101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog

Sundance, Kyra; Chalcy

ISBN 10: 1592533256 / ISBN 13: 9781592533251

Published by Quarry Books, 2007

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1592533256I3N00

Synopsis:

101 Dog Tricks is an international bestseller in 18 languages with over a half-million copies sold worldwide! This beautifully designed book features step-by-step instructions with easy-to-follow color photos of each step.

Each trick is rated with a difficulty rating and prerequisites to get you started quickly. Tips and troubleshooting boxes cover common problems, while Build on it! ideas suggest more complicated tricks that build on each new skill.

Tricks range from simple ones like Sit, Shake Hands, Fetch, and Roll Over, to extraordinary ones like Tidy Up Your Toys into the Toybox and Get a Soda from the Fridge. Organized by theme, it's easy to find the next trick to work on with your dog. Just a few of the themes to choose from:

• Chores, such as Newspaper Delivery and Get Your Leash
• Funny tricks, such as Doggy Push-ups and Play the Piano
• Dancing, such as Moonwalk and Chorus Line Kicks
• Love, such as Kisses and Wave Goodbye

Trick training will help you bond with your dog and integrate him or her into your family. Tricks also help keep your dog mentally and physically healthy and establish paths of communication between you. Many tricks build skills used in dog sports, dog dancing, and dog therapy work. 101 Dog Tricks will inspire you to do more with your dog!

Millions of people have found success with Kyra Sundance's step-by-step techniques—and you can, too.

About the Author:

Kyra Sundance is a world-renowned dog trainer, lecturer, and NY Times best-selling author of 101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge and Bond with Your Dog. With over a million copies in print, Kyra's award-winning books, kits, and DVDs have inspired dog owners worldwide to develop fun and rewarding relationships with their dogs. Her other books include Dog Training 101, The Dog Tricks and Training Workbook, 51 Puppy Tricks, and 101 Dog Tricks Kids Edition.

Honed through decades of professional experience, Kyra's easy to follow step-by-step training methods are the most effective and humane way to train. Her positive methods foster confident, happy dogs who are motivated to do the right thing rather than fearful of making a mistake.

As professional performers, Kyra and her Weimaraners starred in shows for the king of Morocco, Disney's Hollywood stage shows, circuses, NBA halftime shows, on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Animal Planet, in movies, and in their own television series. Kyra is a professional set trainer for movie dogs, and is nationally ranked in competitive dog sports. She presents workshops around the world on dog tricks and canine conditioning.

Kyra is CEO of "Do More With Your Dog"! trick dog titling organization; the "National Trick Dog championships"; and Chair of the "Trick Dog Expo". An avid runner, Kyra competes in 35-mile mountain ultramarathons and enjoys spending time with her dogs on their ranch in California's Mojave desert. 

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Bibliographic Details

Title: 101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to ...
Publisher: Quarry Books
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket