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Any good dog training books to recommend?
Posted on 7/19/18 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 7/19/18 at 3:54 pm
Looked at Amazon and B&N, but there are a million suggestions with no clear book a cut above the rest.
Was reading "Water Dog", but it's from 1962 and was too focused on hunting for a family dog.
Was reading "Water Dog", but it's from 1962 and was too focused on hunting for a family dog.
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Posted on 7/19/18 at 3:55 pm to Rick Rickles
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Was reading "Water Dog", but it's from 1962
It’s still the Bible and relevant.
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was too focused on hunting for a family dog.
The skills are transferable
Posted on 7/19/18 at 3:55 pm to Rick Rickles
Posted on 7/19/18 at 3:55 pm to Rick Rickles
Crate train
Pinch collar (NOT a choke collar)
You probably could watch some Cesar Milan and learn a good bit.
Pinch collar (NOT a choke collar)
You probably could watch some Cesar Milan and learn a good bit.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 3:56 pm to Rick Rickles
We just got a new corgi pup and after reading 2 books I give up. I caved and paid for a trainer to come to our house twice a week.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 3:58 pm to Rick Rickles
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"Water Dog",
My cousin used a combination of that and some military dog training guide to train ours. Best money I ever spent. I don't think we've had to spend any money on her since.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 4:00 pm to CoachChappy
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quote:Was reading "Water Dog", but it's from 1962 It’s still the Bible and relevant. quote:was too focused on hunting for a family dog. The skills are transferable
Ok. Was wondering if it had been superseded by other philosophies in the past few decades.
Good to hear that you think I could still reap some solid takeaways from it, as I was beginning to wonder if I should return it for something more modern.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 4:04 pm to Rick Rickles
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Ok. Was wondering if it had been superseded by other philosophies in the past few decades.
Gun dog is another one or a follow up. I read water dog when training my first dog and have used those skills for all of our dogs many of which were not hunting dogs.
The real truck is be confident, firm yet loving, and above all consistent
Posted on 7/19/18 at 4:08 pm to Rick Rickles
Posted on 7/19/18 at 4:09 pm to Rick Rickles
Posted on 7/19/18 at 4:24 pm to Rick Rickles
Posted on 7/19/18 at 4:27 pm to Rick Rickles
There is a book by the Monks of New Skeet that was recommended to me when I got my dog and is really good. I forget the name but I'm sure that a quick search could find it. They breed and raise german shephards, I believe fot police dogs.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 4:28 pm to atxfan
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There is a book by the Monks of New Skeet that was recommended to me when I got my dog and is really good. I forget the name but I'm sure that a quick search could find it. They breed and raise german shephards, I believe fot police dogs.
The post i have above has links to the 4 books by these people.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 4:56 pm to Rick Rickles
Youtube
Posted on 7/19/18 at 5:00 pm to Rick Rickles
"Bitches and Blunts... How to Turn Your Dawg Into a Soulja" by Master P.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 5:04 pm to Rick Rickles
“My Years With A Dogman” by Mike McConery is my favorite book I’ve read.
It’s more about Shepherds and working dogs but the point still remains. This guy was trained by a former Nazi who was Hitlers dog handler. Mike runs Baden k9 currently which is rumored to have bred and sold the k9 that was on the Osama Bin laden raid.
It’s more about Shepherds and working dogs but the point still remains. This guy was trained by a former Nazi who was Hitlers dog handler. Mike runs Baden k9 currently which is rumored to have bred and sold the k9 that was on the Osama Bin laden raid.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 5:09 pm to Jim Rockford
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He also wrote one called Family Dog.
Exactly what I was going to suggest...I like gun dog a lot and would expect Family Dog to be equally good. Family Dog is also pretty old, but a lot more modern than Water Dog.
This post was edited on 7/19/18 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 7/19/18 at 5:10 pm to Rick Rickles
If it’s a pit bull, they recommended keeping them in cages.
Posted on 7/19/18 at 5:12 pm to Rick Rickles
quote:I think he has a "family dog" type book. If you only use the first 1/2 of the book (Water Dog) for basic training that works just fine.
Was reading "Water Dog", but it's from 1962 and was too focused on hunting for a family dog.
Water Dog is "old school" training and might not be appropriate for some people.
This post was edited on 7/19/18 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 7/19/18 at 5:13 pm to Rick Rickles
I took a clicker training class and that was pretty amazing. They gave us a printed book out which was helpful.
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