Idiot's guides.

Includes index

Your relationships with your dog. Building a relationship with your dog ; Your dog's environment and training ; Who is your dog? -- Explaining dog training. Set training goals ; Choose a training method ; Your training tools ; Tips for training success -- The basic exercises. Housetraining ; Teaching sit, sit stay, and release ; Teaching down and down stay ; Teaching come ; Teaching attention and leash skills ; Teaching leave it -- Training challenges. Training your puppy ; Preventing problem behaviors ; Addressing problem behaviors ; Trick training and games ; Canine sports and activities

Nothing is more exciting than bringing home a new puppy or dog. But without some basic training, a dog can turn life upside down. -- - Housetraining easily and humanely- Learning the foundations of good behavior: come, sit, down, stay, leave it, walking on a leash, and more.- Correcting bad behavior in a positive way and learning to behave well in special situations and with other dogs- Practicing some fun tricks to help the owner bond with their pet- An introduction to beginning AKC behavioral and competitive training.--