Purely Positive Training: Companion to Competition

By Sheila Booth

Book Overview

Train your dog the positive way. Includes how to raise a puppy positively, how to build a strong relationship, manners training, teaching a really reliable recall, and how to train effectively without... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966302001
• ISBN13: 9780966302004
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Podium Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Read this book over and over!

This is the best dog training book I have read amongst many, and yet it is so much more. It is a blueprint for a wonderful relationship of understanding with your dog. Written with a sense of humor that really struck my funny bone, it says so much that you can't absorb it all on the first pass. Read it again and again, and then use it for reference. You won't regret it!

This book is for anyone interested in dogs.

This is one incredible book. It is exactly as the title states, Companion to Competition. The book starts out with basic rules or concepts that apply universally to teaching your dog good house manner or competitive obedience. The techniques are foolproof and can be easily incorporated into every day interactions with your dog. I started reading this book when my most recent dog was 8 weeks old. This book has allowed me to achieve a bond and level of trust with my dog that I did not realize was possible. I have read many dog training books and this book is the best by far.

please, please, please get this book...

I've read many dog training books and this is by far the best. If people could just understand how well positive training works then they could understand why negative punishment isn't the best idea. I have an BS in psychology and specialized in behaviorism. Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement is the best way to train. I am not going to say that punishment doesn't work but I think all to often it actually harms the dog. To be the pack leader doesn't mean you beat the dog into submission. To gain respect you have to earn respect and using punishment inspires fear not respect. Fear makes the dog obey but is that what we really want? for our dogs to fear us?!

Excellent!!!

I found this book not only easy to read, but the authors genuine love and appreciation for her dogs is evident on every page. The information regarding how and why dogs react to emotional energy, body posture, breathing and even eye contact is fascinating, and the training techniques in part 3 are extremely useful. The underlying and best quality about this book is how the fun times and the relationship a person has with their dog is the most important part of dog ownership.

The shortest review ever

This book is fantastic, one of the most interesting and engaging I've found so far.