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This book has been very useful when Harry was stung by a honey bee, when he was attacked by a crazy big dog, and when he got choked with a big piece of carrot! These kinds of accidents happen more often than you expect. The most important thing we have learned from this book is when to run to vet and when to wait and see at home. This way, we did not need to lose $150 for a bee sting treatment at vet. This book also has sections for house training, basic obedience and grooming. If you are a new dog owner, but do not have much time to read, then you only need to read this book.

The 3rd edition has more and better photos. As a consequence, it became huge and heavy. But information contained is almost the same as in the 2nd edition. This book has an excellent index. When your dog is in pain, you can quickly identify what is wrong by symptoms and body parts. It explains symptoms and treatments for most common diseases in detail often with photos. No photos are in colour, but it is probably better that way. Otherwise too gross... It has sections for whelping and aging too. But it did not have a section for a bee sting!

A beautiful book. All patterns have been written for dogs of 4 sizes (small, medium, large, and extra large) and will fit dogs from 10 lbs to about 75 lbs. But for a dog under 8 lbs like Harry, the smallest size was still too big. This is for experienced knitters or anyone who has knit human sweaters before. Harry's master could not even start any of the projects, because it was too difficult just to read the patterns. Yet she is very happy to look at the photos and dream that someday she can knit them too...

Highly recommended. This book is not about dogs, but about gourmet food culture in all over the world. Yet it has an extremely interesting chapter titled "The Man Who Cooked For His Dog". There are stories about what classy restaurants in France serve to their clients' dogs, how to roast marrow bones for a dog and other interesting things the author cooks for his dog. Harry's master has never read anything like this before. If you are interested in cooking for your own dog, this book will give you lots of inspiration for what to cook.

Very easy and fun to read. This book explains dog-friendly techniques for teaching a new puppy old tricks (such as basic manners) and for teaching an older dog that is new to training. The contents were pretty much based on Dr. Dunbar's Behaviour Booklets (1985). What we like about any books written by Dr. Dunbar is that they give us not only the training instructions, but also a lot of motivation and courage. After all, what we need the most in dog training is patience!

The cover does not look fancy, but we still think these booklets are the most comprehensive instructions on behaviour problem solvings. Most dog training books mainly discuss how to prevent behaviour problems. But if you have got an older dog who has already developed some habits, what should you do? Then this book can help. 13 booklets:
Barking, Chewing, Digging, Fighting, Housetraining, Housetraining Supplement, Preventing Aggression, Fearfulness, Biting & Scratching, Household Destruction, Socialisation, Social problems, and Hyperactivity.

These booklets were translated and newly published as a beautiful hardcover book in Japan in 2003. The Japanese version has many illustrations. It became one of the most popular dog training books in Japan.

The new edition of Dr. Fogle's complete dog training manual covers everything that a new dog owner needs to know about dog training. There are more photos than texts. So kids can follow it alight too. This edition uses many consecutive photos in the obedience training section. It also has a small section for dog sports! This was the very first dog training book we've got in our library. And we are still grateful that we have it!

Very informative. This book describes how a dog thinks and why it does what it does. It has a large section for various kinds of aggression and it explains how aggression can be prevented by early socialization. It was really fun to read this book, although the topics covered in this book are necessarily not easy. This was possible probably because of Dr. Fogle's dry humour.

Very famous book. This book mainly explains how the monks breed, raise and train German Shepherds at their monastery, but their training method should work well for small breed puppies. Harry was house-trained as described in this book. Harry's master also tied Harry's lead to her belt all the time when Harry was young just as the monks do to their German Shepherds puppies. This way, Harry quickly learned to follow after his master when she is walking, and to lie down at her feet when she is sitting or standing still.

Harry's master learned how to clicker train from this book. This is an extremely easy-to-follow introduction with step by step instructions in pictures. The pictorial index is excellent. We think this is the best book on clicker training. Much easier to read than the most famous clicker training book, Don't Shoot The Dog! (1999). Great for beginners, kids and non-English natives.

If you are interested in the animal science behind clicker training, this is the book for you. Clicker training is a method of teaching behaviour to dogs using positive reinforcement. The successive approximation of desired behaviour is marked with a clicker and rewarded. Inappropriate behaviour is ignored, not punished. This book describes how clicker training for dogs was developed and refined from various scientific approaches. Highly theoretical like a university text book, but very interesting!

There are not many good books on dog agility. If you are thinking about starting agility or just started agility, this is the book for you. It explains how to train dogs to negotiate obstacles, how to build the obstacles, and how to prepare for trials. This was published over 10 years ago, but the information is still new. Great for beginners.

This book tells about the background of dog agility pretty well, but does not explain much about how to train dogs for agility. If you have Simmons-Moake's Agility Training (1992), then you may not find much new information in this book.

This cute little book is full of ideas about various fun tricks. If you are wondering what you can teach to your dog next, then this book becomes handy. Some people say that this book gives little information about how to train dogs. But most tricks in the book can be taught easily with a clicker. Harry learned the "Ring Around the Rosies Trick" from this book and showed it at Sue Sternburg's Trick Contest in 2004. He won the Best Of All Award there.

A very easy-to-follow introduction to dog frisbee. It just not tells you how to make your dog fetch and return a frisbee, but more importantly how to make your dog like fetching a frisbee. Harry was strained to catch a frisbee as instructed in this book. He also used a plastic frisbee as a food bowl for a while to get used to it!

Beautiful photos, excellent index and clear identification guide. Who can ask for more from such a compact encyclopedia of dogs? We like this book very much and we always carry it to dog shows and agility trials to identify breeds. For example, it tells how to identify Welsh Corgi Cardigan from Welsh Cogi Pembroke very clearly. Great for established enthusiasts as well as for kids and beginners!

Harry's family has never got a purebred puppy, as they always end up getting a homeless dog. But they often imagine, how it is like to get a puppy from a breeder. So Harry's master got this book. She chose this book from numerous breed guides because it clearly explains both the positive and the negative aspects of each breed. It also explains the temperament differences between breeder puppies and puppymill puppies.

A dog has run away from his home because he hated a bath. He had a great adventure, but soon he got hungry and came to miss his family. The dog decided to go back home. But nobody in the family could recognize him, because he was too dirty. So the dog jumped into the bath by himself to prove he is really their dog. This is Harry's master's favourite book. Harry has got his name from the dog in the book, although he is always clean. He also almost always runs clean in agility trials.

Fascinating! Striking tales. All dogs in this book have some serious behaviour problems which cannot be treated only by obedience training or changing diet. They needed medicines. Some had to be put to sleep because there was no cure. Yet it still tells that many common problems can be corrected by obedience training and changing diet, if the dog is not clinically ill. It was interesting to know how canine psychology resembles human psychology. After all they have been living together for 14,000 years. No wonder Prozac works for some anxious dogs too...