Zaitz Trick School for Dogs

Fun games to challenge and bond
2008
ISBN: 978-0-85788-628-6
Verlag: Cadmos Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten

Reihe: Dogs

It is not always necessary to go to training classes to keep a dog occupied or teach him to perform certain tasks. Everybody can give a dog a good mental or physical work-out at home or during a daily walk with the use of dog tricks. This doesn't just have to involve run-of-the-mill dog games. This book presents fund and challenging tricks to keep a dog eager and interested. Numerous photos make the practical application of these exercises simple, and encourage readers to 'try this at home'. The main objective is for the human and the dog to enjoy themselves, as well as working in harmony. This book also incorporates some tasks for guide and support dogs for the disabled.

Manuela Zaitz runs dog training classes in Germany and has extensive experience of dealing with dogs, keeping dogs occupied, and dog training.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zaitz, Manuela

Leseproben

Introduction

8

Basic Requirements

9

Conditioned Reinforcement

11

Clicker

11

Tongue Click

12

Words of Praise

12

One Step at a Time

12

Basic Commands

14

Take

14

Touch

15

Nudge

17

Pull

18

Fetch

19

Put it in My Hand

20

Up

21

Down

22

Stop

23

Important Things for the Trick School

25

Visual Signals and Voice Commands

25

Reward, affirmation and Appropriate Treats

26

Jackpot

27

Training duration

28

Signal Control

28

Generalising

29

Commands and How to Make an even Bigger Impression

29

Working at a Distance

30

Setting up Chains of Actions

30

‘No!’

31

Training Diary

31

Tricks

32

Jumping over anarmora

32

‘Play Dead!’

33

Barking

35

Shake a Paw

37

High Five

38

Twist and Fox

39

Roll-over

40

Waving

41

Shame on You!

42

Slalom

44

Figure-of-eight

45

Play Bow

46 ...