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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
A Howell Dog Book of Distinction
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.

Sujets

Breeds

Pets

Sir Stephen Lennard, 2nd Baronet

Dogs

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	21 avril 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780470331064
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Surviving Your Dog s Adolescence
ALSO BY CAROL LEA BENJAMIN
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
Carol Lea Benjamin
PHOTOGRAPHS BY STEPHEN LENNARD AND CAROL LEA BENJAMIN ILLUSTRATIONS BY CAROL LEA BENJAMIN
Surviving Your Dog s Adolescence

A POSITIVE TRAINING PROGRAM

Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Copyright 1993 by Carol Lea Benjamin.
All rights reserved. Parts of this book were previously published in a slightly different form in Pure-Bred Dogs / American Kennel Gazette in November 1985, March 1987, September 1987, October 1988, January 1990, February 1990, March 1990, August 1990, September 1990, August 1991 and April 1992.
Howell Book House
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Carol Lea Benjamin.
Surviving your dogs adolescence: a positive training program / Carol Lea Benjamin; Photographs by Stephen Lennard and Carol Lea Benjamin; illustrations by Carol Lea Benjamin.
p. cm.
Includes index
ISBN 978-0-87605-742-1
1. Dogs-Training. 2. Dogs-Behavior. I. Title.
SF431.H24 1993
636.7 0887-dc20
93-17879 CIP
For Stephen, Best of Opposite Sex
And for Dexter, who taught me how to zoom little airplanes of dog food into his waiting mouth. (So-you re perfect?)
I love you guys!
CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Part One: I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.
1. WHERE, OH, WHERE HAS MY LITTLE DOG GONE?
Differences between puppies and adolescent dogs; the hallmarks of adolescence
2. WINNING YOUR DOG S RESPECT
How gaining your dog s respect and attention benefits both you and your dog
3. HOW TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR DOG
A trainer s dozen of easy, humane, effective and practical ways to prove to your bratty adolescent that you are in charge
4. TOOLS OF THE TRADE
What you need, what you don t need
Part Two: A trained dog willingly does what its owner asks.
5. IS YOUR DOG A CHARACTER?
Better understanding via breed and character types
6. TRADE SECRETS
How to train like a professional
7. THE WAY TO TRAIN
The basics in pictures-how to teach sit, stay, down, heel and come, how to praise and correct, how to stop your dog from breaking commands
Part Three: Man plans, God laughs.
8. GUERRILLA WARFARE
Important rules for rehabilitating a dog with problems
9. DEALING WITH YOUR DOG S PROBLEMS
No-nonsense problem correction for the teenage hooligan, an alphabetical list from aggression to wildness
Part Four: My favorite thing is to go where I ve never been.
10. BUILDING THE DOG YOU WANT
How to build the dog of your dreams
Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author wishes to thank:
Gail, Steve and Alix Grossman and Jake , their adorable Bernese Mountain Dog;
Catherine Gorlin and Laura Calderone and Angus , their cute West Highland White Terrier;
William Scolnik and Holden , his handsome Boxer;
Polly DeMille and Richard Siegel and old friends Benson , the Lab mix and Stewie , the German Shorthaired Pointer;
Margaret McGee and Carrie , her much-loved Golden Retriever;
Bettiann Fishman and Lucy , the movie star;
Dexter , whose adolescence gave me just the right proportions of inspiration and exasperation to get me through this book
and Scarlet , who gave me my Ph.D. in dogs.
Alfred Grossman, DVM, 1993 president-elect of The New York State Veterinary Medical Society and owner of Murray Hill Animal Hospital in New York City, for his careful reading of the manuscript with an eye toward ensuring the health and safety of your dog, and for the warm, informed care he has always given the canine members of my family.
The American Kennel Club for allowing me a continuing forum for my thoughts and ideas about dogs.
Larry Berg, Steve Diller, Job Michael Evans and Captain Arthur Haggerty, four outstanding members of my profession who have both my admiration and affection. You guys are the greatest!
Gail Grossman, for the design of the bookplate.
Steven Bills for his careful darkroom work.
Aidan Kemp and Louise Esler, Dexter s second parents, with a special lipsticky kiss for Steaky.
Madelyn Larsen, my editor, who keeps her own cool (and mine), who knows when to wield a blue pencil and when not to, and for her good company in both wet and dry weather.
William Reiss, my agent, for good representation for over a decade.
With hugs for Victoria and Stephen Joubert, Mimi Kahn and Dick (Legs) Goodman, Laurie and Tim Lehey and for Judy Nelson, wherever you are, honey.
And a hug for Ollie-Still missing you , Red.
Part
One

I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.
S AM S PADE IN D ASHIELL H AMMETT S
T HE M ALTESE F ALCON
1
WHERE, OH, WHERE HAS MY LITTLE DOG GONE?

H e starts out life as he always has, blind, deaf and helpless, a small, soft, furry thing whose round head, plaintive cries and sweet, milky smell elicit tenderness in adults, even some not of his species but of ours. Often, it is at this stage that his future pack falls hopelessly in love with him, sometimes without even knowing the skills he was genetically programmed to act out, his adult size, or his probable temperament. But how can we be blamed for falling for one of nature s best booby traps, the puppy.
Was that how our forefathers got hooked, so long ago? Was it the adorable, mewling puppy, just begging to be held, or was it instead an opportunity noted that was not to be missed: a working companion for the hunt, a low-maintenance burglar alarm and an energy-efficient heating system to warm cold tootsies at the end of a long, difficult day? Who knows? One way or another, canis familiaris , the world s cutest opportunist, wiggled or worked his way into the heart of man.
However the relationship began, the practical side of it was a natural. The dog had a superior sense of smell. Man had a bigger brain. Together they could work better than each was able to apart.
Even today, men and women who hunt often employ a dog as a helpmate. By now, as a result of selective breeding, the dog has become a specialist. He points, flushes, tolls, retrieves. Over the years, as man s lifestyle changed, he selectively bred dogs for other needed skills: herding, guarding, scent discrimination, scout work, tracking. Yet if modern life reveals anything about history, the impractical reasons were what made the bond solid. For while few dogs work for a living today, their place with our species is stronger than ever. The pleasures they offer us have passed the test of time.
Despite the pluses of modern dog ownership, we have problems now, problems which did not exist when this relationship began. Back then, the business of survival was pretty much of a dawn-to-dusk deal. By the time the humans were teenagers, if indeed they lived that long, they had families of their own and were working hard to put food on the table and pelts on their bodies. No one had the leisure time in which to do or be anything like the adolescents of today. Back then, you were born, you grew up and old quickly, you worked your tail off from day one, and you died young. If you were really lucky, you had a dog by your side for all or at least part of your short, perilous journey.

The pleasures dogs offer us have passed the test of time .

The dogs back then lived differently, too. For one thing, they, too, worked their tails off, so to speak, hunting far and wide, bearing and caring for young, keep