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"How to train your dog in one evening" and "sitstayfetch" Training books?

Posted : 1/27/2007 9:02:12 PM

I would just like to ask if anyone has bought the ebooks "sitstayfetch" and/or "How to train your dog in one evening"? Did the books actually work? Thanks[sm=happy.gif]

spiritdogs

Posted : 1/27/2007 9:30:37 PM

I'm a trainer, and I would say that there's no free lunch, Rome wasn't built in a day, and you won't train your dog in one day either. [

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If you want some free lessons that work pretty well, go here:
www.clickerlessons.com
If you want a book that can show you step by step how to train your dog, try "Clicking With Your Dog" by Peggy Tillman. I think dogwise.com should have it.

Xebby

Posted : 1/27/2007 9:31:07 PM

I haven't read thoes training books but I just wanted to say that whatever methoud you use it will take a lot of time and understand, some dogs will "get it" in a short time others may take longer, what works for on dog does not always work for anouther. For the basic commands you can find some really good advice right here on this forum, just do a search for them or start a thred yourself.[

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danielle

Posted : 1/27/2007 11:43:08 PM

Hi Thanks for the reply but not exctly what I'm looking for. The book title isn't completly true, but it's saying how some tricks can be taught in that amount of time. I just wanted to see if anyone had bought it and used it or not.

sandra johnson

Posted : 1/28/2007 5:43:16 AM

I see you aren't looking for advise here, you just want to know if anyone has read and used the books you mentioned. Apparently, the answer is no.I would like to add that you can find a great deal of information here on training your dog because there are several dog trainers including myself. I also would like to give you some unsolicited advise. It takes about thirty repetitions for a dog to learn something new. This is not something you want to 'drill' into your dog in one evening. Spreading it out over time is best. A dog's attention span is short (like a toddler) so working with your dog for a few minutes several times a day will give you the results you are looking for.Good luck.

spiritdogs

Posted : 1/28/2007 7:48:14 AM

Some tricks can be taught in a short time, but if you knew how to train a dog, you'd already know that. So, I guess my answer is still the same, and, no, I have not read that particular book.

Deb

Posted : 1/28/2007 8:12:55 AM

This is not what the OP is looking for, but whatever...

I agree with you, ldyharley, that a few short sessions is best. I actually like Clothier's approach to this, I think she's still got an article that says that you always have time to train. I don't do long sessions with my dog ever, but he is constantly asked to do a little obedience throughout the day. This works better for me, and I have been getting good results. It *feels* like getting a really well-trained dog without doing the work because it's just folded into everything else we do.

I am not exactly building his attention span this way, though... but whatever. He's a pet. I just want him to be good.

mudpuppy

Posted : 1/29/2007 10:07:22 AM

yup. Best way to train is to do multiple very short sessions every day.
You can teach an experienced clicker dog a new trick in under five minutes, but that's after months spent teaching the dog how to learn and be operant.

danielle

Posted : 2/3/2007 5:21:30 AM

Hi,
I just wanted to stay, i bought the book and the tile isn't true, but it's very good for me. Now my dog, bear comes when she's called almost everywhere. We have yet to try it out at the park though. Before she new how to come but she'd ignore, i only do about 1 - 3 minutes everyday of training for about 2 weeks now and there's alot of improve ment because she is alot happier when she's called i think because of the high praise she gets when she comes. It makes a big difference and as soon as bear starts to not show intrest i stop the training. so yea it all worked out good [

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Shirley

Posted : 2/4/2007 12:24:46 AM

I will agree and repeat what some of the folks here are saying, if you've not tried clicker training you may want to look into it. There's one activity to start you on your way, at least it's the one I read about and did. It's called "target". Basically what it is is, you hold out the palm of your hand, tell your dog 'target', and he touches the palm of your hand with his nose. That was the first thing I taught, and it took only 16 mins. Other activities took a bit longer. I wish you the best.