How to Get Your Dog to Do What You Want: A Loving Approach to Unleashing Your Dog's Astonishing Learning Potential Book

[[EDIT]] One of the most important things I remember from this book that I forgot to add in my review is the importance of PRAISE. Many dog owners will tell their dogs "NO!" and jerk on the leash, but very few will say "Yes!" and pet/hug their dog. [[EDIT]]


Fantastic!

The man must be part dog.

One thing I do not recall reading in this book is the benefits of music to help guide your dog's emotional state and energy level. Yeah I'll bet it is boring being by yourself for a couple of hours while the master is away. Why not leave the radio on?

Luckily for me, my dog loves listening to Phil Lesh & Friends GOTV 2002.
One time I took him to the 'Realm with me because the weather was beautiful and he loves to ride in the car. It was at an MTG prerelease so I knew I'd be there a couple of hours. So I folded the back seat down and opened up the "trunk space" in my Toyota Matrix, opened the windows of course, and hooked up my iPod with some cheap passive speakers at a moderate volume.

Well...when I returned a few hours later (the 2 nights of music are several hours of music on end) I could tell that Max Clover was really listening to it because he usually hears my approach and this time he did not. In fact, I have reason to believe that he was so into that incredible creative music that when I called his name I startled him!

Long story short, I remember the days of study hall and doing nothing else but sitting there listening to music and "setting the old imagination aflight" so why should that be any different for dogs who must go long stretches of isolation?

This book, and sensitizing your dog or pet to music:

Highly recommended!