Mother Knows Best: The Natural Way to Train Your Dog by Carol Lea Benjamin, Stephen Lennard (Illustrator), Stephen Lennard (Photographer)

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  • Pub. Date: March 1985
  • 256pp
  • Sales Rank: 31,043

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Mother Knows Best: The Natural Way to Train Your Dogby Anonymous

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I am a long time breeder, trainer, and show the Anatolian shepherd dog. These are very large powerful independent thinking dogs. If an owner does not train with good boundaries in a fair and positive manner. There is a chance that one may end up with a major problem as that cute bundle of fur just knocked down someone wanting to say hello. There is nothing so cute when the dog is full grown weighing...

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I've owned this book for over 20 years. It is (pun intended) dog eared from frequent reference. It's fun to read, over and over. I have always adopted shelter pets with unknown backgrounds but Ms. Benjamin's recommendations work no matter how old the dogs are. Because you're talking to them in their own language, it doesn't matter what bad things they learned from the first people in their lives,...

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Mother Knows Best is generally thought of as one of the best dog training reference books any dog owner should have. Carol Lea writes in a easy to understand, common sense style. I recommend this for any owner or professional to have in their library.

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Mother Knows Best shows the ways that the Mother Dog teaches her puppies. It also teaches how you too can be like Mother, in the way you teach discipline and be the Benevolent Alpha and Mommy. A highly reccomended book for all trainers and families who figure on getting or have a dog, this book helps you train a dog that you can handle and have the time to love.

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Mother Knows Best

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  • Pub. Date: March 1985
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Format: Hardcover, 256pp
  • Sales Rank: 31,043

Synopsis

With more than 150,000 copies sold, Mother Knows Best is one of the top training books of all time. Based on the natural way a mother dog trains her puppies, Benjamin's training method is humane, effective and all natural. Now we've put a bright new cover on a timeless classic.

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CAROL LEA BENJAMIN is the award-winning author of Dog Training for Kids, Dog Tricks (with Capt. Arthur J. Haggerty), Dog Problems, Second-Hand Dog, The Chosen Puppy, Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence, Dog Training in 10 Minutes, and the Rachael Alexander and Dash mysteries, This Dog for Hire and The Dog Who Knew Too Much.

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