·A professional's take on canine behavior and misbehavior to help owners better understand their dogs and train them to follow cues, walk on a leash, overcome car sickness, stop begging and stealing food, stop jumping, calm phobias, and more
·Details the author's cruelty-free, positive dog training philosophy and how she applies it with her canine clients
·Emphasizes the importance of using positive, or reward-based, training to build and strengthen the dog/owner bond in the process of eliminating unwanted behaviors
·A detailed study of the most common behavior issues that dogs exhibit, along with a step-by-step positive-training solution to each of these behaviors
·New edition provides additional information to step-by-step training exercises and problem behavior techniques, new advice referencing recent position statements from the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (particularly in regards to puppy socialization and positive training), and a new training section on Name Recognition/Response
