Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence

About the Author CAROL LEA BENJAMIN is a professional dog trainer with over twenty years' experience with dogs of all ages and with all kinds of problems. She is the author of six other books on dog behavior, Mother Knows Best: The Natural Way to Train Your Dog; Dog Problems; Dog Training for Kids; Dog Tricks (with Captain Arthur Haggerty); Second-Hand Dog: How to Turn Yours into a First-Rate Pet and The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter. In addition, she has written two novels and four nonfiction books for children. Her award-winning column, "Dog Trainer's Diary," has been published in the AKC's Gazette since 1979.

• Acknowledgments. PART ONE: "I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble.". 1. Where, Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone? 2. Winning Your Dog's Respect. 3. How to Have an Appropriate Relationship with Your Dog. 4. Tools of the Trade. PART TWO: "A trained dog willingly does what its owner asks.". 5. Is Your Dog a Character? 6. Trade Secrets. 7. The Way to Train. PART THREE: "Man plans, God laughs.". 8. Guerrilla Warfare. 9. Dealing with Your Dog's Problems. PART FOUR: "My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.". 10. Building the Dog You Want. Index.