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A dog who's always welcome : assistance and therapy dog trainers teach you how to socialize and train your companion dog / Lorie Long.
Dogs.
Increasingly, owners take their dogs everywhere and expect them to behave in all kinds of social situations. This book shares the proven methods of assistance and therapy dog trainers; after all, assistance dogs are models of doggy decorum. Complete with instructive photos, this guide emphasizes socialization and espouses dog-friendly, reward-based techniques. The training creates a reliable, owner-focused dog and an owner who can read his pet and proactively prevent problems. The result? A reliable canine companion who is welcome anywhere.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780470142486 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: xiii, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Dogs > Psychology. Dogs > Social aspects. Dogs > Training. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 636.70887 Lon | 31681002086262 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
Lorie Long has raised and trained dogs for more than twenty-five years. She and her two Border Terriers compete in dog agility competitions; one recently earned the coveted AKC title Master Agility Champion. Long has taught classes in beginner and intermediate dog obedience, participated in AKC obedience trials, and trained her Labrador Retrievers as therapy dogs who visited nursing home patients. She has had articles published in Dog World, The Whole Dog Journal, and other magazines.
