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New from TFH: Train and Nurture Your Dog Through all Stages of His Life
Parenting Your Dog: Develop Dog-Rearing Skills for a Well-Trained Companion
Contact:
Leigh Curtin, Curtin Communications: 908-309-7053; Curtincomm@yahoo.com
Anthony Siciliano, TFH Publications: 732-897-6716; asiciliano@tfh.com
Have you ever found yourself comparing the joys and frustrations of raising a dog with child rearing? If so, you’re not alone!
New, from the award-winning TFH Publications, comes one of the only books on the market to apply specific human parenting techniques to various aspects of canine ownership: Parenting Your Dog: Develop Dog-Rearing Skills for a Well-Trained Companion ($19.95; ISBN: 978-0-7938-0641-6). Written by internationally renowned animal educator Trish King, this revised and expanded edition of the highly respected and successful original features updated text, full-color photos, and a quick-reference format that makes the step-by-step training instructions easier to master.
Parenting Your Dog includes:
- Chapters organized by life stage – puppyhood, adolescence, and adulthood – to provide age-specific care and training information
- Insight into the canine psyche at each stage of development
- Step-by-step training instructions with an emphasis on reward-based learning
- Case studies and proactive checklists to achieve training success
- Strategies to help resolve problem behaviors
With sensitivity, wit and an innate understanding of how dogs “think,” Parenting Your Dog provides dog parents with tools to help forge loving, rewarding and long-lasting relationships with their dogs.
About the author:
Trish King is the Director of the Animal Behavior & Training Department at the Marin Humane Society (MHS) in Marin County, California. She established the Canine Consultant/Instructor Academy at the MHS, is a member of the panel that put together the Delta Society’s Professional Standards for Dog Trainers: Effective, Humane Principles, and is a nationally renowned expert and guest speaker.
Also new this spring from TFH Publications:
For more information on TFH Publications and their award-winning pet books, visit www.TFH.com
Related Files:
ParentingYourDog.pdf
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