How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend by Monks of New Skete -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments An Introduction to Training

1 Myths, Mutts, and Monks 2 How New Skete Went to the Dogs 3 What Is a Dog? 4 Some Important Terms 5 Selecting a Puppy or Older Dog 6 Researching Canine Roots 7 How to Read a Pedigree 8 Where to Find Training 9 The Concept of Praise in Dog Training 10 Discipline: The Taboo Topic 11 What's Cooking? 12 Grooming Your Dog 13 The Inner Dimension of Training: In the Beginning Is the Relationship

Environments

14 Canine Environments 15 City Life 16 Suburban Life 17 Country Life 18 Outdoor Life

Sensitivity Exercises

19 Your Dog May Be Lonely 20 Where Is Your Dog This Evening? 21 Playing Pavlov 22 Silence and Your Dog 23 Radio Training 24 Massage for Dogs 25 The Round-Robin Recall 26 Keeping Fit for Life 27 Avoid Canine Incarceration! 28 Children and Dogs

Starting Off Right

29 Puppy Training

Standard Obedience Exercises

30 Starting Out 31 Equipment 32 Heeling 33 The Stay 34 The Recall 35 The Down 36 The Down-Stay 37 About Obedience Competition

Problems

38 Understanding Your Dog's Personality: The Problem Explained 39 House Training 40 Chewing, Digging, and Jumping Up 41 Protection Training and Attack Training 42 Alarm Barking 43 Aggressive Behavior, or How to Deal with a Canine Terrorist 44 Behavior In and Out of Cars 45 Social Implications of Training 46 When a Dog Dies: Facing the Death of a Dog

A Parting Word

47 Dogs and the New Consciousness

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