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In Praise of Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence

"Carol Benjamin has brought her usual wit and insight to bear on what is one of the most troubling phases for dog owners.... Whether you're having difficulties with a youngster or have a puppy who will soon be an adolescent, you can't help but benefit from reading this book." Robert G. Maxwell President, The American Kennel Club

"A concise and practical guide Zthat] confronts almost every potential problem...with solid advice and good humor. It is destined to become a dog owner's next best friend." ?Roger A. Caras President, ASPCA
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Overview

In Praise of Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence

"Carol Benjamin has brought her usual wit and insight to bear on what is one of the most troubling phases for dog owners.... Whether you're having difficulties with a youngster or have a puppy who will soon be an adolescent, you can't help but benefit from reading this book." Robert G. Maxwell President, The American Kennel Club

"A concise and practical guide Zthat] confronts almost every potential problem...with solid advice and good humor. It is destined to become a dog owner's next best friend." ?Roger A. Caras President, ASPCA
A Howell Dog Book of Distinction

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Publishers Weekly
Lest any dog owner think thorough puppy-training sufficient to ensure happily-ever-after canine camaraderie, the author of the puppy-training classic Mother Knows Best pinpoints a trouble spot in doggie development. At anywhere between five and 10 months of age, warns Benjamin, the typically ``underemployed'' family dog will hit adolescence, and even a previously obedient dog may become ``bratty,'' ``moody'' and easily distracted. The language here may be anthropomorphic, but Benjamin quickly goes on to offer sensible solutions to a legitimate set of canine behavior problems. She bases her training on the well-known model whereby the owner assumes the so-called Alpha role in the ``pack''; while she has explained her theories and methods in previous books, and while most of her strategies for ``winning your dog's respect'' are more explicitly discussed in her colleague Job Michael Evans's People, Pooches and Problems , her focus on the adolescent dog is unique and her insights about general training are stimulating. The tone is chatty and the pace leisurely--which may reassure those in need of sympathy and aggravate others who want to get down to business. Illustrations not seen by PW. (Oct.)
Library Journal
Benjamin, a well-known dog trainer with over 20 years of experience, here offers a recipe for transforming the willful, disobedient adolescent canine into an enjoyable, well-behaved companion. Her method, which will be familiar to readers of her regular column in Pure Bred Dogs and American Kennel Gazette and in her other books, including Dog Problems (Howell, 1989) and Mother Knows Best (Howell, 1985), is based on treating the dog and his human family as a ``pack'' and establishing the dog's owner as its ``alpha'' member. While her book focuses on problems typical of adolescence, such as house soiling, destructiveness, aggression, disobedience, and overexuberance, Benjamin rightly points out that ill-trained dogs will have carried these ``adolescent'' problems into adulthood, making her guide appropriate for any dog owner. In a particularly useful section, she deals with the inherited behavioral tendencies of different breeds and ``character'' types and offers positive suggestions on how to channel these tendencies into acceptable behaviors. An entertaining book teeming with good advice. Recommended.-- Ellen Finnie Duran ceau, MIT Lib.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780876057421
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/28/1993
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 636,659
  • Product dimensions: 6.34 (w) x 9.52 (h) x 0.73 (d)

Meet the Author

About the Author CAROL LEA BENJAMIN is a professional dog trainer with over twenty years' experience with dogs of all ages and with all kinds of problems. She is the author of six other books on dog behavior, Mother Knows Best: The Natural Way to Train Your Dog; Dog Problems; Dog Training for Kids; Dog Tricks (with Captain Arthur Haggerty); Second-Hand Dog: How to Turn Yours into a First-Rate Pet and The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter. In addition, she has written two novels and four nonfiction books for children. Her award-winning column, "Dog Trainer's Diary," has been published in the AKC's Gazette since 1979.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

PART ONE: "I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble.".

1. Where, Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

2. Winning Your Dog's Respect.

3. How to Have an Appropriate Relationship with Your Dog.

4. Tools of the Trade.

PART TWO: "A trained dog willingly does what its owner asks.".

5. Is Your Dog a Character?

6. Trade Secrets.

7. The Way to Train.

PART THREE: "Man plans, God laughs.".

8. Guerrilla Warfare.

9. Dealing with Your Dog's Problems.

PART FOUR: "My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.".

10. Building the Dog You Want.

Index.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 21, 2003

    Great Training Aid!!!

    This is a good positive training method! I'm sorry, but the trainer is the alpha dog. Your dog needs to know that you are in charge and that you will punish him if needed, especially if you have a larger breed. Food rewards are not needed. If you use them, your dog will come to expect them and then what hapens if he's in trouble and won't listen to you because you don't have food? : )

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 10, 2001

    How True . . . a book that describes my dog exactly

    I had recently adopted a 1 yo mix breed dog from the local shelter, and was completely overwhelmed by the numerous problems he had when he arrived home. He had many of the problems related to an adopted dog including separation anxiety, no self confidence, fearful. On top of that he was a typical neutered adolescent male dog. This book addressed his adolescent mind and behavior very well, and helped me to better understand his frequent lack of focus, and memory when it came to learning basic commands. He seemed to be a different dog from day to day. One step forward, two steps back. One day he'd know sit. The next day he wouldn't even remember his name, much less sit. This book teaches us how to become a great alpha dog, to better understand doggy adolescence, and to shape our unruly friend into a great dog for life.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 14, 2002

    Don't be fooled!

    The cover of this book touts it as 'a positive training program.' From the point of you of an enthusiast of clicker training, which is the ultimate positive training program, this book is not about positive training at all! It is about choke collars, jerking the leash, making corrections, making the trainer the alpha 'dog', and to top it off, no food treats!!! The author claims this is positive training in that you will not be hurting the dog any more than its mother ever did. If you want to learn how to positively train your dog, regardless of his age, read any of Karen Pryor's books.

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