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"Carol Lea Benjamin is the finest writer about dogs we have today." Job Michael Evans, former Monk of New Skete and author of the best-selling How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend

Dog Training in 10 Minutes is Carol Lea Benjamin's dog-training book for the 1990s, geared specifically for people short on time but long on intention. Chapters cover:
* How to Know What Your Dog Is Feeling
* Teaching via Praise and Correction
* The Bare Minimum (Sit; Give Your Paw; Housetraining; How to Stop Your Dog from Pulling)
* Ten Secrets of Problem Correction
* Ten Ways to Play
There's even a "Ten Minute Work-Out" to do before leaving your dog alone a great way to calm and satisfy your dog. With its down-to-earth style, practical advice and emphasis on the dog-owner relationship, Dog Training in 10 Minutes is sure to follow in the wildly successful paw prints of Carol's other books: Mother Knows Best: The Natural Way to Train Your Dog: Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence; Second Hand Dog: How to Turn Yours into a First-Rate Pet; Dog Problems; Dog Tricks (with Captain Arthur Haggerty); Dog Training for Kids; and The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter
A Howell Dog Book of Distinction
Also by Carol Lea Benjamin.

Acknowledgments.

A Note about Gender.

Introduction.

PART ONE: Preparation.

1. Sad, Mad, Bad, Glad: How to Know What Your Dog Is Feeling.

2. Dressing Your Dog for Work.

3. Teaching Friendly Respect.

4. Teaching via Praise and Correction.

PART TWO: Education.

5. The Bare Minimum.

6. No-Training Training.

7. Essentials.

PART THREE: Anticipation.

8. Life Insurance.

9. How to De-Stress Your Dog.

10. Ten Secrets of Problem Correction.

PART FOUR: Recreation.

11. Ten Ways to Play.

12. The 10-Minute Workout.

About the Author.

Index.

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Pets

Training

Dogs

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	18 mai 2009
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780470493441
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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A Simon Schuster Macmillan Company 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019-6785
Copyright © 1997, by Carol Lea Benjamin All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.
Macmillan is a registered trademark of Macmillan, Inc.
Book design by George J. McKeon
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Benjamin, Carol Lea. Dog training in ten minutes / written and illustrated by Carol Lea Benjamin ; with photographs by Stephen J. Lennard and the author. p. cm. ISBN 0-87605-471-8 1. Dogs—Training. I. Title. SF431.B4215 1997 636.7’0887—dc20 96-23752 CIP
Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
Some of the drawings and part of the text of this book were previously published in a slightly different form in the AKC Gazette in May 1987, February 1993, June 1993, September 1993, October 1993, April 1994, June 1994 and April 1995.
For Laurie Nelson Lehey, good friend
and for Dexter and Flash, sit, stay, come, roll over, good dogs
A LSO BY C AROL L EA B ENJAMIN
Dog Training for Kids
Dog Tricks (with Captain Arthur J. Haggerty)
Dog Problems
The Wicked Stepdog, a novel
Cartooning for Kids
Nobody’s Baby Now, a novel
Mother Knows Best: The Natural Way to Train Your Dog
Writing for Kids
Second-Hand Dog: How to Turn Yours Into a First-Rate Pet
The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter
Surviving Your Dog’s Adolescence
This Dog for Hire, a mystery
CONTENTS
Also by Carol Lea Benjamin
Acknowledgments
A Note about Gender
Introduction
Part One PREPARATION
1. Sad, Mad, Bad, Glad: How to Know What Your Dog Is Feeling Body Language, Illustrated and Explained
2. Dressing Your Dog for Work
3. Teaching Friendly Respect “Follow Me”
4. Teaching via Praise and Correction Praise and Correction as Teaching Tools
Part Two EDUCATION
5. The Bare Minimum “No” and “Okay” Growing Up Unaggressive “Sit” “Give Your Paw” “Right Now” (The Laws of Nature as They Apply to House Training) How to Stop Your Dog from Pulling
6. No-Training Training “Watch Me” “Leave It” “Wait” “On” “Off” “Turn Around” “Let’s Go”
7. Essentials How Dogs Really Learn Walking on the Leash Staying Put Coming When Called Lying Down A Pictionary of Hand Signals
Part Three A NTICIPATION
8. Life Insurance “Speak” “Smell It” “Find Me” The Emergency Sit
9. How to De-Stress Your Dog
10. Ten Secrets of Problem Correction 1. Don’t be afraid to say no. 2. If your dog is aggressive, keep him moving. 3. Have your dog work for petting. 4. Make sure your expectations are appropriate. 5. Always begin and end a training session with something your dog does well 6. Use the silent treatment. 7 Use it or lose it. 8. Do not give your dog more freedom than he can handle. 9. Do not share your bed with a problem dog. 10. If your dog has a problem, increase his exercise.
Part Four RECREATION
11. Ten Ways to Play 1. Howl 2. Jump, Three Ways 3. Sneeze 4. Wave “Good-Bye” 5. “Back Up” 6. Catch, Three Ways 7. “Paws Up” 8. “Close the Door” 9. “Roll Over” 10. “Find It”
12. The 10-Minute Workout
About the Author
Index
A CKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks to:
Donald McCaig, Gene Sheninger, Larry Berg, Stephen Joubert, Arthur Haggerty and dear absent friend Job Michael Evans for invaluable dog talk at the highest level;
Sean Frawley, Dominique DeVito and Beth Adelman at Howell Book House;
Gail Hochman, who I took straight to the dogs;
Richard Siegel, Polly DeMille and Gina Spadafori for friendship beyond measure;
Stephen, my sweetie;
Odo, Annie, Magic, Holden, Katy, Yankee, Dexter and to Ollie. Still missing you, Red.
With hugs and kisses for Victoria and Zachary Elijah.
A NOTE ABOUT GENDER

Some writers, in an attempt to be politically correct, refer to a dog whose gender has not been mentioned previously as it. Because I am able to tell from a great distance whether a dog is male or female, and because I see vast differences in the behavior of males and females, I am unable to think of a dog, neutered or natural, as an it.
Other writers, to compensate for the fact that dogs were referred to as he for years, as if there were no bitches about, use an affirmative action approach, referring to all dogs as she.
In this book, using a personal approach, because having a dog is deeply personal, I have decided to refer to all dogs other than specifically named dogs as he, because at the time of this writing a he is what I’ve got.
Let no person take offense, as none is implied.
I NTRODUCTION
This is a book for every busy person who has a dog. Even if you have little time for the why of dog behavior, you still need the how —how to get your dog to sit, stay, come when called, close a door, give a kiss and turn around in the tub so that you can wash his other side.
When work is long and time is short, you need a kind, quick, effective way to educate your dog for his safety, your sanity and for the closeness working together creates. Happily, you can teach your dog just about anything, working only ten minutes at a time.
Still, it is best to remember that training is not merely something to practice for ten minutes a day, nor are commands an end in themselves. Training is best when integrated into the life of owner and dog from the outset of the relationship. The point of training is not so much what it teaches the dog to do, but what it helps the dog become —the most evolved, interesting, communicative, playful friend he can be given his genetic makeup and inherited character.

Because most new skills will take time to gel—not so much like the way a pudding sets in the refrigerator, but by use—one tip for saving time is not to teach your dog anything neither of you needs.
On the other hand, the more you teach your dog, the faster and more easily he can learn. So figuring out why you need your dog to wave good-bye, jump over your legs or back up on command may be worth your while.
The one thing you cannot accomplish in ten minutes that you thought would take an hour is exercising your dog. Sadly, if there’s no time in your life to exercise your dog and no one else to do it for you for either love or money, it is probably not the right time for you to have a dog. Cheating a dog of the chance to use his mind and body with delightful abandon, preferably out-of-doors, is buying trouble on the installment plan. Eventually you and your dog will pay the price.

Even here, we offer help. Special ten-minute workouts that address your dog’s need for mental and physical exercise are included in this book and can easily be integrated into your daily routine. These will count as part of your dog’s daily exercise.

In addition, once you have taught your dog not to pull, some of his need to exercise, socialize and explore can coincide with your own necessary outings.
As for the rest, the time you spend with a trained dog, tossing a ball, watching him romp with his fellows or taking him for a run and a swim at the beach after hours, he’ll be such a pleasure to be with that you will want to spend the time with him. An obedient, well-exercised dog, you will see, is a more excellent companion than you might now imagine.
P ART O NE
Preparation
One
Sad, Mad, Bad, Glad: How to Know What Your Dog Is Feeling
If your dog were a cartoon, you’d always know what he was feeling.

His eyebrows would point up to show worry.

Droplets of sweat would fly out to the side when he was anxious.

He’d look positively wicked when he had naughty thoughts \ or, worse yet, had done a naughty deed.

He’d have a canine version of that have-a-nice-day grin when he was happy…

…and a little balloon would appear occasionally over his head to reveal significant inner dialogue.
If you want to know what a real dog is feeling, almost what he’s thinking, his body language will tell you. It can be as clear a message as those delivered by cartoon dogs.
A tucked tail, a play bow, a submissive show of chest and belly, legs apart in an aggressive stance—these tell a reliable story. Body language reveals the individual, each gesture a tale of irrevocable truth.
B ODY L ANGUAGE , I LLUSTRATED AND E XPLAINED
Fear

In order to protect himself from real or imagined dangers, the fearful dog holds everything tight to his body. His ears may be down or back, close to his head. His tail may be tucked. He may crouch, rounding his back and holding his head low. He may tremble.
Aggression

The aggressive dog tries to gain advantage by making himself appear as large as possible. His ears may be up and slightly forward. His hackles, the hair along the crest of his shoulders and along his spine, may stand up—hence the expression “Don’t get your back up.” He’ll be on his toes, both literally and figuratively, alert, ready for anything or anyone. His tail may stand straight out behind him, like a rudder, and it will probably be somewhat stiff. He may pull back his lips in order to show you his teeth. His eyes will look hard. His whole demeanor will be tense and still.
Dominance

The dominant dog will show his dominance toward you by staring, mounting (even when it’s spring, if your dog mounts your leg, trust me, it isn’t love), disobedience, shoving, always trying to get ahead of you, usurping your favorite spot, ignoring you, demanding attention. The dominant dog may display dominance toward other dogs by teeing up. That is, he will rest his chin or his paws on the other dog’s shoulders, which delivers the clear message that he is top dog. He may also try to mount the other dog. He may raise his hackles, show his teeth, growl or even attack.
Submission

The submissive dog uses ritualistic postures that all dogs, domesticated and wild, and even wolves, understand. The postures say, “Hey, I’m no threat; don’t at