Mother Knows Best
The Natural Way to Train Your Dog

A friend loaned me this book, and I just loved it so much I ordered my own copy! It reads like a story! The lessons get across, but Ms Benjamin inserts humor - had me laughing out loud and I had to read the funny parts to my husband. Now that I have my own copy I can go back, use highlighter and hav......more

Excellent book for a new dog owner. I have used her training and have not come across any conflicts with any extended training (currently training my puppy to become a certified service dog). Great approach. She goes into the important details of how to positively reinforce good behavior and utilize......more

4.5 stars Super helpful. I was hoping for some more specific timing such as how old to teach certain commands, when to start what etc. but the book was extremely helpful in getting started with a puppy despite those things. The author also tells WHY to do certain things which is a feature of great te......more

Bought, read and executed the practical steps in this book with our first dog way back in 1987 with amazing success. To the extent we've returned to this book and its principles for each dog (now up to our 6th), we've had well trained dogs. Even those we were more slack on than we should have been h......more

Very good book recommended by our breeder. Easy to read, easy to understand. Some of the information is dated (i.e., dogs can now run off leash in central park during specific times), but this is by far one of the best training books I've read to date.......more