You and Your Puppy: Training and Health Care for Your Puppy's First Year

First published in 1995, this authoritative book has helped nearly 40,000 families raise healthy, content pets. Packed with illustrations and photos, it explains how to keep puppies healthy, put them through basic training, correct behavior problems, and integrate them into family life.

Since the initial publication, coauthor Sarah Hodgson has become the media's favorite puppy expert—a dog trainer who writes for The New York Times, appears on the Rosie O'Donnell Show,"" the ""Today Show,"" and other programs, and even helped Katie Couric choose a puppy.""

You are the proud owner of an adorable puppy. Lucky you! You are in for the time of your life as you watch your puppy grow, get to know your puppy, and raise a new family member. And like any family member, your puppy will need to learn some basic manners and will need to be well taken care of.

The authors of You and Your Puppy?a professional dog trainer and a veterinarian?understand what it takes to turn that bundle of fluff into a healthy, happy canine companion.

In You and Your Puppy you'll find a training schedule to work with your puppy through every developmental phase, including adolescence. You'll also learn how to housebreak your puppy, how to control nipping and chewing, how to puppy-proof your home, what your puppy should be eating, what shots your puppy needs, how to control fleas and ticks, and much more.

You and Your Puppy is the all-in-one puppy-rearing book you can turn to for the first 12 months of your puppy's life, and come back to as your puppy matures.
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