A Training Manual for Humans and their Canine Companions. With two new chapters on Puppy Training and Dominance Aggression.

Instead of going out of your mind, get into his. The only American to study and work with the renowned Barbara Woodhouse, Brian Kilcommons solves all those "bad dog" problems that drive owners crazy-and shows you how to raise a puppy into a happy, perfectly behaved dog. The trick is to understand how dogs think, read their body language, and, with the secrets Kilcommons shares in this book, be "fun, fair, and firm."

A dog-training guide that gives you immediate results even with an adult dog, this manual trains you, as it gives owners everything they need and everything dogs need to become...

GOOD OWNERS, GREAT DOGS Includes specific tips on how to:

Do you already have a dog and now plan bring a baby into me house? Do you already have children and want a great family dog?

Everyone hopes children and dogs will be perfect companions. Brian Kilcommons-one of the country's foremost dog trainers, the only American to study and work with the legendary Barbara Woodhouse, and the official trainer for the PBS series "The Gentle Doctor: Veterinary Medicine"-uses his famous methods to make this relationship a reality. Making training both easy and fun, Brian Kilcommons tells you step by step-with scores of helpful photos-how to get astonishing results in both younger and older dogs. By teaching your pet to accept predictable child-dog interactions before they happen, you can own a dog who is loving, loyal, trustworthy, and great with kids!

• Train an older dog to accept an infant

• Avoid common dog/toddler problems

• Pick the best breed for a family dog

• Teach kids dog care and safety rules

• Special help for dogphobic children

• Terrific tricks kids can teach their dog

• Plus preventative training against jumping, snapping, barking, and aggressive behavior in the family dog...and more!

"All [his] credentials pale beside the regard the dogs have for this handler, whose success is rooted in kindness and insight into how their minds work." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dogs...they make us laugh, make us cry, and sometimes make us crazy. Now, in a book as warm and wonderful as James Herriot's Yorkshire tales but set in the real world of today's pet owners, America's number-one canine experts, Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson, share their adventures in dog training as well as memoirs of their own dogs. From one Siberian Husky puppy trying to make it in the Bahamas to the seven Akitas residing in an Italian villa, you'll meet some unforgettable pooches and learn their owners' pet peeves, including:

• The Rottweiler who played practical jokes

• The Poodle whose smile was mistaken for a snarl

• The Bullmastiff who loved women too much

• The Scottish Terrier who went rabbit hunting in a New York City apartment.

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GOOD OWNERS, GREAT DOGS
by Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson
The only American to study and work with the renowned Barbara Woodhouse, Brian Kilcommons solves all those "bad dog" problems that drive owners crazy-and shows you how to raise a puppy into a perfectly behaved dog. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs and dozens of marvelous real-life stories, this dog-training guide gives you immediate results even with an adult dog. This classic manual has already given countless owners and dogs everything they need to be happy together.

PAWS TO CONSIDER
Choosing the Right Dog for You and Your Family
by Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson
With forty-five years of experience between them, America's number-one dog trainers, Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson, have seen both the headaches that happen when people pick the wrong dog and the wondrous love and companionship that result with the right match. Now with authority and refreshing honesty, these experts provide a fair, unbiased view of health problems, behavior issues, suitability for homes with children, and other essential facts for nearly a hundred popular breeds. This is the one essential book you must have if you're thinking about getting a dog.

MUTTS AMERICA'S DOGS
A Guide to Choosing, Loving,
and Living with Our Most Popular Canine
by Brian Kilcommons and Michael Capuzzo
Mutts is an encyclopedia and a celebration of the pets Americans love best. Delving into the temperaments, personalities, and skills of over a hundred mixed-breed dogs, it tells you how to choose the best dog or puppy for your family and how to train and care for your crossbreed. Full of wonderful photographs and sometimes heartbreaking and often hilarious first-person accounts of these fascinating animals, this guide is informative, fun to read, and bursting with mutt love.