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How to Housebreak Your Dog in Seven Days

How to Housebreak Your Dog in Seven Days

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Common senses well packaged
Review: This book gives the most reliable approach to housetrain your puppy. If you can follow the advise, the dog will be housetrained, but probably in more days than 7.

The essentials are actually quite simple and the principles can be summaries in 3 pages. Talking to someone experienced in crate-based training is probably easier.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Patience, Patience, Patience
Review: This book gives you a seven day schedule to housebreak your dog. There are several schedules; some for people that work all day, some for people who are home all day. A very good book. Easy to read and to the point. 7 days is worth a lifetime with a housebroken dog.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Didn't work for me
Review: This book had a lot of good information, but didn't work for my dog; a Min Pin. Would not buy it again. Have just used my common sense to get her housebroken when she is free in the house. But the crate method did not work at all

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Precise and to the point
Review: This book is precise and to the point. It gives step by step instructions on how to housetrain your dog using the crate method. I think this is a good book for those dog owners with anything but small breeds. This is not the ideal method for training toy breeds who are unable to "hold it" as long as the larger breeds.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Taking the Heartbreak out of Housebreaking!
Review: This book offers concise, yet thorough instruction and information on the best method to housebreak your pooch. Kalstone even includes information on paper-training, though she makes it clear that this is not the best method, and should not be considered as an intermediate step if one expects a dog to use the bathroom exclusively outside at any point in its life.

The thing I like most about the little book, aside from the completely reasonable price (truly one of the best deals for your dollar in the world of dog-training books), is that she includes several sample feeding/exercise/elimination schedules that a person can tailor to one's own schedule. She also strongly advises and gives solid training information about crate-training, which when done properly, is one of the most humane and best gifts a human could possibly bestow upon a canine companion.

If you're having a problem with "accidents" in the house, *this* is the book you've been looking for! And what a bargain! :)

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Informative and helpful for beginners.
Review: This book provides a script and scenarios for housebreaking your puppy or adult dog. What I appreciated from this book was an equal amount of devotion to owner's who will paper train or train for the outdoors. It also takes into consideration owners who must leave dogs alone for long periods as well as owners who have access to their dog all day. I suggest purchasing a specialized breed book as well, such as a Complete Idiot's Guide..., for additional information about housebreaking your breed.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Dogs can't read
Review: This book provides a very succinct script for housebreaking a dog. If a dog could read and follow the script then it would probably work. Unfortunately, the author assumes that all dogs will generally defecate and urinate within 20-30 minutes after eating. If that doesn't work the author says to crate the dog for awhile then try again. Our dog can hold it for hours and hours after eating - what do you do then? The author's script doesn't address this problem so basically you're out of luck if you have a stubborn dog.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very Good Book, Easy to Understand and Read!
Review: This book was a great [$] investment! :-) I got this while on vacation to my hometown, Buffalo, NY. The title caught my eye, and since in a few weeks, we'll be bringing home a 12 week old English Cocker Spaniel puppy, we'd love to get it housetrained within a week or two. I can't wait to try their advice and methods out to see how quick it does work! :-D I recommend this book to all new puppy parents!

Heather Lundquist


Rating: 2 stars
Summary: How To Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days
Review: This book would be very helpful for someone who has no clue about housebreaking. However I found the same information by using internet search engines, the keyword:housebreaking, and found more than I could read. The book did have little tid bits here and there that were good to know. Also, by the time this arrived my puppy was already housebroken. Lastly, this book is overpriced for the size and information that I already got from the internet for free!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Book!!
Review: This is a great book!! My puppy was trained within a week and I give credit to this book. It lays down a great plan of action. Just follow the book and you will be much happier with your dog.


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