The Dog Whisperer: Beginning and Intermediate Dog Training

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THE DOG WHISPERER: BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE DOG TRAINING presents the newest advances in positive training methods that are easy-to-use, fast, effective, and motivating. The DVD features professional step-by-step methods by one of the leading proponents of nonviolent training in the world, Paul Owens. Owens is also the author of the best-selling books, The Dog Whisperer and The Puppy Whisperer.

· Learn three simple steps to each of eight different behaviors.

· Solve unwanted jumping, stealing, barking, pulling on the leash, digging, and chewing.

· Get reliable behavior without jerking, hitting, shocking, or shaking.

· Learn clicker training for faster results.

· Learn how to quickly wean your dog off food treats.

· Include fun tricks and games to play with your dog.

Along with step-by-step instruction, THE DOG WHISPERER DVD includes segments that give an amusing, yet instructional look at training from the dog's point of view, featuring celebrity cameo voiceovers by Jeffrey Tambor, Cheri Oteri and Kevin McDonald. This combination of entertainment and professional training makes it an ideal program for individuals or families looking to train their dog to be reliable without physical negatives or punishment.

Special Bonuses Included on DVD: Man's First Friend is a 3-minute, state-of-the-art animated short about cave-people and their first encounter with the family dog. Princess Sabrina is a dog puppet with heart, pizzazz and humor who is featured on her own talk show on this DVD. In another segment, she actually trains a real-life dog, making training easy to understand and fun to do.

Product Reviews

(3 stars) - adult instruction mixed with childrens entertainment - unfortunately
I bought Paul Owens book, The Puppy Whisperer, and I was very impressed; so much so that I ordered this DVD to further my knowledge on dog/puppy training before I find a new puppy to adopt. I must say however, that overall I am not impressed with the DVD.

In a effort to make this a family friendly experience, this DVD is chuck full of bad animations, puppet shows and horribly amateurish dog voice-overs that would only appeal to the youngest kids. Granted, there is some very very helpful information here, but you have to navigate around the mind-numbing pre-school silliness to find it. Case in point: the teaching hand gestures section is demonstrated by a homemade muppet.

My suggestion to Mr. Owens would be to make this into two DVD's; one for adults who to benefit from your obvious wisdom and professional instruction -- then make a second one to entertain the kids.

(1 stars) - The Dog Whisperer: Beginning & Intermediate Dog Training
This video was very poorly executed. Did not teach anything at all useful for training a puppy. I felt it was a waste of money and the tjme it took to watch it. Would not recommend it!

(5 stars) - Very possitive
Very positive. Relates nutrition, exercise, socialization, and game playing to the importance of raising a great puppy. I like that it gives you a very rounded approach to training.

Moderately easy to read.

Added to my collection of good books.

(2 stars) - Did not play on my DVD Player/Recorder
Very disappointed. I gave it two stars because this DVD would not play on my Sansui VCR/DVD Player/Recorder. I could only watch it on my computer. There are silly pretend animal "voice overs"(idiotic sounding human voices talking as if it was the animal) which I didn't care for. The DVD contains a menu from which you go back to after each segment. You have to click the segment you want to view to play it. There is no choice for "play all". This feature can be both helpful and annoying. I love Paul Owens style, he is very gentle and humane, most of his training is based on treats and praise. I like that and agree with him in how he insists we should always be gentle with animals at all times, especially during training. However, I did not like the quality of this DVD. It is boring. There is a new, 2007 version of this DVD which is much better. It is called The Dog Whisperer - Volume 2, Solving Common Behavior Problems. Additionally, I would recommend the "new" Dog Whisperer- Cesar Millan's DVDs, such as "Cesar Millan's Mastering Leadership - Volumes 1-3" [...] Another good video that comes with a book is My Smart Puppy [...]

(5 stars) - Great Video
The training tips in this video are practical and easy to follow. The methods are gentle and easy to implement. I have used many of the methods myself and my dog has responded well to them.

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