The Dog Trainer's Guide to Parenting: Rewarding Good Behavior, Practicing Patience and Other Positive Techniques That Work

by Hansen, Harold R.

• ISBN13: 9781570715105
• ISBN10: 1570715106
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks

Summary

A dog trainer and stepfather offers parents a fresh and insightful approach to loving, compassionate and effective parenting techniques. Starting out with why so many of the things parents try with their kids don't work, he offers strategies straight from the kennel that make perfect sense in the family room.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction: Does it Work With Kids Too?	xiii
What Love Can and Cannot Do	1	(12)
Get Results Without Getting Angry	13	(10)
Plan Rather Than React	23	(6)
Neither a Doormat Nor a Dictator	29	(12)
Common Emotional Traps	41	(12)
Building Confidence	53	(8)
A Parent's Most Important Role	61	(16)
The Three Meanings of ``No''	77	(12)
Customize Your Parenting	89	(8)
Saying It Once	97	(6)
Parent as Teacher	103	(16)
Training and Discipline	119	(24)
Appendix A: Parents, Not Vendors	143	(12)
Appendix B: Is He ``Dumb'' or Is He Outsmarting You?	155	(6)
Appendix C: The ``Unexpected'' Dog Bite	161	(12)
Appendix D: Becoming the Alpha Dog Without Using the Alpha Roll	173	(16)
Appendix E: Q & A	189	(8)
Index	197