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Puppy Training Guide Paperback – May 22, 2014

by James J Jackson (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars 173 ratings
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PUPPY TRAINING GUIDE 4th EDITION: The Ultimate Handbook To Train Your Puppy In Obedience, Crate Training And Potty Training

You’re about to discover the fundamentals of obedience training, crate training and potty training. There are outlined pointers that will introduce you to the very essence of training your puppy. In addition, the guidelines that you will find within this book will enable you to have full control over your puppy through proper commands. This will also teach you how to properly motivate your puppy in times of accidents and discouragement.

In this book, only the most efficient, effective, and stress-free strategies are given in order to give the reader the best value for his money. As such, it is only fitting that only the major issues and problems that may arise as a result of obedience, crate, and potty training are thoroughly discussed.

By consistently practicing the strategies outlined in this book, I am very confident that you will be able to properly train your puppy without putting it into unnecessary stress and suffering.

Remember that a well-trained puppy is a well-behaved pet – one that will create a better relationship between the puppy and the owner. A better relationship between the pet and the owner makes a happy household.

Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...
  • The Fundamentals of Puppy Training
  • Puppy Obedience Training
  • Crate Training
  • Potty Training your Puppy
  • Managing Your Puppy's Behavior
  • Puppy Socialization
  • Puppy Vaccinations
  • Four Training Exercises For Puppy Commands
  • Home Exercises For Your Puppy
  • Guide to Teaching Tricks to Puppies
  • How to Show Love and Affection to Your Puppy
  • Much, much more!
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    May 22, 2014
  4. Dimensions
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  5. ISBN-10
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  6. ISBN-13
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 22, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1499647522
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1499647525
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.58 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.4 out of 5 stars 173 ratings

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Customers find this puppy training guide to be a valuable resource, with one mentioning it summarizes training steps in a simplistic manner. The book receives positive feedback for being friendly to dogs. However, the writing quality is criticized for being poorly written with bad sentence structure and numerous spelling errors. Moreover, customers consider the book not worth the price paid.

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52 customers mention "Advice"42 positive10 negative

Customers find this puppy training guide to be a great basic handbook that provides helpful information, with one customer noting how it summarizes training steps in a simplistic manner.

"...- how to introduce your new furry family member to your home, how to potty train, the right equipment, develop good manners and how to behave in all..." Read more

"...It is mostly helpful in getting you started. Another thing that bothered me is that it also tends to be unrealistic about how pets think...." Read more

"...most of the commands a puppy should know, and generally clear instructions for teaching these commands...." Read more

"...This book does have some helpful information for first time puppy parents but I'd reccomend "The Art of Raising a Puppy" by the monks at New..." Read more

15 customers mention "Book value"15 positive0 negative

Customers find the book to be an invaluable resource, with one customer noting it is to the point.

"...Combined with google, the book is an invaluable resource." Read more

"...This is a great little book that goes into a good amount of detail on how to raise a happy and healthy puppy...." Read more

"This book is okay. I was hoping for more about behavior and less about tricks. There are better books (with pictures )available." Read more

"The book is very good, clear and to the point. So far I have had a lot of success with it and my dog." Read more

4 customers mention "Dog friendly"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book friendly, with one mentioning their dog is having fun during training.

"...is an excellent step by step system that ensures a well behaved and happy puppy." Read more

"...techniques in here that teach you how to create a submissive and friendly dog and the clicker and crate have worked like a charm for me and my dog :)..." Read more

"Dog is having fun. But we are still picking up after him!" Read more

"...the fluff and sets people on the right path to training obedient, friendly dogs." Read more

10 customers mention "Writing quality"0 positive10 negative

Customers find the writing quality of the book poor, with multiple issues including bad sentence structure, incorrect grammar, spelling errors, and poor organization.

"...There are misspelled words, poor grammar, the table of contents is all wrong and missing sections, and all the pages are pg...." Read more

"...CONS: there are typos and incorrect grammar in this book which make it feel pretty unprofessional. the author repeats himself - a lot." Read more

"...Summarizes training steps in a simplistic manner. Cons: poorly written book...." Read more

"While there is some good information in this book, it is poorly written and even more poorly organized, with lots of redundancy and lack of logic in..." Read more

5 customers mention "Effectiveness"0 positive5 negative

Customers find the training guide ineffective.

"...But after the basics of sit, come, crate training, it isn't as helpful...." Read more

"...Neither of these chapters were helpful. With potty training, there was no mention of pee pads. He did say not to use newspaper...." Read more

"...Simply put, it's garbage. There are so many errors that the book is frustrating to read. Not worth the money...." Read more

"...All the advice was bland stuff I already knew and was either not practical or helpful." Read more

4 customers mention "Value for money"0 positive4 negative

Customers find the book overpriced.

"...There are so many errors that the book is frustrating to read. Not worth the money...." Read more

"There's a reason this book is free - there is nothing to it. Could have been printed as a flyer instead of a book." Read more

"...A little hard to follow as well. Too wordy. Not worth the price paid." Read more

"An overpriced ebook masquerading as a print book..." Read more

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  • Elizabeth Pavlovna
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well Trained Puppies Grow Up to be Happy Dogs
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2014
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    As someone who loves dogs and owner of several, I had to smile as I read through Puppy Training Guide. I remember that each dog that I had the honor of having as part of my family, arrived while still a puppy. Every situation that author James Jackson goes over is one that I can relate to. I wish I had this book with our first puppy. As first time puppy owners we were thrilled, excited and nervous. We wanted to give the puppy a warm and loving home but honestly, did not know how to go about the loving and the training at the same time.

    Puppy Training Guide takes you through all the stages of puppyhood - how to introduce your new furry family member to your home, how to potty train, the right equipment, develop good manners and how to behave in all sorts of social settings. What I found interesting was that even though we have had several dogs, Puppy Training Guide is very useful as it is well organized to move along with your puppy's growth, the right training at the right time.

    I recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of or has recently got a puppy, To have the best results, It is important to start training right away. I give this book a 5-star rating because it is an excellent step by step system that ensures a well behaved and happy puppy.
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  • For the love of books!!
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good book for initial training. A bit too Anthropomorphic for my tastes....
    Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2014
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    It is a short and good foundation puppy training guide. The first half of the book is very useful, giving you information on the importance of different voices for commands, encouragement/awarding, etc. But after the basics of sit, come, crate training, it isn't as helpful. It doesn't address issues like barking, jumping, leaving household cats alone, clicker training, etc. It is mostly helpful in getting you started. Another thing that bothered me is that it also tends to be unrealistic about how pets think. It put a lot of emphasis on your dogs feelings as if they are a person, I got a very anthropomorphic vibe from the author. I love my dog and I do think dogs have feelings, but I think it's a bit ridiculous to constantly talk about hurting your dogs feelings if you raise your voice too much, etc. Or how if you become angry at your puppy, they can sense it and their feelings will be very hurt b/c they are emotionally sensitive. Anyone who has watched any training videos, seen dog behavior correction shows, or read various training books know that that can be the heart of a lot of behavior problems. Because the owner puts too many human feelings to their pets. Animals have feelings but they aren't necessarily the same as us. <off soap box>. Overall, it's cheap and is a nice initial intro to training.
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  • Scott R. Tidwell
    4.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable, but in some ways incomplete
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2015
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    I learned a lot from this book and definitely recommend it. The book lists most of the commands a puppy should know, and generally clear instructions for teaching these commands.

    In several cases, though, the instruction are unclear. For example, the explanation for teaching the command "settle" (as in settle down) is extremly unclear. I was unable to figure out exactly how the authors want to teach this. I was also able to find online better ways to teach several of the commands (like "come" or "here").

    Also, some issues aren't mentioned at all. For example, the book says nothing about teaching a puppy to walk properly on a leash.

    Despite this, I found the book to be extremely helpful. I am totally new to training dogs, and I would have had no idea at all how to get started if not for this book. Combined with google, the book is an invaluable resource.
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  • Amazon Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars How Did This Get Over Four Stars?
    Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2016
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    I purchased the kindle edition of this based on the reviews. It was one of several puppy books that I purchased and was also the most disappointing. I know kindle editions sometimes have editing problems but honestly the writing style was more sixth grade term paper than professionally written how to book. Sometimes I just couldn't decide what the author's intent had been when writing a particular bit.

    I liked the bullet point lists and the way topics were broken down, but I also kept getting the feeling that I'd somehow purchased a mechanical how to manual for repairing my new wind up toy rather than a guide on how to integrate a new _Living Creature_ into my life successfully.

    This book does have some helpful information for first time puppy parents but I'd reccomend "The Art of Raising a Puppy" by the monks at New Skete or "How to Raise the Perfect Dog" by Cesar Millan any day before I'd even consider this book.
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  • Ron Dinwiddie
    1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Published Book
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2016
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    After reading the book I have to say this is an extremely poorly published book. There are misspelled words, poor grammar, the table of contents is all wrong and missing sections, and all the pages are pg. 187 throughout the entire book. Most of the material is pretty basic and provided some instruction, but no more than can be found on the internet for free. SAVE YOUR MONEY.
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  • RJ San Pedro
    5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect guide for puppy training!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2014
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    Puppies are my weakness. I am so in love with them because they are very cute! This book has taught me a lot especially when it comes to training my puppy be it obedience, crate, or potty kind of training. I find this book very helpful especially for dog lovers out there. It's better to train our pet well while they are still a puppy in order for them to be a well-behaved pet when they grow. Everything I needed was in The Fundamentals of Puppy Training from Chapter 1. Chapter 6, How to Show Love and Affection to Your Puppy is exactly what I needed. Now, my puppy is obedient to me. Kudos, author!
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  • EM
    3.0 out of 5 stars but gave me some great ideas for the puppy training classes I led for ...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016
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    PROS: It's basic, but gave me some great ideas for the puppy training classes I led for kids at the farm summer camp i worked at. I ended up adopting one of the pups and used this book to help me with clicker training, proper commands, dominance, potty training and crate training. My puppy (8 months now) is an amazing dog. She is very obedient and social with people and other dogs. There are techniques in here that teach you how to create a submissive and friendly dog and the clicker and crate have worked like a charm for me and my dog :)
    CONS: there are typos and incorrect grammar in this book which make it feel pretty unprofessional. the author repeats himself - a lot.
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  • lizzy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Finally Something Different
    Reviewed in Canada on March 21, 2016
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    I recommend this book. Provides solutions that aren't available elsewhere. I searched and continued to get the same advice until I found this book.
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  • Mrs. C. J. Lees
    3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Guide
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2014
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    Nice but a little bit short in length.

    Not bad though and gives some good insights. Would have liked to find something new but it was worth a read especially if you have never had a puppy before.
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