Product Description

The RSPCA approved approach to training dogs of all ages The New Complete Dog Training Manual presents Dr Bruce FogleÂ’s unique RSPCA-approved programme that concentrates on training with kindness, using food rewards and verbal praise as the basis for control. Walks you through 26 easy-to-follow techniques, explained using photographic step-by-step sequences Shows how you can master every aspect of training dogs of all ages and temperaments Details how to establish routines, implement commands, break bad habits, and train various breeds With extra info on games and agility training, you can be sure that by following these techniques you'll have a happy, obedient and active best friend

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12664 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

From the Back Cover
A comprehensive and thoroughly practical book on every aspect of dog care.

*Includes advice on feeding, grooming, equipment, training, breeding, post-natal care, rearing puppies, neutering, and choosing a canine companion

*Over 650 specially commissioned, step-by-step colour photographs and diagrams

*Detailed descriptions of the many canine disorders, accompanied by anatomical diagrams and charts, and practical advice on nursing a sick dog

*Covers essential first-aid techniques for road accidents and other emergencies such as choking and collapse, wounds and bites, and burns and poisoning

About the Author
Dr Bruce Fogle is well-known for his expertise in animal behaviour. He lectures internationally, frequently appears on television and radio and writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines. He has written several books including Know Your Dog, the RSPCA Complete Dog Care Manual and the Encyclopedia of the Dog.

Customer Reviews

A very helpfull book
This book is extremely usefull,it covers everything for beginners,or for people with knowledge over dogs.You can find out all sorts of things from 1st aid to ticks, grooming all types of dogs to how to travel with dogs.bones and vitiames that after having six dogs I found i could still learn something.Beautifully illustrated and in simple english not american, written.abscess to zooness,its great.Its an informative and first aid book in one. well worth having in any dog home.

Ok but not great
The Title of this book would make you think it the one to go for but don't be fooled.
It isn't. The book would be perfect for all those new puppies out there that are perfect and all they need is to learn to sit ect but the sad truth is that very rarely do you find a puppy that is perfect and thefore this book gives you little help.
While some of the techinques they use in the book are proven and well know there is precious little information to help you if those techinques do not work as well as they are shown in the book.
Therefore i found this book a waste of time training my dog and eventually stopped using it and went to a different training book with a bit more choose in training techinques.

Don't buy this book!
It really is the most stupid and infuriating book I've ever tried to read. The way it is set out is the worst thing, with bits of information scattered across the page in a confusing way, and no apparent structure to the order things are written. Information on the same things will appear a few times over the course of the book under several titles; for example in the training section it shows you how to stop pulling on the lead, and then again in the section on how to stop bad habits. The index doesn't help either; I have a cat and was looking for info on how to stop them chasing eachother; 'cats' or 'other animals' is not listed in the index, but by scanning the whole book I managed to find a couple of bits of info on it. The instructions on how to train are ludicrously detailed; it wont say 'stand in front of your dog' but will give about 5 instructions to tell you how to do that - so it's like 'stand facing the dog, put your right leg forward, move your right leg to the side, put a treat in your left hand and move it in an L shape'... It really is so annoying!!