Before and After Getting Your Puppy

The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog

By: Ian Dunbar

Narrated by: Michael Page

Before and After Getting Your Puppy is a simple, practical guide for anyone bringing a new puppy into the family. In clear steps, with easy-to-follow training deadlines, Dr. Ian Dunbar, who pioneered puppy classes and a loving style of dog training in the 1970s, presents a structured yet playful and humorous plan for raising a wonderful dog.

The guide is based on six developmental deadlines:

• Completing owner education and preparation
• Assessing a puppy's prior socialization and education
• Teaching errorless house-training and chew-toy training
• Completing a socialization program of meeting strange dogs and people
• Learning bite inhibition
• A continuing program of ongoing training

In the first half of the book, Dr. Dunbar focuses on what the owner needs to know to select a great puppy. In the second half, he presents the crucial lessons the puppy must be taught during its impressionable early development. Over time, Dr. Dunbar's kind, positive program has been proven the most effective.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©2004 Dr. Ian Dunbar (P)2016 Tantor

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I loved this book because it is writing with knowledge and heart.
The writer has a lot of love and respect for dogs, and he knows what he is talking about. I think that is wonderful.

Dog husbandry

Something that stood out that I haven’t seen in other books are the things to do to prepare your dog to be handled at the vet, when circumstances change in the future (such as when you raise your dogs without young children, and then grandchildren come into the mix) and a lot of thinking down the road for the future information.

Great intro to puppies

This book was a great introduction to puppy training. I appreciated the wit and information given during the book. I would recommend this book to first time puppy owners.

Before and after getting your puppy. Very educational and inspiring information

Wonderful read, I highly recommend this book for anyone looking to get a puppy. Very educational book

good resource

This book was a good dog training resource for our husky puppy! It's easy to follow, and has a positive training focus.