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Bringing home a puppy? This fun, friendly guide to puppyhood prepares you for this tough but terrific time. From the basics—housebreaking, feeding, training—to the latest on doggie day care, traveling with a puppy, and the new designer breeds, you get everything you need to help your puppy grow up to be a healthy, playful, well-mannered dog.
Discover how to:
Choose the perfect puppy for you
Socialize your puppy
Use the latest training tools
Keep peace between kids and puppies
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"This is a quality work of reference! Covers tons of stuff, organized in a useful way. It has been a godsend over the last three weeks of puppy-care! Sometimes it helps to just know that other people have dealt with things like chewing and biting, and that there are techniques to deal. Good stuff."
— Kiri (5 out of 5 stars)
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" GREAT reference. Now I think I'm actually ready for my puppy!! "
— Lindsay, 12/15/2013 -
" Very helpful book and will be a resource for me even as my puppy grows up. "
— Kim, 11/28/2013 -
" Pretty basic, but we're starting with the basics here! "
— Kay, 7/28/2013 -
" Not only for dummies!! Very good info, training and games ideas! Almost everyone will find something useful and practical! "
— Manos, 6/17/2013 -
" Good tips on housebreaking and informative as to what to expect from your puppy. "
— Kathy, 3/27/2013 -
" This is timely as we just got a puppy! Sarah is a good friend of mine and the best dog trainer ever! "
— Mary, 11/18/2012 -
" This book was a great tool for training and choosing our pups. The end of the book has a guide on how to choose the right pup for your family. "
— Amanda, 6/11/2012 -
" Wow, there is a lot of information here. Never having brought up a puppy before it helped to understand so much in regards to relations with the dogs as well as training. This book is very thorough and sits close for quick reference. "
— Hope, 10/18/2011 -
" This book tells you everything you need to pick a breed and then a particular puppy. Then, it gives very practical tools for training a dog of any age to have manners and do basic tricks: sit, down, stay, come, off, calm down, go to sleep, do your business. I used this book to train Zinfandog. "
— Adrienne, 10/14/2011 -
" This is my first foray into books for dummies. It was a good one--from picking out a puppy to teaching her to do tricks. "
— Sara, 10/1/2011 -
" read in september of 2004 -- when the puppy kobe arrived in my life! quite helpful, as i was a "puppy dummy" before! (september 2004) (4 stars) "
— Dawn, 8/10/2011 -
" This book has some great ideas on how to train puppies. My super, soft fluffy puppy is a great dog but we both definately needed a lot of guidance. It is a great reference book too. "
— Amy, 5/6/2011 -
" Some good tips, but what it's trying to do in comprehensiveness, it lacks in depth. Or something like that. "
— Dorothy, 4/23/2011 -
" Great information. Easy to follow. "
— Kim, 3/31/2011 -
" As a first time dog owner.. this was a MUST when I got my puppy!!! "
— Jacqui, 3/22/2011 -
" The first time through the book I picked up lots of interesting information and I liked it. However, when I run into a problem with my puppy, or wonder why she's doing something--zero help. "
— Shelly, 2/4/2011 -
" This is my first foray into books for dummies. It was a good one--from picking out a puppy to teaching her to do tricks. "
— Sara, 9/17/2010 -
" As a first time dog owner.. this was a MUST when I got my puppy!!! "
— Jacqui, 10/12/2009 -
" Good tips on housebreaking and informative as to what to expect from your puppy. "
— Kathy, 9/25/2009 -
" Very helpful book and will be a resource for me even as my puppy grows up. "
— Kim, 9/30/2008 -
" Some good tips, but what it's trying to do in comprehensiveness, it lacks in depth. Or something like that. "
— Dorothy, 9/3/2008 -
" Wow, there is a lot of information here. Never having brought up a puppy before it helped to understand so much in regards to relations with the dogs as well as training. This book is very thorough and sits close for quick reference. "
— Hope, 4/20/2008
About Sarah Hodgson
Sarah Hodgson has been a dog trainer for twenty years and owns Simply Sarah, Inc., a dog training school in Westchester, New York. She has written five books about dogs, including the bestselling DogPerfect and Puppies for Dummies.
About Brett Barry
Brett Barry graduated from Syracuse University’s television, radio, and film program and worked as an associate documentary producer for several years before moving into a career in voiceovers. In 2002, he signed with a voice-over agent in New York and began working in this field full-time. Brett’s training includes improvisational acting at Manhattan’s HB Studio, study of the Linklater voice techniques, and private coaching with some of the industry’s top voice performers. His voice can be heard on over 100 audiobooks. He and his wife Rebecca live in New York and run Silver Hollow Audio, an independent audio production studio.