Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog
Written by Ian Dunbar
Narrated by Michael Page
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completing owner education and preparation
assessing a puppy's prior socialization and education
teaching errorless house-training and chewtoy-training
completing a socialization program of meeting strange dogs and people
learning bite inhibition
a continuing program of ongoing training
In the first half of the book, Dr. Dunbar focuses on what the owner needs to know to select a great puppy. In the second half, he presents the crucial lessons the puppy must be taught during its impressionable early development. Over time, Dr. Dunbar's kind, positive program has been proven the most effective.
Ian Dunbar
Dr. Ian Dunbar is a veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and dog trainer. He has given over 750 full-day seminars and workshops for dog trainers and veterinarians around the world. A columnist, the star of the British television show Dogs With Dunbar, and author, he has written numerous books and hosted a dozen videos about puppy/dog behavior and training. He received his veterinary degree and a Special Honors degree in Physiology & Biochemistry from the Royal Veterinary College (London University) and a doctorate in animal behavior from the University of California in Berkeley. He is the founder of many dog-training organizations, including the Center for Applied Animal Behavior; the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, the largest and most influential worldwide association of professional dog trainers; and Sirius Puppy Training, the leading provider of puppy classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives in Berkeley, CA.
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Reviews for Before and After Getting Your Puppy
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very informative. Great book to read before bringing your puppy home
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed it even if it was a bit dramatic sometimes with “If you don’t do this your dog will end up on the streets and killed”
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5By far the best book in raising a puppy. It is written with the average pet dog owner in mind. You don’t need to be a dog professional to follow his techniques. Every dog owner should have read or listened to this book .
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There is a reason why this is one of the Classics of Dog Training/Dog Behavioral books: Dr. Dunbar imparts essential advice and more importantly: understanding, that you can use to raise a delightful dog to have a happy life together with. One that has excellent habits and behavior. This is all about starting with the clean slate of a puppy, though. His emphasis is on impressing healthy behavioral patterns during their crucial developmental window.