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alphawaffle's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
3.5
I read the version of this published in 2010, and if it were 2010, I would have given this book 4 or 5 stars.
However, it’s not 2010, it’s 2023, and much has changed. This is still a great book (and ahead of its time!) but some of the advice within is a bit dated and not backed by science. Nothing that would be bad if followed, but just not necessary.
All in all a great book and amazing authors but I’d be more likely to recommend a more recent book.
However, it’s not 2010, it’s 2023, and much has changed. This is still a great book (and ahead of its time!) but some of the advice within is a bit dated and not backed by science. Nothing that would be bad if followed, but just not necessary.
All in all a great book and amazing authors but I’d be more likely to recommend a more recent book.
khoar's review against another edition
5.0
Patricia McConnell and Ian Dunbar set the bar for dog training books.
kelshef's review
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
Easy to read and understand; well organized. Leaves some questions unanswered for the sake of simplicity, and the reader has a feeling of “well now what?” when the book ends. I’ll likely read the one on older puppy training when our dog gets to that point.
michellecharlotte's review
4.0
"Somewhere between five to seven months, your previously docile puppy may become impossible one day and go back to being an angel the next. Just when you are feeling proud of how much you and your dog have progressed, your training goes backward rather than forward."
I had to laugh when reading this. Our puppy turned five months a week ago and we have already experienced this. One day she was a hell beast. She was troubled by her teething in the evening so she got a frozen Kong, and the rest of the evening and the day after she was an angel again. It wasn't the magic of the frozen Kong but just her puberty starting.
I love the training exercises in this book and the helpful tips. We already have some foundations on the basic exercises with our pup, but still this book gives lots of inspiration to train and strengthen the foundation. We're definitely going to try some things with our girl on a daily basis.
I had to laugh when reading this. Our puppy turned five months a week ago and we have already experienced this. One day she was a hell beast. She was troubled by her teething in the evening so she got a frozen Kong, and the rest of the evening and the day after she was an angel again. It wasn't the magic of the frozen Kong but just her puberty starting.
I love the training exercises in this book and the helpful tips. We already have some foundations on the basic exercises with our pup, but still this book gives lots of inspiration to train and strengthen the foundation. We're definitely going to try some things with our girl on a daily basis.
janikas's review
4.0
I really like Patricia McConnell's books on dog training. While preparing for the arrival of an eight weeks old puppy, I read this book among several others and I loved the division into weekly training suggestions. The division makes a lot of sense and I think is easy to follow.
The only downside to this division is that the theoretical part about dog behavior is also divided. It might have been better to split the book into a theoretical part and a part with the weekly exercises.
Especially getting the puppy acquainted with other dogs in the household comes way too late in the book. The puppy will get to know the other dogs in week one, not five weeks later. Also, this section is far too short and does not address how to introduce your puppy to cats or other pets in your household. I can understand her referring to her other books on this topic, but a little more guidance would have been nice.
All in all, this is a good book on puppy training, but you should read it as a whole before you get your puppy, not week by week.
The only downside to this division is that the theoretical part about dog behavior is also divided. It might have been better to split the book into a theoretical part and a part with the weekly exercises.
Especially getting the puppy acquainted with other dogs in the household comes way too late in the book. The puppy will get to know the other dogs in week one, not five weeks later. Also, this section is far too short and does not address how to introduce your puppy to cats or other pets in your household. I can understand her referring to her other books on this topic, but a little more guidance would have been nice.
All in all, this is a good book on puppy training, but you should read it as a whole before you get your puppy, not week by week.