Companion Dog Training Ebook

CONTENTS
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PSYCHOLOGY OF DOG TRAINING 19
Understanding of mental capacity and character. Can the dog reason? Commands and signs. Hearing, sight and feeling. Punishment and correction. Patience, concentration and seriousness of purpose.
WHAT EQUIPMENT DO WE NEED 26
The case against the harness and the choke collar. The training collar and how to use it. The leash-leather or chain? The whip leash. The chainette, whistle and dumbbell. Wearing apparel for prospective trainers.
PRAISE AND PUNISHMENT 37
The way a dog should obey. Shyness and how to overcome it. Administration of punishment. Stubbornness and how to combat it. Corrective commands. Whipping-a warning.
PUPPY EDUCATION 43
From puppy to junior dog. Housebreaking. Destructivcncss and its correction. Leash control and free play. Heel and Sit.
OBEDIENCE 53
The foundation of all training. Importance of patience and self control. Office of the left hand, the right hand. Intonation. The commands; how, when and where to give them.
LESSON 1-HEELING ON LEASH 57
The dog accompanies his manual, walking at the manual's left side without straining or pulling.
LESSON 2-RIGHT, LEFT, AND ABOUT TURN 65
While walking at heel, the dog turns with the manual to the right, the left and right-about-face.
LESSON 3-SIT 69
The moment the manual stops, the dog assumes the sitting position close to his left side.
LESSON 4-LYING DOWN 74
On command, the dog drops to the ground at the manual's left side and remains there until given the order to move.
LESSON 5-STAYING IN SIT AND DOWN POSITION ... 79
The dog remains in position until given another command even though the manual should disappear from sight.
LESSON 6-FINISH 89
The dog sits in front of the manual, then swings around to the manual's left and finishes in the original sitting position.
LESSON 7-COME WHEN CALLED 93
From a distance, the dog approaches his manual when called, stops, sits hefore him, then swings around to the "finish."
LESSON 8-HEELING FREE 101
Without the leash, the dog walks closely at his manual's left knee.
LESSON 9-STOPPING IN HIS TRACKS WHEN SIGNALLED 107
From a distance the dog approaches his manual, then at command, stops a few feet away and assumes the Down position.
LESSON 10~JUMPING 113
Upon command, the dog jumps the fence or other obstacle, but on command only.
LESSON 11-LONG OR BROAD JUMP 126
The dog leaps across a gradually extended series of low boards, cleanly, without touching.
LESSON 12-RETRIEVING 131
The dog runs for the thrown dumbbell, picks it up, returns with it to his manual, delivering it in sitting position then swinging around to "finish."
PREPARATION FOR OBEDIENCE TESTS 145
How the well trained dog should work. Choice of signs or commands. Children in obedience classes.
A PREFACE TO TRAILING 150
Importance of the preceding lessons which should be mastered before trailing is attempted.
TRAILING OR TRACKING 152
Breeds best suited for trailing. Scent and the way the dog uses it. Development of the trail. Weather conditions, the wind, the scent and the ground. Night practise. Equipment. Scent discrimination.
TRAILING OR TRACKING-CONTINUED 168
Laying the trail. Taking the scent. Sending the dog out. The seven fundamental trails. Seeking back. The stranger's trail. Trailing for persons and speaking on command. Posing. Gunshyness and refusing food from strangers.
CORRECTION OF BAD HABITS 201
Chasing automobiles and bicycles. Stealing food. Picking up food found on the ground. Continuous barking, and how to separate righting dogs.
ATTACK AND PROTECTION 210
The manifold dangers of attack work and the expense of such training.
COURIER AND MESSAGE CARRIER DOGS 216
RED CROSS OR CASUALTY DOGS 228
STANDARD FOR OBEDIENCE TRIALS 258