obedience

Most books on competitive obedience focus on the training and ring skills you need to be a winner with your dog in the ring and that's great. However if you find competing stressful or think you and your dog will not succeed against the best the key is defining success in a way that will make the sport enjoyable for you. Author Diana Kerew-Shaw takes on the subject of how to find your fun in It's a Dog Not a Toaster, showing you how you can learn to enjoy the sport, even if your Basset Hound never comes close to a qualifying score.

You will learn about:

How to set goals that are meaningful and will work for you and your dog.What it's like to enter the Land of Obedience and become a member of the Cult which inhabits it. Hint: it's fun What every newcomer to the sport needs to know to get started including information about Fun Matches, Show n Go's, and obedience clubs.How changes in the obedience world are making the sport accessible to more competitors including the development of Rally Obedience and the opportunities which now exist for mixed breeds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617810371
• ISBN13: 9781617810374
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 8.7"