Lew Burke's Dog Training

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Summary: One leader of the pack.
Review: My husband bought this book right after we got our 1-year-old Shih Tzu from the animal rescue league in our area. Although I personally loved animals, I did not grow up with pets as a child. However, my husband had various pets growing up. Still, he bought this book so that he could learn (and teach me) how to train our dog to obey simple commands like "sit" and "stay", etc.
We found this book very informative and easy to understand. The methods we chose to use worked for us and our dog.
For instance, this book recommended we use a choker collar for training. In no way did this hurt our dog. In fact, she learned in just one training session to sit when we told her to. My husband also found the method of "one leader of the pack" invaluable. From this book, my husband was able to train our dog to obey him 100% of the time, and myself about 80% of the time. This has avoided confusion when we take our dog for walks in our neighborhood. She knows that she must obey my husband, and there is no confusion concerning who is in charge. When I am the only one home with our dog, she knows that she must obey me.
The rest of the story is that we brought our dog home after we already had a cat for two years. Part of the training in this book helped us to train our dog to obey us on command. As it turns out, both our dog and cat get along well together--when the cat gets tired of playing, she just jumps up to where the dog cannot reach her! If the two start getting a little too rough in their play, all we need do is call our dog and she immediately comes to us.
Now, three years' later and an active 18-month old son, our dog continues to obey us and is in no way at all hostile toward our son. In fact, our dog even puts up with allowing our son to pet her the "wrong way"!
If you are looking for a recommendation for a book that has many ideas for training your dog, I would recommend this one. Another way of looking at it is "a diet that works and keeps working for years", or as in this case, a way to train your dog for life, and never have to retrain your dog again!

Rating:
Summary: One leader of the pack.
Review: My husband bought this book right after we got our 1-year-old Shih Tzu from the animal rescue league in our area. Although I personally loved animals, I did not grow up with pets as a child. However, my husband had various pets growing up. Still, he bought this book so that he could learn (and teach me) how to train our dog to obey simple commands like "sit" and "stay", etc.
We found this book very informative and easy to understand. The methods we chose to use worked for us and our dog.
For instance, this book recommended we use a choker collar for training. In no way did this hurt our dog. In fact, she learned in just one training session to sit when we told her to. My husband also found the method of "one leader of the pack" invaluable. From this book, my husband was able to train our dog to obey him 100% of the time, and myself about 80% of the time. This has avoided confusion when we take our dog for walks in our neighborhood. She knows that she must obey my husband, and there is no confusion concerning who is in charge. When I am the only one home with our dog, she knows that she must obey me.
The rest of the story is that we brought our dog home after we already had a cat for two years. Part of the training in this book helped us to train our dog to obey us on command. As it turns out, both our dog and cat get along well together--when the cat gets tired of playing, she just jumps up to where the dog cannot reach her! If the two start getting a little too rough in their play, all we need do is call our dog and she immediately comes to us.
Now, three years' later and an active 18-month old son, our dog continues to obey us and is in no way at all hostile toward our son. In fact, our dog even puts up with allowing our son to pet her the "wrong way"!
If you are looking for a recommendation for a book that has many ideas for training your dog, I would recommend this one. Another way of looking at it is "a diet that works and keeps working for years", or as in this case, a way to train your dog for life, and never have to retrain your dog again!

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Summary: Promoting Animal Cruelty!
Review: We adopted a pound puppy twelve years ago. She passed away this week. Our one regret is that we read this abominable book when she was a pup. Thank goodness we saw the damage we were doing to our innocent pet and threw the book in the trash before writing to the publisher.

Lew Burke promotes animal cruelty. He suggests using a "training collar" which stabs the dog in the neck when he/she does something "wrong." He tells you to hide a small whip behind your back while training your dog, and to pull it out and smack the dog with it when the dog misbehaves. Mr. Burke also suggests that, for instance, if your puppy chews plants (as many do), that the owner stuff the dog's mouth full of plantlife and then tie the mouth shut and tie the dog up on the shortest leash possible. And that's only the beginning.

Anyone out there who cares about any living creature, especially their pet, will avoid this book like the plague!

Rating:
Summary: Promoting Animal Cruelty!
Review: We adopted a pound puppy twelve years ago. She passed away this week. Our one regret is that we read this abominable book when she was a pup. Thank goodness we saw the damage we were doing to our innocent pet and threw the book in the trash before writing to the publisher.

Lew Burke promotes animal cruelty. He suggests using a "training collar" which stabs the dog in the neck when he/she does something "wrong." He tells you to hide a small whip behind your back while training your dog, and to pull it out and smack the dog with it when the dog misbehaves. Mr. Burke also suggests that, for instance, if your puppy chews plants (as many do), that the owner stuff the dog's mouth full of plantlife and then tie the mouth shut and tie the dog up on the shortest leash possible. And that's only the beginning.

Anyone out there who cares about any living creature, especially their pet, will avoid this book like the plague!

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Summary: DOG TRAINING FOR SADISTS
Review: We bought this book at the recommendation of the manager of a local pet shop -- it was the only book they carried.

The training methods found in this book are abominable and were undoubtedly stolen from Hitler's private files. For example, the author suggests that if your dog nibbles plants, stuff his/her mouth full of greenery and tie it shut, then chain the dog so he/she can't move.

And it gets worse. So if you love your dog, avoid this book at all costs!