Product Description

Hyper dogs are often overly energetic, wickedly smart, and incredibly stubborn. How do you turn your furry flurry of activity into a sane, mild-mannered companion? This book gives you fun, hip techniques especially for hyper dogs and harried pet parents who want quick results. You'll discover how to:

• Help your dog burn excess energy quickly and safely
• Use communication and training skills to gain control
• Use obedience games, attention builders, and outdoor adventures to train and bond with your dog
• Create the perfect canine chill-out sanctuary
• Handle problems like separation anxiety and special circumstances like vet visits

With a canine personality profile to help you better understand your pet and real-life stories of dogs who may make your rambunctious renegade seem saintly, this book will help you channel your dog's energy and turn her into a cool, calm, and collected companion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #407475 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-23
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
"[Hip Ideas for Hyper Dogs] takes a refreshingly direct approach to coping with canine energy.... It's well organized, with easy to follow step-by-step instructions and cross-referenced topics.... The authors' sense of humor nicely balances the complexity of some of the topics." (Dog World, April 2008)

About the Author
AMY AMMEN, the director of Amiable Dog Training, is nationally known for her expertise in training unusual dog breeds and solving difficult problems. She has earned twenty-eight obedience titles, including three Obedience Trial Champions. She conducts training seminars all over the United States and has written six previous books, including Training in No Time (Howell Book House).

KITTY FOTH-REGNER is a professional writer who has seen Ammen's training techniques work wonders with her own four pre-viously hyper dogs.

Customer Reviews

Hyper dog book not so hyper
I didn't gain a lot of useful information from this book. There are a couple of chapters that make the book worth buying.

Big Disappointment
Let me preface this by saying that I've been working with animals for about 10 years in varying capacities, including working as a sealion trainer, and I have done extensive reading of various training methods. In this book, I expected to find new ideas for training interesting games with my hyper dog. Instead, pretty much every training suggestion given in this book involved "jerking" the dog's leash if they didn't immediately comply with what was being asked. I have always worked with positive training methods, and continually yanking on my dog's throat just doesn't fall in with those methods. Because of their high energy, hyper dogs need even more patience to teach them productive and appropriate ways of using their energy, but instead of patience, the authors of this book recommend routinely punishing the dog for being hyper- exactly the dogs this book was written for.

Sadly, this book was a total waste of my money, and I really can't recommend it for anyone. Thankfully, my dogs won't be subjected to the discomfort suggested by the authors of this book.

Great for Rambo OR Couch Potato pooches
This manual is a great resource for any dog owner. It breaks down ideas into easy, understandable steps and will work if your dog has lots of energy or even if he/she doesn't. Great how-to photos and common sense manners training for a happy relationship with your best friend.