Beyond Basic Dog Training

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. Training the Thinking Dog.

2. Wrong Is Wonderful.

3. Good News and Bad News.

4. Honesty—The Best Policy.

5. Slow Down and Shut Up!

6. A “Pity Party” for Rover, or Little People in Fur Coats.

7. Demand Sweetly.

8. Where to Go to Train.

9. Thereby Hangs a Tale.

10. Why Not “No!”.

11. Understanding Corrections vs. Help.

12. Praise.

13. Training Equipment.

14. Choosing and Raising the Future OTCH.

15. Anticipation.

16. Creatures Big and Small.

17. Special Small Dog and Big Dog Techniques.

18. Proofing.

19. Homework Counts—When It's Done Right!

20. The Fifth-Week Plateau.

21. Using Food in Obedience Training.

22. Cross-Training Your Dog.

23. The On and Off Switch of Dog Attention.

24. Teaching the Dog to Heel.

25. The Figure 8.

26. Teaching the Dog to Heel Off Leash.

27. Understanding Difficult Heeling Patterns.

28. Teaching the Dog to Sit.

29. Sit-Stay.

30. Down and Down-Stay.

31. Out of Sight, Out of Mind?

32. Stay Problems.

33. Come Fore.

34. Teaching Fronts.

35. Teaching the Drop on Recall.

36. The Finish.

37. Stand for Examination.

38. Teaching the Retrieve.

39. Teaching Scent Discrimination.

40. Directed Retrieve.

41. Ready to Start Jumping?

42. Teaching the High and Bar Jumps.

43. Directed Jumping.

44. Teaching the Broad Jump.

45. Teaching Utility Hand Signals.

46. Go Out.

47. Secrets of Showing.

48. The Bible.

49. Using Match Shows to Your Advantage.

50. The Week Before the Show.

51. Obedience for Agility.

52. As You Train Your First Advanced Dog.

53. “As Told by the Dog” or “It's a Dog's Life?”

54. What May Have Caused This Problem?

55. The Relationship.

Index.

About the Author.