- Taschenbuch: 204 Seiten
- Verlag: Dogwise (15. April 2010)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0976641429
- ISBN-13: 978-0976641421
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,9 x 14,4 x 1,4 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 187.568 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Extremely helpful
20. Mai 2010
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I am so grateful for this book. A friend recommended it to me. I have a four-dog, two-cat household and have had every problem imaginable trying to manage it. I have received advise on how to deal with a multiple dog household from professionals that only made matters worse! I have always been determined to train and treat my pets humanely. This book covers all the problems I have had and more or more than I knew I had. It has taught me what I needed to know to do what is right for may beloved pets and for maintaining a happy household with them in it. The book is concise, plain spoken and clear. My pets and my household are already improving after three weeks and I am sure that I am finally on the right track thanks to this book. I recommend it to anyone who has several dogs as I do. It has been a God-send. I'm sure my dogs would tell you the same thing if they could talk!
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Good advice interspersed with bad science
1. Januar 2011
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I am really struggling to decide exactly how many stars to give this book. I think there's some really solidly good advice in here and some easy to understand techniques one can apply to their multiple dog household but there is a fair bit of woo woo to slog through as well. A few examples:
* The author constantly references herbal calming products for dogs. Many of the tips begin with a suggestion to spray an area with one of several she prefers. I know of absolutely no double-blind, controlled scientific study that supports aromatherapy at all and certainly none that support the idea that certain products, sprayed around dogs, will calm them. Save your money and either exercise your dogs more or use that money to hire someone to walk your dog. http://www.skepdic.com/aroma.html
* The author is a huge proponent of raw diets and to her credit, she is clear that there are other acceptable alternatives though she allows her strong bias for raw diets to shine through. The raw diet is based on the theory that wolves eat raw food and thus dogs should as well. However, dogs are not wolves and haven't been for a very long time. They have evolved to eat far different diets and, if that weren't argument enough, it has been found repeatedly that wolves in captivity actually do worse eating a raw diet than they do kibble. I am all for people feeding their dogs what they like, but the author's unscientific claims will afford their dogs no additional health benefits and will most likely cost them significantly more and may expose both dogs and humans to greater risk of food poisoning and/or cross contamination. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=5315
* Lastly, probably my biggest beef with this book, is the author's insistence that astrology and the phases of the moon be considered in their dog training. There is absolutely no scientific evidence for either. I'm not even sure how one would use astrology to train dogs as the author simply throws out the comment with no qualification but the idea that full moons increase mischief has been debunked over and over. http://www.skepdic.com/fullmoon.html
I don't want to end this review on a completely negative note because while I feel strongly that these are problematic aspects of this book, there's a lot of information that is practical and useful and based on what is clearly a lot of experience with and love for dogs. I appreciate any book that favors positive reinforcement and consideration for the dogs' feelings and natural temperament but also gives the humans a multitude of suggestions for adapting these methods to their own needs and peculiarities of their household. If you are someone who doesn't find the above points problematic, you will likely get a lot out of this book but had I known then what I know now, I probably would have passed up this book for something else.
* The author constantly references herbal calming products for dogs. Many of the tips begin with a suggestion to spray an area with one of several she prefers. I know of absolutely no double-blind, controlled scientific study that supports aromatherapy at all and certainly none that support the idea that certain products, sprayed around dogs, will calm them. Save your money and either exercise your dogs more or use that money to hire someone to walk your dog. http://www.skepdic.com/aroma.html
* The author is a huge proponent of raw diets and to her credit, she is clear that there are other acceptable alternatives though she allows her strong bias for raw diets to shine through. The raw diet is based on the theory that wolves eat raw food and thus dogs should as well. However, dogs are not wolves and haven't been for a very long time. They have evolved to eat far different diets and, if that weren't argument enough, it has been found repeatedly that wolves in captivity actually do worse eating a raw diet than they do kibble. I am all for people feeding their dogs what they like, but the author's unscientific claims will afford their dogs no additional health benefits and will most likely cost them significantly more and may expose both dogs and humans to greater risk of food poisoning and/or cross contamination. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=5315
* Lastly, probably my biggest beef with this book, is the author's insistence that astrology and the phases of the moon be considered in their dog training. There is absolutely no scientific evidence for either. I'm not even sure how one would use astrology to train dogs as the author simply throws out the comment with no qualification but the idea that full moons increase mischief has been debunked over and over. http://www.skepdic.com/fullmoon.html
I don't want to end this review on a completely negative note because while I feel strongly that these are problematic aspects of this book, there's a lot of information that is practical and useful and based on what is clearly a lot of experience with and love for dogs. I appreciate any book that favors positive reinforcement and consideration for the dogs' feelings and natural temperament but also gives the humans a multitude of suggestions for adapting these methods to their own needs and peculiarities of their household. If you are someone who doesn't find the above points problematic, you will likely get a lot out of this book but had I known then what I know now, I probably would have passed up this book for something else.
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At Last, A Postive Perspective on Multiple Dog Households
27. Juni 2010
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I was thrilled to see this book in a prepublication notice. I ordered it directly from Dogwise at full price rather than waiting to buy it on Amazon. I was not disappointed. The author shares my perspective that it is possible to live in a household of more than one dog and manage the interactions of the animals and humans without resorting to punitive methods or prong collars. She is a progressive trainer who uses a clicker and common sense. There's good advice on feeding, walking, and training multiples singly or as a group while avoiding conflict. I especially liked her chapter on observing a dog's body language and being aware of stress factors when multiples don't get along and what to do. Also included is an excellent resource section of other books, DVDs, and websites. I highly recommend this book for anyone considering fostering dogs or simply adding another dog to the household as a family member.
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