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J. Walker. Training Your Shih Tzu
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Cover Credits
Photo Credits
Contents
Preface
1 Why Train Your Sh Tzu?
Advantages to a Well-behaved Dog
Bred for Companionship
Training Challenges
Coat Considerations
Channeling the Positives
2 What’s Going on in That Brain?
How Dogs Learn
Key Periods
Operant Conditioning
Puppy Pointers
Working with Adult Dogs
3 Housetraining
Understanding a Shih Tzu’s “Sense of Space”
Timing Is Everything
Developing a Schedule
Cleaning Up Mistakes
Indoor Training
Accident or Symptom?
4 Socialization
A Social Breed Needs Socialization?
Safety First
The Coast Is Clear
Socializing the Adult Dog
Fear Factors
5 Developing a Dog-friendly Shih Tzu
Every Encounter Counts
The Puppy Learning Curve
Safe Socialization
Making Introductions
Introducing a Second Shift Tzu
6 Habituation: In and Out of the Home
How Puppies Learn “It’s Okay”
Early Environments
Acclimating to the Grooming Table
Storms, Fireworks, and Other Scary Stuff
Working with the Adopted Dog
Easing Separation Anxiety
7 Basic Training Principles
Equipment Essentials
Using Reinforcements
Repetition
Keeping It Fun (The Art of Never Knowing It’s Training)
Training Clubs
8 Five Basic Commands
Timing Behavior
Name
Sit
Stay
Come
Walk Nicely
9 Seven More Commands
Down
Off
Stand
Back
Take It and Out
Leave It
10 Correcting Annoying Behaviors
Barking
Bolting
Jumping Up
Nipping
Begging
11 Training for Travel
The Portable Shih Tzu
Acclimation to the Carrier
Overcoming Car Sickness
Strategies for Airline Travel
12 Fun Activities with Your Shih Tzu
Agility
Animal-assisted Therapy
Canine Good Citizen
Conformation
Flyball
Obedience
Rally
Tracking
Useful Address, Web Sites, and Literature. Organizations
Activities
Behavior/ Training
Books
Index
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Training YourShih Tzu
Joan Hustace Walker
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Another consideration with a full coat is the potential breakage of the coat hairs by a training collar. You can run damage control in this area by addressing the coat or addressing the collar.
To help prevent the hair shafts from breaking while the dog is wearing his training collar, make sure the coat is fully brushed before putting the collar on. When brushing the coat, spray it with a mixture of conditioner and water (or one of the many leave-in detangling conditioners) to keep the hairs hydrated, supple, and less likely to break.
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