Full Description
Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, the book first establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance core training sessions with classic tricks as well as advanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbee tricks—and useful tricks such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.
Contents
Knack Dog TricksTable of Contents Chapter 1 Trick Training 101The Case for Trick TrainingThe Right AttitudeSize MattersBreed Matters TooFinding your Dog's DrivePriming the Puppy Chapter 2 Tricky ToolsLeashes, Collars and HaltersFinding the Perfect TreatToys for Structured PlayClicker TrainingTarget Sticks and Squeezy CheeseGroup Training Classes Chapter 3 Tricky TechniquesKeep it FunBack-chaining and Breaking DownTiming is EverythingKnow Your Dog!Communicating With Your DogTroubleshooting Tricks for Tricks Chapter 4 Clickers for TrickstersPriming the ClickerKnow When to ClickThe Other Element: TreatsLuring, Bribing and RewardingGet What You Train ForTurn Your Head Chapter 5 The Not-so-Boring BasicsAn Enthusiastic RecallPuppy Push-upsStay and WaitNo-Pull Leash MannersTug GamesLong Distance Learning Chapter 6 Tricks you Can Build OnShake HandsFetch!Roll OverLeaping Tall BuildingsSpin and NipsThrough the Legs Chapter 7 The Controlled CanineWith Control Comes Better MannersWait and ReleaseTeaching Leave ItDrop ItTake it NiceThe Ready, Ready, Ready Game Chapter 8 Advanced BasicsHello, High Five, GoodbyeBang, You're Dead (Not Really.)A Nose for CookiesControlled JumpingSit PrettySequencing for Fun Chapter 9 Smarty Pants Dog TricksHe's Smarter Than You ThinkMy Dog Does CalculusThe Political AnimalDogs Have Feelings TooThe Canine CourierName That Toy Chapter 10 Obedience GamesWatch MeMake Heeling FunFront and FinishMoving Sits and DownsArticle Scent DiscriminationRetrieve and Jump Chapter 11 The Helpful HoundFind the RemoteGet That CatRetrieving the NewspaperCarrying the GroceriesRing Bell to Go OutPut Your Toys Away Chapter 12 Packing and Travelling DogsDress for the DistanceDoggie BackpacksCarting BasicsSkateboarding DogsBicycling with BowserWeight Pulling Chapter 13 Get Out and PlayUnderstand Your Dog's InstinctsSocialize for SuccessFirst Get a Long Line...Off Leash GamesFetch and FrisbeeThe Nose Knows Chapter 14 Channeling Bad HabitsYour Dog Can SpeakFrom Hooligan to Helpful GreeterPottying in PlaceDigging for TreasureFetch for Hyper DogsKids and Dogs Chapter 15 Multiple-Dog Games Managing the Dog PackUnder and OverSpeed Sitting CompetitionGet Your TreatBig Dog Little DogA Punch and Judy Show Chapter 16 When It's Frightful OutsideHide and SeekFind the StuffieJumping GamesSpeed Heeling DemonsRound Robin and Family GamesBed Time Games Chapter 17 Agility TricksExercises on the FlyRear Foot Awareness for ContactsPause and Table GamesWild WeaversCrate GamesGo Around Chapter 18 The Dancing DawgFreestylin' is for EverybodyThe Weave and WalkWalking Funny for FreestyleDancing in PlaceBowing to the CrowdStrut Your Stuff Chapter 19 Complex TricksPutting it TogetherGo Open the FridgeGet Beer, Close FridgeBring Me the BeerTroubleshooting the Beer RunAlways Thank Your Dog Chapter 20 Resource Directory
