Knack Dog Tricks: A Step-By-Step Guide To Teaching Your Pet To Sit, Catch, Fetch, & Impress (Knack: Make It Easy) - Softcover

MacDonald, Carina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599216124 ISBN 13: 9781599216126

Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Whether one has a difficult dog or a charm-school puppy, part of the fun is how much a pup wants to play. With Knack Dog Tricks in hand, anyone can teach a dog a new set of tricks. 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 such as “shake hands” and “roll over.” And it covers 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.

About this title

About the Author

Carina MacDonald is the author of Knack Dog Care & Training and the award-winning Raw Dog Food: Make It Easy for You and Your Dog. She owns a pet-sitting business that caters primarily to dogs and she trains dogs in agility and obedience.

 

Stephen Gorman is a photographer and writer whose photo-essay books include Northeastern Wilds. His work has also appeared in Knack Dog Care & Training, Knack Car Camping, and Knack Canoeing for Everyone, and in such magazines as Outside and Audubon.

 

Eli Burakian is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in Knack Dog Care & Training.

From the Back Cover

Dogs love to play. Whether you have a difficult dog or a charm-school puppy, capitalizing on her play drive by teaching her tricks will make training fun for your dog--and doing so can hone obedience skills. With Knack Dog Tricks in hand, anyone can teach a dog a new set of tricks. Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, it establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance training sessions with classic tricks. It also covers advanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy Frisbee tricks--and owner-friendly tricks, such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat. 450 full-color photos covering: The Right Tricks for Your Breed * Clicker Tricks * Obedience Games Fetch * Shake Hands * Roll Over * Agility Training * Dancing Dogs Tricks for Two Dogs

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599216124
• ISBN 13: 9781599216126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256