Thursday, August 18, 2005

Reads: Complete Idiot's Guide to Dog Tricks

from Amazon.com editorial reviews:

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dog Tricks by Liz Palika.

Finally, a manual that doesn’t make dog owners jump through hoops!

This one-of-a-kind guide provides dog owners with simple, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on how to teach their dogs a variety of tricks, from shaking hands and rolling over to fetching the newspaper and jumping through hoops. Readers learn which tricks work for different breeds and which ones don’t, and how to troubleshoot when the training techniques fail to produce the desired result.

• There are currently over 63 million dogs in U.S. households

• Offers step-by-step instructional photos, breed-specific tricks, and the latest techniques

My dogs are limited on their tricks ability. Chewie can shake hands. Pancho can dance and also perch on his hind legs like a meerkat. Ernie can look cute. What kind of tricks can YOUR dog do?