Hi,

Hear, hear!! drfatguy!!! Training your dog is a journey to be enjoyed, not a race to get to the end.

I've got my share of books and have begged and borrowed many others to read. But I don't consider any of them to be a bible to be followed exactly. They make a good starting point and have some good suggestions, but every dog is an individual. And what works for one dog, may prove disasterous for another. I like to take their ideas and see how I can make them work for me and my particular dog to get the results I'm looking for.

Wolters' books are ok for some things. But one has to remember they were written 30 some years ago. And he tended to write from a trial and Pro trainer perspective. Training methods have progressed. And we tend to try and work with a dogs' natural behaivior more today. Rather than try to hammer it into a cookie cutter mold.

Dale