Treats, Play, Love: Make Dog Training Fun for You and Your Best Friend Book

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction: Why Write (or Read) This Book?     xiii
Basic Training for Every Puppy: Growing Up Civilized     1
House Manners for Older Puppies and Adults: More Useful Things to Teach     45
Learning from the Past: Compulsive versus Inducive Training, and B. F. Skinner     64
Understanding Your Dog's Personality: We Love Dogs for Their Personalities     72
Preventing Dog Bites: Dominance, Fear Biting, and Pack Leadership     95
Training Basics: If It Eats, You Can Train It     122
Forming the Partnership Between Dog and Handler: The Novice Class Exercises and Rally     155
Jackpot: The Final Step in Food Training: Food Training for Competition     194
Happiness Is a Well-Trained Dog: The Open Class Exercises     198
The Superclass for Almost Every Dog: The Utility Class Exercises     229
The Inner Winner in the Ring: How to Be a Winner No Matter What Happens     269
At the End of a Dog's Life: The Chess Game     295
Why We Do It     302
Title Abbreviations     305
A List of Talented Dogs     309
Index     311