The Practical Dog Listener: The 30-Day Path to a Lifelong Understanding of Your Dog
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Jan Fennell. The Practical Dog Listener: The 30-Day Path to a Lifelong Understanding of Your Dog
The Practical Dog Listener
Jan Fennell
Table of Contents
CAUTION
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE. Home Truths
PART ONE: DAY-1. A Reintroduction to Dog Listening
THE FOUR RITUALS
A Leap of Imagination
Amichien Bonding
TO BE OR NOT TO BE A DOG OWNER
WHERE TO GET A DOG
Buying a Puppy
Rescue Dogs
A Question of Breeding
EXPANDING PACKS: PREPARING FOR A NEW DOG
PREPARING THE HOME
Sleeping Quarters
No-Go Areas
Basic Needs
MENTAL PREPARATION
Never Set Yourself Up for Failure
Allow More Time
Think Canine
Be Ready, Willing and Mentally Able
PART TWO THE FIRST 48 HOURS. New Horizons: Settling a New Dog in Its Environment
THE DOORWAY TO A NEW UNDERSTANDING: REUNITING
Stage One: the First Separation
Stage Two: the Repertoire
Stage Three: the Five-Minute Rule
DEVELOPING ‘THE COME’
How to Know When Your Dog Has Accepted You As Leader
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. What’s Wrong with My Dog Being Leader?
What If My Dog Misbehaves Because it is Being Ignored?
What About Nervous Rescue Dogs?
How Can I Include Young Children in the Method?
When Should I Next Separate from My Dog?
When Can I Stop Ignoring My Dog Each Time We Reunite?
WALK TALL: LEARNING THE ART OF LEADERSHIP
Walk Tall
Be Decisive
Silence is Golden
Speak with Authority
Believe in Yourself
FAMILY REUNIONS: REUNITING WITH MULTIPLE PACKS
Pack Awareness
Teaching a Pack As Individuals
The Come
Teaching Dogs As a Pack
Group Therapy
PACK PROBLEMS. New Dogs and Existing Packs
Lengthy Separations
Training a Litter of Puppies: the Goxhill Mafia
FOOD POWER AND GESTURE EATING
Gesture Eating, Step by Step
It Is Better to Give than to Remove: ‘Power Gesture Eating’
Packs: Variations on Gesture Eating
Power Gesture Eating, Step by Step
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. My Puppy Has a Voracious Appetite. Should I Gesture Eat Every Time I Feed Him?
Should I Involve Children in Gesture Eating?
What If My Dog Likes to Snack?
Is There a Danger of My Dog Eating Too Much?
THE POWER OF PLAYTIME
Take Control of the Toy Box
Don’t Get into Contests
Make Play Constructive
PART THREE: DAYS 3–7. Why There’s No Place Like Home
PERCEIVED DANGER
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES: PREPARING FOR THE WALK
BASIC CONTROL 1: THE SIT
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. What If My Dog Doesn’t Respond?
When I Move the Food over My Dog’s Head, It Shuffles Backwards on All Fours
What If My Dog Still Refuses to Sit?
BASIC CONTROL 2: HEEL WORK
Introducing the Lead
BASIC CONTROL 3: THE TURN
Turning Right
Turning Left
BASIC CONTROL 4: THE WAIT
Dual Controls
BASIC CONTROL 5: THE STAY AND THE RECALL
GROOMING
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. Can I Groom a Pack Together?
PART FOUR: DAYS 8–14. Home and Away
THE WALK
Pack-Walking
Preparing a Pack for the Walk
Pack Controls
PART FIVE: DAYS 15–21. Off the Leash
FREEDOM: FIRST TIME OFF-LEAD
‘Go Play’
Releasing the Pack
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: CONFRONTATIONS
Just Walk Away
The Pursuit of Prey: Chasing Other Animals
TRAVELLING FURTHER AFIELD: TRAINS, PLANES AND AUTOMOBILES
PART SIX: DAYS 22–30. The Counter-Revolutionaries: Leadership Challenges
Crime and Banishment
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. When Do I Use Banishment?
What If My Dog Really Misbehaves?
ALL CHANGE: COPING WITH UPHEAVAL
Long Separations
New Arrivals
PART SEVEN: DAY 31 ONWARDS … Keep an Open Mind
Be Adaptable
Think Holistically: See the Big Picture
Perseverance Pays
Be Realistic
EPILOGUE. Speaking Canine
Images. Absent Friends
Listening at Large
Dogs Behaving Badly
Common Complaints
Uncommon Complaints
Changed Characters
Family Album
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
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The 30-day path to a lifelong understanding of your dog
Also to Sadie, the star of this book 5/12/1995–28/10/2005
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All good breeders work hard to eliminate these problems. But, so as to make informed and appropriate choices, potential owners are well advised to thoroughly research the breeds they are interested in. This is easily done through the Kennel Club or its equivalent organisation, and then through the various breed experts. The importance of this cannot be overstressed. No one goes out to make a major purchase like a new car or a house without checking out the subject thoroughly. When they choose a dog, owners are introducing into the family a new member that will hopefully remain with them for twelve to fourteen years; it is not something to be taken lightly.
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