• "BEST YET"

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MORE INFORMATIVE. MORE EVERYTHING. I OWN ALL THE OTHER EDITIONS. THIS IS THE BEST YET.

(5 Stars)

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• "excellent book for children"

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This is an excellent book for your children if you plan to make puppy a new member of your family. It guides the children through the various stages of training a puppy, has good photographs supporting the text and highlights certain important phrases. Whislt it, of course, does not cover all aspects of dog traing, it does not need to do that: the training will be the adults responsibility, and not the child's. The child however can and should support those efforts and by reading this book can add to the training and hence become a responsible dog owner her/ himself.

(5 Stars)

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• "Excellent for the Dog Newbie"

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My husband and I are considering several breeds, but we come back to the Beagle every time. Having never raised a dog on our own before, this book gave us a lot of things to think about that would never have occurred to us naturally.

Unlike generalized books on training a new dog or puppy, this breed-specific approach appeals because - obviously - it addresses the temperament of the individual breed. Beagles, like a lot of hounds, can be tricky because of their intelligence, their strong pack instincts, and their scent-hound tendency to roam off on a scent trail. All of these things come to play during the training of a new Beagle, and a this book gives the prospective owner a much more complete picture than any general training book could.

This book is also appealing because of its organized layout, clear language, and - to be honest - the GREAT pictures. It isn't written with a story-telling approach. It doesn't follow someone through the training of their own puppy or share funny anecdotes about someone's beloved family animal. Those books DO have their place, but this book was much more informational in its approach...and that's exactly what we were looking for.

We found this little guide to be a great introduction to the reality of training a Beagle, and I'm sure it will be an indispensible tool that we return to again and again.

(4 Stars)

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