You will learn
The basics of canine anatomy and kinesiology.
Massage movements, pressures, techniques and systems.
Massage routines designed to address specific health problems.
Stretching and hydrotherapy techniques.
Use of massage to relax and bond with your dog.
Tips on how to run a canine massage business.

Key Aspects of the Book:

Focus on the Dog’s Perspective:
Bauman’s training method is built on the idea that dogs are thinking beings and that training should be viewed from their point of view.

Trial and Error Learning:
The book advocates for a training style that allows dogs to learn through trial and error, removing corrections for incorrect responses to foster confidence and understanding.

“Thinking Handler” Approach:
Bauman encourages handlers to become “thinking handlers” who can effectively communicate with their dogs, leading to a more successful and harmonious relationship.

Humanity and Experience:
The book is praised for its humane, experienced, and common-sense approach to dog handling.

Building Confidence:
The goal of the training is to create a happy, confident, and stimulated dog, particularly for those interested in obedience work.

Handling in agility is becoming increasingly sophisticated as dog and handler teams strive to complete ever more technical courses in the fastest possible time. The range of handling moves can appear daunting but, with the correct groundwork and guidance, learning can be both logical and effective.

In the Agility Skills Workbook, authors Connie Sellers-Lane and Michelle Waugh have devised a series of dedicated exercises for each handling skill, which include:

• Tight and loose turns
• Blinds
• Threadles
• Backside of jumps
• Tunnel skills

Each exercise starts with the basics, develops the skill, and then proofs it so both dog and handler have a complete understanding of what is required. Photo sequences illustrate exactly what to do, and detailed diagrams give step-by-step guidance. Finally, there is a series of full course plans especially designed to test all the handling skills you have acquired.

Easy to follow, and packed full of valuable training advice, the Agility Skills Workbook puts positive learning at the forefront and provides that rock-solid foundation that is the key to future success.

Agility Fun the Hobday Way, Volume III Further Lessons for Beginners contains 24 weeks of lesson plans on the importance of forward movement and send-aways, teaching turns, and teaching obstacle discrimination. Each lesson contains many exercises and practice courses.

A nice spiral bound booklet for keeping all the information you need to track your agility accomplishments-universal for all American sanctioning bodies.

You will learn:
* What therapy dog work involves and how to train for it
* Benefits therapy dog work provides for you, your dog and others
* Various settings in which therapy dog teams do their work
* Whether your family pet might make a good therapy dog
* Selecting and training a puppy for therapy work
* How to keep yourself and your dog fresh for the work

What experts are saying about Therapy Dogs
Kathy is a leader in the therapy dog movement! Therapy Dogs thoroughly covers the topic and she shares her expertise and clarity of communication with her readers.
Toni & Ed Eamers, Adjunct Professors of Sociology at Cal State Fresno, authors of Partners in Independence

The revised edition of Therapy Dogs fills a niche in dog training literature by offering a basic lesson plan for therapy dog class, a great resource list, and an annotated bibliography.
Gendy McMillen, Delta Pet Partner and Team Evaluator

A precious gift from a committed, dedicated, and experienced therapy dog handler to all those who aspire to become one. Her insights are enormous and reveal a true practitioner.
Jack Volhard, co-author of Dog Training for Dummies, Teaching Dog Obedience Classes, and many others.

Kathy Diamond Davis has owned, trained, and handled five registered therapy dogs in a wide variety of facility settings since 1985. Her first edition of Therapy Dogs has been a major force in the growth of Animal Assisted Activities. Kathy is a regular contributor to national dog magazines and answers dog behavior questions for the Veterinary Information Network (www.vin.com).

Click your way to
Creating a learning environment that works for you and your dog.
Using techniques that are effective and dog-friendly.
Building a repertoire of behaviors for a family-friendly dog.

NEW! This second edition includes photos to illustrate what is being taught, a better progression of skills that build on one another, and speed steps for those who do not need detailed instructions.

Experts in dog training and dog writing praise Quick Clicks:
“Finally a training book that’s fun! For beginning trainers, this book offers step-by-step instruction with little room for error. For seasoned clicker trainers, it offers tons of ideas for fun behaviors and lots of important reminders about the basics of clicker training. This book is destined to become a dog training best seller.”
Sophia Yin, DVM. Author of How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves

“So you’re interested in clicker training your dog, but aren’t sure how to begin? That’s easy buy this book! Crammed full of the nitty-gritty steps you’ll need to actually train your dog rather than just read about it, this thorough and practical guide is appropriate for beginners and pros alike. It’s the next best thing to having your own personal training coach.”
Kathy Sdao, Noted speaker and expert on canine behavior and training.

Mandy Book has been an instructor for more than 25 years. She began clicker training early in her dog training career after attending a seminar by Karen Pryor and Gary Wilkes in 1990. She owns three dogs and currently competes in agility, where she uses the precision and enthusiasm that clicker training offers to get the most from her dogs. She is the co-author of Right on Target.

Cheryl S. Smith has been a journalist focusing on dogs for more than 15 years. She was one of the first to report on clicker training, and has continued to study and write about the technique. All her dogs have been rescues, and clicker training has proven a most excellent tool for helping them past their individual problems. Cheryl is an award winning author of Dog Friendly Gardens, Visiting the Dog Park and co-author of Right on Target.

Save your back, work at a distance, or get tricky parts of the dog, such as the back feet, moving the way you want them to move. You’ll learn how to train your dog to target your hand, a contact disk or a target stick, then utilize targets to build complex behaviors. Teaches you how to break down a behavior into easily trainable steps. Target training can be used for at-home manners, therapy dog work, canine sports, or to teach tricks. Targeting can help you get to your goal no matter what it is!

Take your training to a new level
Learn to train your dog to target your hand, a contact disk, or a target stick, then utilize targets to build complex behaviors.
Learn how to analyze and break down a skill into easily trainable steps to get great results in competition.
Use target training for good manners, therapy dog work, even to perform tricks that might land your dog in television or movies!

Praise for Right On Target from experts
Have a nosey dog? You have the perfect candidate to learn targeting! No matter what your level of expertise, you can teach your dog many useful behaviors by following the step-by-step methods in this great new book. Clean Run Magazine enthusiastically endorses Mandy and Cheryl’s positive methods and instruction for all types of training.
Monica Percival Editor, Clean Run Magazine

This book exploits learning principles with impressive sophistication yet is completely accessible. I loved the ultra-clear organization, splendid criteria progressions, and clever applications.
Jean Donaldson, Dir. San Francisco Academy for Dog Trainers, author The Culture Clash, Mine! and Fight!

Targeting is one of my favorite exercises to teach my own dogs as well as clients. Right On Target offers dozens of great new ideas for teaching behaviors. I can’t wait to try them!
Pat Miller, author of Power of Positive Dog Training and Positive Perspectives: Love Your Dog, Train Your Dog

Mandy Book has been a dog training instructor and author for over 19 years. A frequent contributor to training magazines, she is the co-author with Cheryl Smith of Quick Clicks. Mandy stays active with her own dogs two Boxers and a Golden in agility, the Delta Pet Partner Program, and media work.
When it comes to dogs, Cheryl S. Smith has either trained for it or written about it. She is the author of ten books on dogs including Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Showing Your Dog, On the Trail with Your Canine Companion, and Dog-Friendly Gardens, Garden-Friendly Dogs. Cheryl has won multiple Dog Writer’s Association awards for excellence in dog writing.

Diane Goodspeed was an author, competitive agility handler, and instructor who competed since 1992 in obedience, herding, and agility. She lives in New Jersey.

Joe Canova was a national-level competitor who had multiple dogs in the national finals of both the AKC and USDAA championships. Canova is also a chiropractic physician and has done animal chiropractic work. He lives in New Jersey.

Ali Canova has trained a wide variety of breeds including English Springer Spaniels, Papillons, Golden Retrievers, and Border Collies. Ali and her dogs have dominated their height division at both AKC and USDAA events, with multiple wins at the qualifying events for the USDAA National Championships and the AKC World Team Tryouts. She lives in New Jersey.

Bruce Curtis is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and National Geographic. He lives in New York.