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Summary: "Miracles Happen!"
Review: Miracles Happen. And one very incredible miracle happened when "The Culture Clash" was published. This book has become my main reference book, the place where I look first when I am observing a behavior in my dog and not certain of what I am watching. I have used this book to help shape and fashion two fine service dogs, both 9 pound Papillons who now do the laundry, make the beds, retrieve all objects I drop, open and shut doors, and tug clothing off my body. I have used this book to rehabilitate rescue dogs, using Jean's systematic desensitization tips to shape new behaviors in the face of fear. Unfortunately, I have given away over a dozen copies of this book and never seem to have one on hand for myself. My suggestion? "BUY CULTURE CLASH BY THE DOZEN!" Like clickers, you simply can't have enough!
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Summary: Finally an intelligent, scientific training method
Review: Someone said this book would change my life, and as one who is always up for a change, I bought it. It did. I was lucky enough to read it BEFORE I brought home a HUGE Newfoundland puppy. I have followed her methods to the letter and have found her behavior predictions to be 100% accurate and her methods to be nothing short of magical (science so often appears magical!). My puppy is now 10 months old, 90 pounds, and does everything she is asked to (including running to and sitting on a laser pointer dot) I don't own a choke collar, and she has NEVER been yanked, jerked, pulled, or yelled at. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, EVEN IF your dog is already older and ingrained in bad habits or sloppy obedience. Any dog can be "fixed" if you truly understand this book.
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Summary: Every dog owner should read this book.
Review: There's not a whole lot I can add to the other five-star reviews on this site. I especially loved DGodley's comment, "Jean Donaldson's book has given me a whole new perspective - to appreciate dogs in their own unique way, and to finally realize that they are another species of being, not just children in fur!" If every dog owner came to this realization, there would be a lot fewer dogs surrendered to shelters or euthanized because they failed to live up to their owners expectations, since many of those expectations are more appropriate to human beings in fur suits than to dogs. After 40 years of reading every dog book I can get my hands on, I confess to being jaded--I pick up new dog training books, riffle through them, think "same old, same old" and put them back. Jean Donaldson broke me out of that pattern! This book has so much to offer. It should be required reading for everyone who lives with a dog, or who is thinking about living with a dog.
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Summary: Read this book, for your dog's sake.
Review: I especially enjoyed the section on "it's all chew toys to them". This book not only presents a useful philosophy about dogs and training, but also many specific "how to's". Even an experienced dog trainer will get a lot out of this book. If you think your dog would never bite a person, he only barks, you desperately need this book.
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Summary: If you only read one book this year, read this one!
Review: As a rottweiler rescuer, I often get foster dogs without any training, some who lack socialization, and one or two with serious behavior or aggression issues to deal with. Donaldson's book helped me to see into the mind of these dogs and to help them become family-ready. I thoroughly enjoy the training now, and it's a thrill to watch a dog turn completely around. My own dogs are happier and more cooperative, too!
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Summary: Everyone who has a dog, should read this book!
Review: This book will change the way people think of their dogs. Jean cuts through the myths and old wives tales about dogs and dog training, and explains in a clear concise way, what dogs have wanted us to know all along.
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Summary: Excellent introduction to dogs and their behaviour.
Review: Wonderful book that immediately sucked me in. When I saw the words, "Dogs bite, it's what they do" I felt much more comfortable with my puppy Airedale that's been biting everything. There are so many things in the book that explains why dogs do what they do, and how we as humans have the ability to train them. It's helped me tremediously.
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Summary: THE book for explosive, compulsive, and obsessive dogs!
Review: This book changed the way I live with and interact with my own dogs and the dogs I work with. You can motivate dogs to do what you want by controlling the things that they want. I always say that my Pit Bull cross is a Culture Clash poster child because he grew up with all of Jean's methods, has exquisite contol and is the most explosive, compulsive and obsessive dog I know. In the old days, this dog would have been trained with a pinch collar, most likely illiciting aggression. Yet he has never worn a restrictive or hurtful collar or had a physical punishment. Thanks Jean for making the lives of the dogs around me better!
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Summary: A must for anyone planning on owning a dog.
Review: If more people would read this book before breeding or obtaining a dog, and trust in its verity, we could eliminate the hugh number of unwanted dogs that are destroyed each year. Dogs do have the capacity for a deeper relationship with their humans than the author would indicate. This is my only criticism. Another good book to read with this one is, "Purely Postive Training, by Sheila Booth.
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Summary: If you can only read one dog training book, read this one!
Review: Absolutely outstanding insight into how your dog thinks and why he does the things he does. Loaded with practical tips on how to create the best relationship you can with your dog. Helps make living together easier, and certainly more enjoyable and less stressful. If you want your dog to be your best buddy, or blend well into your family unit, you owe it to yourself to read this book first.
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