The Most Amazing Athletic Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog (Dog Tricks and Training)

I suggest buying 3 copies of this book... not 1... First, because its a great coffee table book... hey, Chelcy (the author's dog) is a Weimeraner - - and both are very photogenic - - on top of it, the graphic design and lay-out of the book are not only sensitive and informative, but very visually appealing... You can feel the excitement and enthuisiasm Second - - its a fantastic reference book... and the idea of thinking "tricks" instead of cut and dry obedience I think is great for both the trainer and the dog. Though most of the tricks do have elements of obedience to them, they are presented in a way that makes training your dog more fun and lightharded and you're not thinking, "good dog"/"bad dog"/"leash correction" - - In fact, I like the way the author not only has troubleshooting tips for each tricks, but will even give some ideas how difficult the trick is, what tricks need to be learned first, and how long it takes some dogs to learn. - - Also, all descriptions use simple, practical and effective language... The descriptions match up with the photos and the points are gotten across in a way that communicates the ideas to you and teaches you to teach them to your dog. Finally... buy a third copy because... some dogs *cough* have tendencies to nibble on certain people's reading material, especially when allowed in the bed. (o.k. that's an obedience issue.) As for the tricks, they range from basic sit/stay/rollover agility type tricks - - to classics like "bring me a beer"/"bring the newspaper" as well as a few parlor tricks/routines. The book also explains standard hand signals as well as commands. Incidentally - - there I would like a refund for 2 of the tricks. One involves the human doing a handstand, the other a cartwheel... Trust me, if you're the "bring me my beer" trick type, you won't be doing those two... All in all, this is one book that lives up to its own hype! Highly recommended!

I bought this book along with the AKC junior tire jump (strongly recommend against the tire jump), and I am so glad I did. My boyfriend and I love training my 1 year old terrier mix new tricks! Before getting this book he already knew sit, stay, come, roll over, down, crawl, paw with both hands, sit pretty (we use "pose" as the command), walk on his hind legs, spin around and jump over our extended legs. The pictures in this book that go along with the instructions are very helpful and completely relevant to the steps. Each page has a different trick, all with a name, step by step instructions, the command word you should use, step by step pictures and the part that I was most excited to see was the troubleshooting section! Clearly you are going to run into some problems when teaching some tricks and this book covers the main issues. EX: tidy up the toys: what to do if your dog plays with them instead and what to do if your dog gets confused and starts taking them out of the box. Each trick also has prerequisites listed, which help makes training much easier! At the end of the book all the tricks are labeled by skill level. I got this book about a week ago and my dog is already almost a master at play dead! I originally bought this book in the hopes of getting the rest of my family to train our dog. Now I'd rather just do it all myself. The book is so easy to follow and even the most difficult tricks don't seem like they'll be too much trouble with this very helpful guide! I would recommend this book to anyone who is willing to build a good bond with their dog and teach them a lot of amazing and interesting tricks! It really is the perfect dog training book! Any one can train their dog with this book! As long as you practice each trick over and over again, your dog can learn anything with the right attitude! My goal is to some day train my dog to do all the tricks in this book!

The pictures are in full color. They show the “trick” and then break it down to simple steps that even Kids CAN learn with the dogs! I got it for a reference book to show others what my dog can do as we learn the stuff! Depends on the kind of breed as to how fast they learn as well as the age. Be patient as any healthy dog can do these! Not all of the tricks are in ideal order but great starting point!

"101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog" is an excellent resource for pet owners looking to teach their dogs new tricks and strengthen their bond. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions, this book offers a variety of activities that will challenge your dog mentally and physically. Whether you're a beginner or looking for more advanced tricks, it’s a great tool for keeping your dog engaged and entertained. I would love to receive more products from the company, Amazon, or the vendor, whether the same or different, as their commitment to providing informative and fun pet resources continues to impress! 🐕✨

Fun book with tons of great tricks. Love the step by step instructions with photos. This book would be great for anyone from experienced to inexperienced dog owner. Remember patience is key. Also not all dogs respond well to treats. My dog finds them distracting and simple excited praise lets him know he's doing what i want.

I bought this book when I realized my rescue dog enjoyed doing tricks as we worked on agility and obedience training. I have a number of trick training books and this has a lot of tricks in it and some of the basics. The book covers basics tricks or obedience work through to more circus type tricks. In the hope of being helpful for other pet parents, the tricks in this book are: 1. Sit 2. Down 3. Stay 4. Come 5. Shake hands (left and right) 6. Fetch/Take it 7. Drop it/Give 8. Balance and catch (balance a cookie or a toy on the nose/head) 9. Sit pretty/Beg 10. Speak 11. Roll over 12. Play dead 13. Fetch my slippers 14. Get your leash 15. Walk the dog (walking themselves or another dog) 16. Newspaper delivery 17. Say your prayers 18. Kennel up 19. Carry my purse 20. Tidy up your toys 21. Roll yourself in a blanket 22. Honk a bike horn 23. Peekaboo 24. Doggy push ups 25. Act ashamed 26. Limp 27. Pickpocket pooch 28. Play the piano 29. World's dumbest dog 30. Get the phone when it rings 31. Turn off the light 32. Open/close a door 33. Ring a bell to come inside 34. Pull on a rope 35. Bring me a beer from the fridge 36. Mail carrier 37. Find the car keys/remote 38. Push a shopping cart 39. Bring me a tissue 40. Soccer 41. Football 42. Basketball 43. Hockey goalie 44. Hide and seek 45. Go hide 46. Which hand holds the treat 47. Easter egg hunt 48. Ring toss 49. Shell game 50. Dog on point 51. 3-2-1 let's go 52. Jump over a bar 53. Jump over my knee 54. Jump over my back 55. Jump into my arms 56. Summersault/handstand vault 57. Baton jumping 58. Rope jump 59. Beginning disc dog 60. Disc vault off my leg 61. Hoop jump 62. Jump through my arms 63. Couple hoop sequence 64. Hoop jump over my back 65. Disobedient dog under the hoop 66. Rolling hoop dive 67. Through a hoop lying on the ground 68. Paper covered hoop 69. Tunnel 70. Crawl 71. Touch a target 72. Under/Over 73. Teeter-totter (See-Saw) 74. Weave poles 75. Climb a ladder 76. Roll a barrel 77. Heel forward and backward 78. Back up 79. Spin circles 80. Take a bow 81. Place (circle to my left side) 82. Side (swing to my left side) 83. Leg weave 84. Figure 8s 85. Moonwalk 86. Jump for joy 87. Chorus line kicks 88. My dog can count 89. Discern objects names 90. Directed retrieve 91. Directed jumping 92. Pick a card from a deck 93. Food refusal 94. Find the object with my scent 95. Contraband search 96. Track a person's scent trail 97. Kisses 98. Paws on my arm 99. Head down 100. Cover your eyes 101. Wave goodbye Kyra Sundance is very well known for her skill in dog training for animal actors, circus performances and more. Her Do More With Your Dog(TM) program is even recognized by the American Kennel Club for Trick Dog Titles so having some books by this trainer is very useful if you are embarking on a Trick Dog title training program with your dog. Some reviews of this book and other similar types of book complain that the tricks need props and it's true many of the tricks in this book require props so be prepared! If this is something you are considering for your dog as part of a Trick Dog title then you will need to get used to props being necessary for your tricks. A number of the tricks need YOU to be in good form too. There's some tricks requiring summersaults or a handstand. Which, quite frankly, are way out of my capabilities at the moment but for a fitter dog owner may be right up your street! Other tricks are needing strength on your part to support your dog like jump into my arms. That might not be a trick you do with your 150lb Great Dane but maybe one you do with your Teacup Poodle. Know yourself and your limitations as well as understanding those of your dog. I would not be having my 17 yr old Border Collie doing ladder climbing or vaulting off my leg to catch a flying disc or ball. My elderly dog is more suited to find the object with my scent or more likely, taking a nap. But my 4 year old dog on the other hand will happily jump hurdles, vault off a stand, run through a tunnel and chase livestock until the sun comes down. Knowing your dog is really key! As is making the trick training a fun game for them and having a lot of small, tasty treats. The pros of the book: - Easy to read instructions with pictures. - The book identifies foundation tricks or skills needed to accomplish the more complex tricks. - Verbal cue and hand signal suggestions are included but not what you need to follow. Use what makes sense to you, your training technique and your dog. Cons: I wish the flow of the book was more based on skill building rather than by type such as Funny Dog or Love Me, Love My Dog for chapters or groups of tricks. I find that I'm flipping all over the book looking for the prerequisites for a trick because they are not in a skill building order like other trick books. Some of the tricks feel like they are missing steps or pictures to help you out with the training. The troubleshooting boxes that go with the trick are helpful but may not have the specific issue you are dealing with. For example, on pull a rope: My dog loves to pull on a rope when I have it in my hand but will not pull a rope attached to a gate or a box or a door yet. This seems like it would be a common problem for this type of trick but it is not mentioned in the troubleshooting box although tug of war aggression is. The steps for teaching this trick are small and seem like further explanation might be needed between using a rope to play tug of war and tying it on a box. I use this as an example of course, but there are other incidences in the book for other tricks where there seems to be a gap in the steps or knowledge for the trainer. This is where I start to look for other resources to help me as a trainer understand the steps to help my dog succeed. Perhaps it is tying the rope on the object and rewarding the dog every time they sniff the rope out or touch it with their nose and move on from there. Sometimes looking at other people teaching a similar trick can help you move forward. Some of the circus or elaborate tricks have more pictures available and it seems that if that depth of step by step was applied to more tricks in this book, it would open up to a lot more people working with their dogs. On the whole, this was a good book to have along with other trick training books. It sparks lots of ideas of tricks to try but I often find myself looking to other books or resources on how to train it which is ultimately why I gave it 3 stars. I'm not a novice dog owner by any means and I feel that a new owner or trainer looking to move into this type of training will benefit from a variety of books on trick dog training so they can find a training style that works for them and their dog as well as get the benefit of ideas of tricks if the decide to persue a Trick Dog title. This is a good book to have even if you are new to dog ownership. The time you spend with your dog working on the tricks together helps to foster trust and build that relationship between you. There is definitely a wonderful feeling when your dog gets it and does the trick right!

Before you can decide if you want this book, you must know what this book is not. It is not about house breaking your dog, or dog behavior theory, or dog whispering, or dog rehabilitation or any other such thing. In fact, if you are looking for something about any of that stuff, move on to another book right now. This book simply breaks down a bunch of dog tricks into simple steps, with clear pictures, tips and troubleshooting. Aside from a very short introduction of best practices for training sessions, this book is exactly as its title indicates: 101 dog tricks, explained step by step, which any patient dog owner can follow. It starts with simple things like Sit, covers common tricks like Fetch, then goes into stuff like Jump Through a Hoop and even more complex tricks. In order to use this book, you must already be a good dog owner and have a decent relationship with your dog. Of course, regular training sessions will build your relationship with your dog further, and your dog must by no means be a perfect angel in order to start in on these tricks. The results of regular training sessions using this book are invariably a closer companionship with your dog, a dog which entertains and impresses those who meet him, and an over all better behaved dog. If you want to do what the title of the book says, I can't recommend "101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog" highly enough.

This is an amazing book. I am a beginner dog trainer and when I ordered it I was most concerned about how the author actually went about training, whether it was about positive reinforcement or what. I was extremely pleased to find that not only does the book concentrate completely on positive reinforcement, but it builds up complicated tricks very gradually. Besides making the training process faster and easier, it helps to make sure the dog truly understands what you're asking them to do - rather than guess and check. The book is also full of helpful tips on every page, and most tricks come with a "build on it" section. This means building on a trick like "fetch." After your dog consistently performs "fetch", there is a "build on it" option that allows further training your dog to fetch specific items, such as "fetch keys." This is great for both dog and trainer to gradually move from beginning to more advanced tricks. For most tricks there is also a "common problems" section. This is great because it can help you anticipate problems AND fix problems that do come up. Most of them were spot on and my dog had problems in the exact area that the book mentions. In other cases, what my dog did was similar to the common problems so I could adjust the solution to my needs. On top of all this, there are two indexes in the back of the book. One has the tricks organized by training level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) while the other is organized by sport/activity (agility, performing on stage, obedience). Both of these were very helpful to me.