Beyond Basic Dog Training

by Bauman, Diane L.

• ISBN13: 9780764541643
• ISBN10: 0764541641
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-10
• Publisher: Howell Book House

Summary

Since its initial publication, Beyond Basic Dog Training has achieved well deserved recognition as an innovative, unique guide to obedience instruction. Obedience authority Diane Bauman's proven training philosophy asserts that the time has come to go beyond training dogs and start teaching them to please us. This has made a vital difference for those who use her method-and for dogs taught by it to succeed in competitive canine sports. In this new, updated edition, Bauman presents the most current knowledge on canine learning patterns. Believing that dogs learn by trial and error, Bauman provides a novel approach that encourages dogs to learn by removing corrections for incorrect responses. As a result, dogs do not fear failure and are taught to exercise options in a quest for the desired behavior. Bauman shows you how to become a "thinking handler" who can train the "thinking dog." Her remarkable ability to view training from the dog's perspective translates into an invaluable tool for building effective communication between you and your dog. The instruction in this authoritative guide is behind Gaines "Superdogs," numerous obedience trial champions, and a host of other canine successes. If you want your dog to be happy, confident stimulated, and secure in the obedience ring, Beyond Basic Dog Training is the book of choice.

Author Biography

DIANE L. BAUMAN is an internationally known obedience and agility instructor with her own training school in central New Jersey. She conducts seminars and clinics throughout the United States and Canada, and is an active competitor herself.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
1. Training the Thinking Dog	1	(3)
2. Wrong Is Wonderful	4	(3)
3. Good News and Bad News	7	(2)
4. Honesty-The Best Policy	9	(2)
5. Slow Down and Shut Up!	11	(3)
6. A "Pity Party" for Rover, or Little People in Fur Coats	14	(2)
7. Demand Sweetly	16	(1)
8. Where to Go to Train	17	(2)
9. Thereby Hangs a Tale	19	(2)
10. Why Not "No!"	21	(2)
11. Understanding Corrections vs. Help	23	(4)
12. Praise	27	(3)
13. Training Equipment	30	(6)
14. Choosing and Raising the Future OTCH	36	(4)
15. Anticipation	40	(2)
16. Creatures Big and Small	42	(2)
17. Special Small Dog and Big Dog Techniques	44	(3)
18. Proofing	47	(6)
19. Homework Counts-When It's Done Right!	53	(2)
20. The Fifth-Week Plateau	55	(2)
21. Using Food in Obedience Training	57	(4)
22. Cross Training Your Dog	61	(3)
23. The On and Off Switch of Dog Attention	64	(7)
24. Teaching the Dog to Heel	71	(28)
25. The Figure 8	99	(5)
26. Teaching the Dog to Heel Off Leash	104	(3)
27. Understanding Difficult Heeling Patterns	107	(2)
28. Teaching the Dog to Sit	109	(3)
29. Sit-Stay	112	(4)
30. Down and Down-Stay	116	(5)
31. Out of Sight, Out of Mind?	121	(2)
32. Stay Problems	123	(3)
33. Come Fore	126	(2)
34. Teaching Fronts	128	(8)
35. Teaching the Drop on Recall	136	(9)
36. The Finish	145	(6)
37. Stand for Examination	151	(6)
38. Teaching the Retrieve	157	(13)
39. Teaching Scent Discrimination	170	(10)
40. Directed Retrieve	180	(9)
41. Ready to Start Jumping?	189	(5)
42. Teaching the High and Bar Jumps	194	(7)
43. Directed Jumping	201	(3)
44. Teaching the Broad Jump	204	(7)
45. Teaching Utility Hand Signals	211	(7)
46. Go Out	218	(8)
47. Secrets of Showing	226	(6)
48. The Bible	232	(3)
49. Using Match Shows to Your Advantage	235	(3)
50. The Week Before the Show	238	(2)
51. Obedience for Agility	240	(4)
52. As You Train Your First Advanced Dog	244	(2)
53. "As Told by the Dog" or "It's a Dog's Life?"	246	(2)
54. What May Have Caused This Problem?	248	(3)
55. The Relationship	251	(4)
Index	255	(18)
About the Author	273