Rover, Don't Roll Over: A Compassionate Training Guide for Dogs and Their People

by Jody Rosengarten

Book Overview

Imagine how easy dog training would be if your dog could tell you exactly how to get the results you want. In ROVER, DON'??T ROLL OVER, professional dog trainer and behavioral therapist Jody... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580085644
• ISBN13: 9781580085649
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

This book works!

Since getting my 6 week old puppy I have become so interested in dog behavior and training and started reading tons of books. When trying to apply various training techniques I realized many did not work, in fact some lead to my puppy regressing. Any type of physical correction no matter how gentle just did not work. I started realizing that when teaching anything, they have to learn how to do it on their own without any force. We are there just as positive motivators. Thats what this book is able to teach. How to motivate your puppy to do commands, have manors, and follow directions by encouragement and positive rewards. I like that she uses food rewards and toys as rewards, but in moderation. This is a great book and I could tell right away the author understood what so many people do wrong and what we can do right. If you are searching for books to help you raise your puppy, small breed dog, and even larger breed dog I sincerely encourage you to buy this book, it is well worth the money and I only wish the book was even bigger!! I am now teaching my puppy to "drop it" on command, you know how puppies like to put everything in their mouths=). With the technique in this book my puppy has learned it in one day and she didn't even know we were training. When we play with her toys and she is in the middle of chewing it in her mouth, I say "Goober Drop it" and show her a nice treat. She drops the toy right away and I give her the treat. Then I start saying "goober drop it" without showing her ther treat and after she drops it I give her the treat. After a while you can sometimes give her a treat. This is great for puppies to learn and you will learn how to teach this and so much more in a way that is positive and motivational!! This is the first book out of many I read and bought that I highly recomend.

Canine common sense

On the subject of raising your voice to your dog, Jody Rosengarten advises, "He can hear a Frito fall at 250 yards. There's no need to yell." When I picked myself up off the floor and did some deep breathing to relieve my belly-laughing- induced tummy-ache, I knew I had found the dog book for me. It goes without saying that common sense is so simple as to often be overlooked. Never is the need for common sense made more glaringly apparent than in this book. If you've never had a dog and are thinking about getting one, read Rosengarten. If you've had dogs for years and think you know all there is to know about their training, read Rosengarten. As a matter of fact, if you think you never want to have a dog, read Rosengarten. She could change your mind and that would be a good thing.

Jody should be on Oprah

I loved this book! It was a pleasure to read. Very practical advice mixed with humor and personal insights. I learned a lot about what makes dogs tick. And also about what makes people tick. People with dogs, or those contemplating getting one, will find this book entertaining and informative. It would be wonderful to see her on Oprah discussing this book!

Truly for non-dogmatic dog people

Jody is the real deal. As you read this book, you'll frequently find yourself wondering, "Why didn't I think of that?", at the simple, common sense approaches she offers for pups and problem adult dogs. She is a dog lover, in the finest sense of the words, and overwhelmingly endorses positive reinforcement over negative sanctions in her training advice. Individual chapters address the most common behavioral problems, and offer simple solutions. Best of all, it's presented in a down-to-earth style, sprinkled with liberal doses of humor, that frequently goes over to the, "dark" side. You'll find a lot to laugh at, and a lot to learn from this book. If you have, or are thinking of acquiring, a new puppy, or an older dog, or if your adult dog is driving you bonkers,you can benefit from Jody's years of experience helping problem dogs, and equally important, problem owners.

A unique, thought-provoking, hilarious book

Anyone who lives with a dog should have a copy of Jody Rosengarten's definitive book Rover, Don't Roll Over. Providing advice as a Connecticut-based professional dog trainer and behavioral therapist, this laugh-out-loud book offers proven, positive experience that honors both humans and dogs. "People require the real work," Rosengarten writes. On the subject of digging: "Dogs dig. It's what they do. That they dig is a given over which we have zero control. Our objective is to understand why they dig so we can teach them where we want them to do it." With an abundance of homeless dogs who need to be adopted into responsible, caring homes, this thought-provoking book offers practical tips, and trains people to respect and responsibly meet the needs of the dogs with whom we live.--Priscilla Feral, PresidentFriends of Animals