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| Dogs are from Neptune | 
 enlarge | Author: Jean Donaldson
Publisher: Lasar Multimedia Productions Inc
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 63083
Media: Paperback
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0968420710
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9780968420713
ASIN: 0968420710
Publication Date: November 1, 1998
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 Q&A for Dog Issues - Good Beginning But Needs More March 16, 2008
The book is well written and easy to read. The book is set up in a Questions and Answer format. Someone, generally another trainer, submits a problem dog issue and then the author gives her recommendation. The answers sound and use positive dog training methods. However, the answers are brief and only give you a superficial beginning/understanding of the solution. It is a good book if you want an overview of handling several dog issues.
My trainer suggested this book along with several others to help with my fearful dog. I found a few good ideas, but since the book only has a small section on this issue, I did not find it as helpful as other books I have read. If you have a fearful dog, I would highly recommend "Scaredy Dog! Understanding and Rehabilitating Your Reactive Dog" by Ali Brown.
If you are looking for some quick suggestions on several dog issues, this would be a good book. If you want some in depth understanding and suggestions on a specific problem, I would suggest you skip this book.
 Dogs are from Neptune - Good Training Information April 4, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
After struggling through The Culture Clash, I found Dogs are from Neptune to be a much easier, more outlined reading experience. The book is organized around problem areas and while much of the training recommendations are repeated, it still gives the reader clear cut, easy to follow training suggestions. I have used the book as a resource guide many times when working with my cattle dog foster dogs and coaching other foster families. Dog owners looking for a quick fix may be dismayed at the amount of training she recommends to solve dog behavior issues. However, I have found her suggestions to work well. I still recommend The Culture Clash as a necessary read along with Dogs are from Neptune, however expect this book to be much easier to follow.
 Recommended November 10, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Easy to read, clear and sensible advice given in response to 'real life' scarios and dog problems.
Highly practical advice, entertainingly written November 9, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Jean Donaldson is one of the world's foremost experts on how dogs learn and how to teach them. Her methods are humane, based on the well-studied science of behaviorism, not stressful or harmful to dogs, and very, very effective.
The gems in this book are practical solutions to the everyday problems dog owners face, with just enough information thrown in so that dog owners can understand why their old methods didn't work, why these methods do work, and how to apply the principles to other situations.
Ms. Donaldson's most famous book, Culture Clash, goes into much more detail about the learning theory, how dogs think, and why we so often use the worst possible methods to train them. It is less a "how to" book than a "why" book. For people whose dogs are giving them fits, Dogs are from Neptune is the book to start with. Then, follow up with Culture Clash for a deeper understanding.
As a dog trainer specializing in behavior problems, I often recommend Neptune to my clients and they love it!
An Advice Column for Dog Issues January 15, 2006
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
And, like all advice columns, sometimes you get an answer to your question, and sometimes you don't. There is a lot of good information on behaviorism buried in the recommendations...but sometimes you have to read about a completely unrelated training issue to find out about things like desensitization and counter-conditioning. If you have the time, definitely read entries on more than just the issue that interests you.
There is also a bit more jargon in here than I thought was strictly necessary - if you don't have the concepts of behaviorism and learning theory down, you probably need to read another book before this one. Try such gems as Sophia Yin's "How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves," which introduces the concepts *first,* then shows you how to apply them. Also check out anything by Patricia McConnell, who not only knows her stuff, but knows how to teach it.
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