Hip Ideas for Hyper Dogs , livre ebook

Table of Contents
 
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Also by Amy Ammen from Howell Book House:
Acknowledgements
Index of Basic Skills
Introduction
THERE’S NO REASON TO DESPAIR
NO TIME TO SPARE?
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOM FROM FOOD
HEALTH AND SAFETY
 
Chapter 1 - The Hyper Dog
 
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR: HYPER-DOGDOM
REAP THE REWARDS
 
Chapter 2 - The Personality Profile
 
SIZING UP YOUR DOG
MOLDING CHARACTER
MANAGING TEMPERAMENT
IMPROVING WITH AGE
 
Chapter 3 - Achieving Control
 
A FEW CASES THAT PROVE THE POINT
THE BASICS
GOOD MANNERS
NURTURING YOUR DOG’S INNER EINSTEIN
 
Chapter 4 - Happy Hour
 
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
THE INSIDE STORY
TWICE THE FUN
THE SOCIABLE DOG
 
Chapter 5 - Winding Down
 
GOOD GROOMING
DOGGIE MASSAGE
SNUGGLING AND SNOOZING
ESSENTIAL OILS
BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY
 
Chapter 6 - Feng Shui
 
CREATURE COMFORTS
PROBLEM-PROOFING THE ENVIRONMENT
BOREDOM FIGHTERS
 
Chapter 7 - Tricks of the Trade
 
THE WAY TO A DOG’S HEART
ENERGY EATERS
CONTROL GRABBERS
CLICKER TRAINING
 
Chapter 8 - Organized Sports
 
THE RIGHT SPORT FOR YOU
AGILITY
CANINE FREESTYLE
CANINE FRISBEE
CARTING, DRAFTING, AND SLEDDING
DOCK DIVING
EARTHDOG
FIELD TRIALS AND HUNTING TESTS
FLYBALL
HERDING
LURE COURSING
OBEDIENCE AND RALLY-O
TERRIER RACES
TRACKING, SEARCH AND RESCUE, AND TRAILING
WATER RESCUE TESTS
WEIGHT PULLING
 
Chapter 9 - Extenuating Circumstances
 
ANIMAL COMPANIONS
A NEW BABY
TODDLERS, CHILDREN, AND TEENS
MOVING DAY
TRAVELING COMPANION
GOOD GROOMING
AT THE VET’S OFFICE
RE-HOMING YOUR DOG
 
Chapter 10 - Hyper Troubleshooting
 
GUIDELINE 1: DON’T DESPAIR
GUIDELINE 2: BE DILIGENT
GUIDELINE 3: TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS, FROM A TO Z
CITY DOG, COUNTRY DOG
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
 
Index
About the Authors
Photo Credits
Praise

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Ammen, Amy.

Hip ideas for hyper dogs / Amy Ammen and Kitty Foth-Regner.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-470-04101-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Dogs—Training. 2. Dogs—Behavior. I. Foth, Kitty. II. Title.
SF431.A437 2007
636.7’0835—dc22
2006025511

Book production by Wiley Publishing, Inc. Composition Services
To Amy’s Dad, for two inspiring examples of when and why to follow one’s instincts.
 
And Kitty’s husband, Dave, for never once complaining about the evenings and weekends lost to working on this book.
Also by Amy Ammen from Howell Book House:
Training in No Time: An Expert’s Approach to Effective Dog Training for Hectic Lifestyles
Dog Training: An Owner’s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
Acknowledgments
A thousand thanks to all those who helped make this book a reality, including:

Wiley Publishing acquisitions editor Pam Mourouzis for sharing our vision
Editor Beth Adelman for her outstanding suggestions on improving our manuscript
Photographers Wendy Simon, Jan Plagenz, James Weyenberg, and Donna Krischan
Beth Castro, who provided us with a perfect location for our biggest photo shoot
Lynette Bartelt and Todd Thurber, who provided both human and canine talent for that photo shoot
Two dozen other dog fanciers who contributed their expertise or photos or both, from as far away as England and Greece
The many Amiable Dog Training students who gave us insight into the inner workings of their own hyper dogs Amiable office manager Mary Ebel, whose competence and attention to detail allowed Amy to give her full attention to this book
Each other, for making our working Mondays the best day of the week
And Able, Obey, The Beaver, Shadow, and Lucy, for keeping us laughing during even the most grueling days
Index of Basic Skills
To train a hyper dog, we teach ourselves and our dogs a handful of basic commands, techniques, and skills. Then we apply them in different combinations to achieve reliable one-command control. Here’s where you’ll find the most detailed explanations of the key skills and techniques in this book—the ones we refer to again and again.

Skill/Technique How to Teach It Back up page 23 Catch page 78 Come page 49 Don’t eat that page 69 Don’t roll in that page 70 Down page 47 Down-stay page 59 Drop it page 68 Heel page 50 In and out page 62 Kennel up page 62 Leave it page 68 Magic Marker page 142 Off page 65 Okay page 47 Quiet page 68 Sit page 46 Sit-stay page 54 Sneakaway page 40 Upstairs, downstairs page 63 Wait page 220
Introduction
Welcome to the world of the hyperactive dog! If you’re looking at this book, chances are you’re already experiencing the joys and trials of owning one of these incredible creatures.
There’s nothing unusual about your situation. It seems that hyper dogs are more common today than ever before, perhaps because of breed choices, perhaps because most of us are too busy to spend as much time with our dogs as we used to, perhaps a combination of these factors and others.
Whatever the reason, we see hyper dogs everywhere these days—pulling, panting, leaping, growling, pacing, barking, busy as beavers, and causing their owners absolute fits.
It seems no one is immune. My coauthor, for instance, lives with three hyper dogs, and they’ve all learned a great deal as we developed this book.
In fact, her experience is one of the reasons the two of us got to talking about hyper dogs in the first place. We found that there was a dearth of valid information to help the beleaguered dog owner deal with these sometimes monstrous critters—and even less on how to transform them into mild-mannered versions of themselves, especially for busy owners who find themselves in a constant time crunch.

THERE’S NO REASON TO DESPAIR
My own experience with hyper dogs began when I was 11 and lived with my family in the country northwest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After listening to my pestering for almost a year, my father finally agreed to let me have a dog—on the condition that he or she would live outside.
And so I bought my first dog—a 4-month old, puppy-mill-bred Siberian Husky I name