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In this vital book, visionary international investment manager Antoine van Agtmael -- the pioneer who coined the term "emerging markets" -- pulls back the curtain on the new powerhouses of the world economy. Picking up where Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat left off, he persuasively demonstrates that the world's center of gravity is already tipping decisively in favor of the emerging economies. With this seismic shift, competitive challenges and investment risks are also being dramatically transformed, while new opportunities are arising for those who are alert to them.
A new breed of world-leading companies are catching their Western competitors off guard. Household names of today -- IBM, Ford, Sony, and Shell -- are in danger of becoming has-beens as these more innovative new superstars in the emerging markets claim dominance. Understanding how they have become world-class market leaders, and where they are taking the world economy, is crucial to understanding not only the future of globalization, but the future of Western competitiveness.
Each year we are buying more planes from Brazil's Embraer, refrigerators from China's Haier appliance maker, smart cell phones from Taiwan's HTC, and gas from Russia's Gazprom. How have these relative unknowns come so far in the world markets so fast? What are they doing right that their Western competitors are doing wrong, and how can Western companies face the intensifying challenges and survive?
With in-depth, inside knowledge of these emerging powerhouses that's based on his thirty years of working, traveling, and investing in emerging markets and his extraordinary access to the leading companies, van Agtmael trains his experienced analyst's eye on twenty-five of the top emerging giants, taking readers into the executive suites and labs where they are outmaneuvering their Western rivals. Profiling these major players, such as Korea's Samsung Electronics, China's computer maker Lenovo, Brazil's iron ore giant CVRD, and India's Infosys, van Agtmael divulges their strategies for growth, and analyzes how their rise to dominance will change our lives. His unique insights point the way to how we in the West can capitalize on the opportunities these companies represent while also mobilizing a powerful response to the challenges they present.
The Emerging Markets Century is a compelling and necessary read for anyone who wants to understand the true magnitude of change under way in the global economy today.
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The update on opportune investments from emerging economies.......2007-09-05
In 1981, fund manager Antoine van Agtmael created the term "emerging markets," as opposed to "Third World," to describe developing countries, from Brazil to China. A pioneer in emerging-market investments, he describes the economic revolution being provoked by corporate activities in emerging markets. Van Agtmael enumerates the forces driving this transformation in the economic relationship between developed nations and their emerging-market counterparts. In the second half of the book, he shares his detailed research into the factors that make emerging-market companies notable and successful. He catalogues market details about 25 specific companies he has analyzed for investment purposes, and presents the lessons they can teach Western managers. We recommend this book to serious investors who want to know about promising non-U.S. companies, and to managers who want to read about their corporations' upcoming competitors - and potential future owners.
Refreshing, easy to read, very informative, empowering book.......2007-03-17
This book is poorly branded in my opinion, just like what is said about the authors original idea on Emerging markets vs. 3rd world.
This book is totally under rated, and under subscribed., do yourself a favour and open it up and read a few random pages, you will soon realize how clearly the book is written, and how compelling and refreshing the ideas are that are presented.
This should/could be a best seller in weeks, but has not been promoted effectively in my opinion.
Antoine, whats with the poor branding again ? You need a new cover design, and maybe new title. Go onto CNBC TV also. Your book is incredible but people won't pick it up based on its visual appearance.
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- A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life (Paperback)
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“People who love dogs often talk about a ‘lifetime’ dog. I’d heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways.”–Jon Katz
In this gripping and deeply touching book, bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his lifetime dog, Orson: a beautiful border collie–intense, smart, crazy, and unforgettable.
From the moment Katz and Orson meet, when the dog springs from his traveling crate at Newark airport and panics the baggage claim area, their relationship is deep, stormy, and loving. At two years old, Katz’s new companion is a great herder of school buses, a scholar of refrigerators, but a dud at herding sheep. Everything Katz attempts– obedience training, herding instruction, a new name, acupuncture, herb and alternative therapies–helps a little but not enough, and not for long. “Like all border collies and many dogs,” Katz writes, “he needed work. I didn’t realize for some time I was the work Orson would find.”
While Katz is trying to help his dog, Orson is helping him, shepherding him toward a new life on a two-hundred-year-old hillside farm in upstate New York. There, aided by good neighbors and a tolerant wife, hip-deep in sheep, chickens, donkeys, and more dogs, the man and his canine companion explore meadows, woods, and even stars, wade through snow, bask by a roaring wood stove, and struggle to keep faith with each other. There, with deep love, each embraces his unfolding destiny.
A Good Dog is a book to savor. Just as Orson was the author’s lifetime dog, his story is a lifetime treasure–poignant, timeless, and powerful.
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A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life (Paperback) .......2007-09-24
I live on a small hobby farm. I have 5 dogs, 4 horses and 1 cat to care for. I get up at 5AM to feed, muck out stalls, and take my dogs for a walk before going to a 37 1/2 hours a week job 24 1/2 miles from my home.
I know how much physical labor it takes to do all the routine tasks, let alone mend fences, pay veterinary bills, etc. I find myself to be a bit unsympathic to a person like Jon Katz who hires help whenever he needs it and who also seems to get rid of any animal on his farm who is more than he can handle emotionally and physically. Why not try harder to work with the more recalcitrant animals instead of shipping them off to another place or euthanizing them? Mr. Katz is correct in saying that most misbehavior on the part of our companion animals is a reflection of the confusion we send to our animals through conflicting or incorrect non-verbal signals.
IT'S JON KATZ THAT SHOULD BE PUT DOWN.......2007-09-18
A few problems with Jon Katz:
1. Puts an ultimate price on how much the life of the dog he supposedly loves is worth. Wouldn't spend the money to see if there was a physical reason for the biting.
2. Expends energy on trying to make this dog into what he thinks he should be. When this fails, at the first sign of real trouble, abandons this dog he supposedly loves and has him killed.
3. Professes to support responsible dog ownership, yet lets Orson be around people without warning signs, without being on a leash, without being in a muzzle near other people. If a child had been bitten it would have been Katz's fault.
4. Uses his shaman as a way to excuse himself from killing Orson because Orson is now "at peace". Of course he's at peace, he's dead.
5. Only buys from breeders - doesn't even attempt to adopt dogs from rescue organizations. Buying from breeders when there are plenty of pure breds in shelters and specific breed rescue organizations is inexcusable and irresponsible. The equivalent number of dogs he "purchased" were killed in shelters from lack of homes.
6. Doesn't want dogs in his life to honor them as individual beings and individual companions. He wants them to serve specific purposes in his life for his needs. The moment he gives up on making Orson into what he thought he should be, he kills him.
7. This man is selfish, and truly emotionally unprepared to fully commit to another being. He should have learned a ton about commitment from Orson - that one escaped him.
8. Orson changed his life? He returned the favor big time. Death is a major life change.
I love books - I shredded this one. Couldn't stand the thought of anyone else reading it.
A Desperate and Pathetic Way to Try and Sell Books.......2007-09-17
Read to page 181 of A Good Dog and stopped. Katz undoutedly believes he's very clever in manipulating readers and creating controversy to finally sell some books. What a disgusting, guileless way to treat a living creature that rewarded him with its loyalty and looked to him for it's well-being. The ultimate betrayal. Given his lack of spine, let's hope Katz doesn't have a mentally disabled or otherwise challenged child that he would also undoubtedly abandon.
I usually donate books or give them to friends or family to read once I'm finished. I threw this piece of trash in the fireplace. Thankfully, I didn't spend any money on this thing, rather got the book free in local promotion. Good riddance Jon Katz. There is no place a decent society for someone like you.
Misleading to dog lovers.......2007-09-01
I'd read earlier books in Katz's series of memoirs about his life with Orson and other dogs. But this book illustrates that for all of Katz's bluster about how much he loves the dogs and bought Bedlam Farm for them, he didn't dedicate himself to providing a safe and healthy environment for his first, problem child border collie. This book is bound to irritate any true dog owner who has struggled to rehabilitate a rescue with behavioral problems, rather than take the easy route of euthanasia and buying a problem-free puppy.
Good DOG.......2007-09-01
Once again Jon has written a beautiful story about his farm life and dogs. I enjoyed every minute and couldn't put it down !
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Good book for beginners.......2007-06-12
I am in the process of getting my first bulldog and this book was a helpful introduction to the breed and addressed my initial concerns about adopting a bulldog. It has great pictures and helpful tips about bringing home a new puppy. My only disappointment was that it lacked substantial and glossed over many topics such as training. Overall, great book for beginners though!
Good book .......2007-01-20
This book offers alot on bulldogs. It's a must have if you're a first bulldog owner or not.
Gret book for bulldog owners!.......2007-01-09
I liked this book both because it was easy and undertandable to read and because it is a source for many good tips.
GREAT BOOK!!.......2006-08-11
I am in the research stage in wanting a bulldog. I loved this book. It told me what I needed to know and if this breed was for me. I've wanted a bulldog for years and now I'm ready.
Awesome.......2006-02-23
Awesome! I really enjoyed the book, and it answered alot of questions that I had about the breed.
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A Fine, Stand-Alone Addition to a Solid Series.......2004-10-17
"The Brotherhood of War" series is really six books, beginning in 1944 with "The Lieutenants" and ending in 1970 with "The Generals." This book, though nominally #7 in the series, is (like "The Aviators," nominally #8) not so much a part of the series as a stand-alone adjunct to it. Major characters from the first six books (Craig Lowell, Sandy Felter) are supporting characters here, and the focus is on characters that didn't exist (or received limited attention) in the main series.
One happy result of this is that, although "The New Breed" *can* be read as part of the original series (Note: Descriptions of it as a "prequel" to "The Generals" notwithstanding, it's really read better *after* that book) it also works perfectly well as a stand-alone novel. Fans of the series will see dimensions in the Craig Lowell/Geoff Craig relationships that first-timers won't, but those nuances aren't critical to enjoying the story.
The story proper is about U. S. Army intervention in the former Belgian Congo during its post-independence civil war . . . an aspect of the Cold War that most Americans know about only from an old Tom Lehrer lyric about making peace "the way we did in Stanleyville and Saigon." Griffin makes good use of the post-colonial setting, and Col. Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare, a famous leader of mercenaries in the real world, makes a credible supporting character. The three leading fictional characters, Karl-Heinz Wagner, Geoffrey Craig, and Jacques "Jack" Portet are all drawn well enough to be interesting, and Griffin uses Wagner (an East German defector) and Portet (a Belgian-American airline pilot who gets drafted) to say some thoughtful things about loyalty and cultural differences.
What really makes a novel like this stand or fall, however, is the quality of the plot, and here (perhaps sensing that he's writing a stand-alone story) Griffin does better than usual at creating a story arc that lasts through the whole book, ties the characters together, and comes to a satisfying conclusion.
This is (like Griffin's other books) more a "military procedural" than a slam-bang, shoot-em-up "war story." That may disappoint some readers (try Wilbur Smith's "Dark of the Sun" or "Cry Wolf") but it's true to the characters and material in a way that extravagant violence wouldn't be. Recommended
Somethings fishy in Denmark..........2004-01-08
I've enjoyed W.E.B. Griffin's books over the years but I'm none too sure of this or any of his newer books in the series (after the Colonels). While it's fiction and Griffin is allowed to rewrite history but it's annoying when he rewrites his own fictional history. Case in point, long time readers know how Craig Lowell received his promotion to Lieutenant so that he could play polo just after WWII. Yet in this book we're told that he received it as a battlefield commission in Greece. It's as good a read as any of the other books he's written but it seems he wasn't paying a lot of attention to his own source material while writing it.
Great War Story.......2001-02-08
Excellent. All his war storied I have read over and over, sitting and laughing a great deal, and feeling for the problems of dealing with the military, as I know them. Great adventure, too.
I'd give it two-and-a-half stars if I could.......2000-07-04
This series is still nothing more than an Army soap opera, but this particular book is saved from my fiercer wrath because it deals with one of my own personal areas of intrest (the Cold War as it effected sub-Saharan Africa) which is usually unreported and ignored. At least Griffin put the effort in to know the background and some of the players involved in the chaotic atmosphere that was post-colonial Africa, even if the story is as syrupy as the rest of the series.
Excellent.......2000-03-27
This is yet another great book in the Brotherhood of Arms series. The characters are great and I got a real feel for military life.
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160 pages, hardcover. By Deborah Wood. Fully illustrated guide to owning and caring for this tiny, but outgoing and loyal toy breed.
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Love This!.......2007-05-13
This was a very informative book about Papillons. It was especially helpful to me because I am a new owner of a Papillon and I learned a lot. It discussed a wide variety of topics from obedience to health issues. The pictures were wonderful and enjoyable also!
A great read for owners and owners-to-be.......2007-03-05
Please do read up on these small wonders before you let one own you. All dogs are beautiful, all unique, find exactly the qualities best suited to you and your life style.
I must have contacted a dozen breeders and asked hundreds of questions, read for months before I adopted my two year old Papillon. And still, he surprised me, he surprises me all the time. It's like having children, people can tell you all about it, but until you have one of your own it's hard to imagine.
I would not part with Rudy for all the world now. Yes, being a rescue, he did have some baggage, and we're working on that. Brave little soul that he is, he was willing to take a chance on me.
Thanks to Deborah Wood's insights, we will have a better understanding of one another.
One of the things she mentions that really delighted me, and I have not found information to suggest otherwise, is that these dogs can live fourteen to sixteen years, and perhaps longer, if well-cared for and in good health. I certainly hope so.
But I do not find, as she states, that Papillons are as delicate and easily injured as she fears. Compared to other toy sized dogs I have owned and known, Rudy seems quite sturdy. I often refer to him as my pocket sized Border Collie for that reason, and because of his high energy ball-chasing games.
There are pictures of a couple of injured dogs in the book (nothing graphic), but had my Poodle or Pom pulled capers as Rudy does, neither would have lived to tell about it. The other two would have broken a leg taking the leaps he enjoys. This guy climbs ladders. It's enough to scare Mommy to death! And there he is, at the top smiling.
He is definately one of the most intelligent dogs I've ever seen. Is there nothing he can't learn or figure out? He uses his front paws much like hands, hides toys inside boxes and bags so he can later find them, and that sense of smell is really something too. He even throws his own ball if nobody else will.
The author gives very good advice on finding the right puppy after telling you what this breed about, the variety of personalities you may find, the behaviors to expect and so on, so you can decide if this is truly the dog for you.
I'm glad to see there was a brief mention about adopting - I have no qualms about buying from reputable breeders (some people are on the breeder team, or the adopter team, and won't see the good side of the other for nothin' - I am not that girl. I know there is room for both. I adopt because that's what I do, it's what is right for me). I only wish she'd have put a little more effort into that, as it is a complicated matter and there is much to be said.
There is as much to discuss about finding a decent adoption agency and how to check out a rescue dog as there is about buying a pup from a breeder. I'm sure the rescue she mentioned would have been thrilled had she asked for their advice on the topic.
Overall, I think you'll find this book a delight to read. The pictures are beautiful. And it seems even if you've had a Papillon for a while, you'll get a lot of useful information. Even if you only buy it to read the training section, it's worth the money. It's not just about housebreaking; it's that, problem behavoirs, plus all the wonderful things a smart pooch can learn. I knew Pap's did agility and assistance, but dog dancing? Who knew dogs so tiny could do that? And the advice on the barking is priceless!
Great Guide!.......2006-08-15
I adopted a rescue Pap several years ago and enjoy reading up on the breed, though I have no interested in breeding or showing. This book covers some familiar ground, but has lots of very useful information, and the author is honest about the fact that these dogs are not for everyone. Her advice on how to deal with barking was a revelation! Highly recommended.
New Pappy owner, want to know the skinny, get this book!.......2006-03-02
This book is awesome for the new Papillon owner. I'd recommend buying it BEFORE you get your dog. It's one of the more recent breed books, one that isn't outdated and old fashion.
It begins with the dog's history, and follows on to all that other important jazz, like selecting a breeder, the right puppy, care, and so on. It also goes into feeding and training your dog in simple obedience.
There were some things though that left me with questions. They didn't talk too much about the dog in different climates, they do say it's an adaptable dog, but I'm thinking super cold running around in the snow. I have seen pictures of the Pappillon playing in snow, but because of their long fur, they had clumps of snow stuck, which I can imagine uncomfortable. A good question to ask your breeder.
They also talk about an "ear leather". Being a first time dog owner I don't know what this is. Having other dog books, I realized they had diagrams of dogs describing certain body parts. This seemed to be lacking in this book, which might've helped in answering some glossary terms. If you're really new to dogs and you don't know what a dew claw is, that might come as a shocker! I didn't find out until my friend two summers ago received a new puppy who still had theirs. Again this is a good question to bring up to your breeder.
Overall, this book is great, I was reading it at dinner and every server who brought food oohed and awed- JUST AT THE BOOK. No doubt it will be a great resource, but your breeders will be even better. A good breeder will always answer any question even if it's the mundane!
Must have for a Great Guide.......2005-06-06
This book was recommened on a Papillion list im on and Im so glad it was.ITs a jewel.its loaded with up to date info..Im a pet person and found it perfect for my reading before getting my Pappy and now still refer back to it now that shes 6 months old this month.ITs a very well written book.Mrs.C
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good book.......2007-07-02
good book .. nothing to write home about .. a bit wordy .. a lot of history that I did not care about, I just wanted a good manual ..
Cattle Dogs.......2007-05-12
I highly recommend this book. It provides everything that you need to know about your Cattle Dog. It has great detail/history, explanations, and it's easy to understand. I've followed the instructions and training tips that have been provided in this book to raise, and train my 12 week old Cattle Dog. The results have been outstanding. My puppy is responding just as the book stated that he would. Goodluck, it's worth your money!!
G'day, Mate..........2007-02-14
There he was. A cute little red and white puppy with big brown eyes. He melted my heart instantly. This was the first time in over twelve years that I had been completely bowled over by a dog. I had a dog, a beautiful spaniel/terrier mix that went by the name of Topper. She was my pride and joy and when I had to put her to sleep I really thought I was never going to be taken in by another dog until I saw him.
I really didn't ask any questions about this dog. I didn't even know it was a male until I got him home. We named him "Bongo" because before he took off running, he beat the ground with his paws. Speaking of paws, all my friends' looked at them and told me he was going to be huge. I refused to believe it. Not my baby. Maybe he would weigh 35...40 lbs tops.
Little did we know that our baby was part Mastadon. In less than aweek he grew three inches in all directions. The solid white parts were giving way to little red freckles, the angelic look he used to give me in the morning was becoming steadily more demonic and at the end of a month, we had something on our hands that was about as friendly as a Tazmanian Devil.
What the hell kind of dog is this, anyway?
We had a friend tell us that Bongo was an Australian Cattle Dog. Known for their inexhaustive energy stores. This dog was used to rounding up cattle and then after it rounded up a few hundred steers, it wanted to fetch a few dozen times and then maybe go on a brisk twenty mile hike. The dog was literally buzzing from morning to night.
And tempermental...oh man, you don't know the half of it. He would flip his dog dish and grumble when he was disatisfied, he'd yell at the cats and push them over with his extra large head, he'd try and knock my feet out from under me all while getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
We went to the bookstore one day and loaded up our arms with all kinds of reading materials. This book plainly says that the cattledog is a completely different kind of dog. No kidding. We even wanted Cesar Milan to pay a housecall. We were running out of patience, but it turned out, that's exactly what Bongo needed and to be honest, we did too. We took this little guy in not even knowing what to expect. It was kind of unfair to him. But I really was beginning to fall in love with him, even though a few times I wanted to strangle the thing.
Two years later, and after making this book (along with a few others) our Bible, we have a beautiful dog. He's kind, he's gentle, he's loaded with personality and he is just a great addition to our world. This book and its advice works, but you must work with your dog on a regular and consistent basis. You must be willing to know that yes, he is part of the family, but he is still a dog. He's not a human. He's a dog and he wants to be treated like one. He wants boundaries, discipline, affection, and most of all he wants you to notice him. This is not the kind of dog that should be left alone to his own devices, that is unless you want your backyard to look like the moon's surface, your garden hoses to be perforated, and your trees gnawed down to little nubs. You must be willing to give your heart, your soul, and your mind to this breed and I promise you, you will get something incredible in return.
I love my dog. In fact, when I take my dog out for a walk, I just cannot believe why other people would settle for such ugly stupid dogs when they could have something beautiful and wonderful like my beautiful Bongo-Boy.
No, I'm not biased...why?
Get the dog you deserve with the help of this book!
Peace & Blessings...
Informative........2006-03-25
We recently adopted a cattledog mix, going in blind, knowing nothing about the breed. This book was an excellent eye opener and helped overcome a lot of obstacles that may have otherwise caused us to reconsider our choice of puppy.
Happy ACD Owner in Alaska.......1999-12-08
Narelle has done a wonderful job with this book, updating the older version with new photos and relevant information. The book is filled with wonderful pictures of many Australian Cattle Dogs and puppies and shows them herding, playing, sleeping, in the show ring, and doing agility and obedience work. I particularly love the picture of a wonderful blue cattledog named Darcy sleeping on the couch with one of her owners, Rick Williams, on page 130! Although Australian Cattle Dogs are not a breed for everyone because of their high energy level and high intellengence coupled with the need to herd things, the book gives a well-rounded view of the breed. Really a fun book and highly reccomended!
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Revised for the '90s, the second edition of Good Dog, Bad Dog serves up the same sound training philosophy--one grounded in love, praise, and affection--found in the original and offers updated and expanded information that enables you to tailor Fido's training according to his temperament. Authors Mordecai Siegal and Matthew Margolis introduce readers to the five basic canine temperament types--strong-willed, shy, high-energy/outgoing, calm/easygoing, and aggressive--and then discuss every aspect of training, from housebreaking, sit, stay, and heel, to down-stay, come when called, and problem behavior, providing "customized training techniques to match the various personalities." A new chapter on bonding with your dog and an expanded dictionary of training behavior for more than 100 breeds makes Good Dog, Bad Dog a training treat good for dogs and owners alike. --Stefanie Hargreaves
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A best-selling classic since 1971, this practical guide to home training has been completely updated and expanded, with customized tips for one hundred different breeds.
Customer Reviews:
Good Dog, Dead Dog.......2006-10-10
Before I give my review, a few facts. Dogs are the first domesticated animal, with humans selectively "designing" canis familiaris, beginning somewhere around 14,000 to 200,000 years ago. So it should come as no surprise that with that kind of conjoint relationship, we selected for attentive behavior. They've helped us hunt our food, herd and protect our flocks and us, and acted as companions.
What's it all mean? It means that most dogs are really easy to train. Almost anything works. Food rewards, placing the animal into the desired position, operant or classic conditioning (clicker training) or punishment. The operative word in that last sentence is "most." I've read most books on dog training and almost any of the techniques offered will work with some dogs. But you don't want your dog trained! You want your dog obedient. It sits. Terrific. Does it sit when it wants to or when you want it to. Do you say sit, sit, sit, sit.... Do you plead with your dog to come? Do you have to lure your dog with a treat that's visible? Then you don't have an obedient dog. You have a dog that has been trained to do certain things and it will do them when it chooses to. I call those dogs dead. Because the first time that dog gets out of the house and sees little Tommy riding his scooter, your dog is going to take off and get run over. The dog is going to think, hmmm, piece of cheese or run after Tommy (or a bunny or another dog or an ice cream truck)Tommy often wins the toss.
We seem to have developed a softer, kinder view of training. Hooey. K9 cops, the military and SAR dog trainers don't use these techniques. Why. They are not reliable and when you tell your dog to sit/stay or come, you want reliable. Your dog's life may be at stake. One of the more popular books, talking about R+, which means positive reinforcement, slips in a sentence in the middle of the book, that goes something like, "of course in certain situations where the dog's life may be in danger, corrections may be necessary..." As to Dolphins trainers who use clickers or whistles and are trying to convince you that the same techniques can work with dogs, don't you believe it. Let me see them go through their paces, with the tank filled with food fish. You are training so that your dog will ignore distractions and pay attention only to its handler, you. That's what this is all about. If you don't mind being pulled down the block or fighting your dog for your favorite position on the couch, then pass this book up. And if you are not prepared to really, really correct the dog when it lunges at another dog, then just go watch some tv. This book tells us to do with dogs, what we do(or should do) with our children when they don't pay attention. (No, I am not advocating choke collars for kids - but come to think about it, it's not such a bad idea!) The dog is "corrected" with a brief, but clearly recognizable (to the dog) snap on a choke collar. And when the dog does what we ask it to, we make an exaggerated and very loud, GOOD DOGGIE." We don't hit the dog, we don't destroy it's spirit, we are teaching the dog that it needs to do what it knows how to do, when we want it to do it. And the book makes it clear that there are different kinds of dogs and therefore different approaches. Pay attention to what kind of dog that you have. You don't correct an adolescent Lab the same way I would correct a 7-year old poodle you just took home from the pound, and I wouldn't correct a very sensitive, "soft" or scared dog the way I would a dog that is obstinate. This is a 5 star book. It isn't the only book you should have, though, It leaves out hand signals and I use them extensively and it leaves out, as one reviewer points out, the "leave it" command. It also leaves out the "get the tire" , "get the bone," "get the toy" and "move over" commands which I've taught my GSD after she went through obedience training with this book. Use food for tricks. If the dog doesn't do the trick, no harm done. But when you say, "Fido come." Fido should come - immediately, without a pause, without looking around, without deciding whether there's something else it would rather be doing. Once your dog has basic on-leash obedience training, the sky is the limit on what the dog is capable of.
Do not purchase.......2006-04-20
These books relies entirely on the use of aversives (collar choking) with dog training and does not use strong positive reinforcers like food. The methods are 50 years outdated and did not work at all with my dog. If you really want to know how your dog learns and how to teach him what you want him to do, buy Jean Donaldson's Culture Clash, perhaps the best book ever written about dogs.
Out dated methods.......2005-03-03
There is some basic good information in this book, but there are many out dated methods also. I like using positive techniques and this book suggests otherwise for some dogs. It also fails to mention many more of the techniques that we are using today. I would not recommend this book unless you have more background knowledge in dog training and can tell the good from the bad.
Uncle Matty's the best!.......2005-01-15
I live in Southern California where we hear Uncle Matty on the radio, and I got one of his trainers to come out and work with our dogs. It works!!
Missing some key points.......2003-05-28
This book is great if you have a dog that is having problems with obedience. It keys on different dog personalities and ways for the dog to become obedient. However, this book falls short on several items. For example, it fails to give the importance of hand signal commands and verbal commands at the same time. (It does list it on some commands but not all). My two golden retrievers listen more to our hand commands than they do our words and tone. Secondly, it misses some other minor, but important commands. My favorite is the "Leave It" command, that is not listed in this book. We use this one on walks, when our dogs want to pick up every leaf and piece of paper left on the ground. This has to be one of the most effective commands that I have needed.
I would highly recommend getting a couple of dog training books rather than one. I haven't found one that gives me all the information that I need. If you are looking for a great second book, I would recommend "Good Owners, Great Dogs". Happy training.
Book Description
“Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.”
–from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
When Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote about in A Dog Year, as was the mountaintop cabin they loved. Katz moved into an old farmhouse on forty-two acres of pasture and woods with a menagerie: a ram named Nesbitt, fifteen ewes, a lonely donkey named Carol, a baby donkey named Fanny, and three border collies.
Training Orson was a demanding project. But a perceptive dog trainer and friend told Katz: “If you want to have a better dog, you will just have to be a better goddamned human.” It was a lesson Katz took to heart. He now sees his dogs as a reflection of his willingness to improve, as well as a critical reminder of his shortcomings. Katz shows us that dogs are often what we make them: They may have their own traits and personalities, but in the end, they are mirrors of our own lives–living, breathing testaments to our strengths and frustrations, our families and our pasts.
The Dogs of Bedlam Farm recounts a harrowing winter Katz spent on a remote, windswept hillside in upstate New York with a few life-saving friends, ugly ghosts from the past, and more livestock than any novice should attempt to manage. Heartwarming, and full of drama, insight, and hard-won wisdom, it is the story of his several dogs forced Katz to confront his sense of humanity, and how he learned the places a dog could lead him and the ways a doge could change him.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews:
Read Marley & Me Instead.......2007-08-23
This man buys animals and then punishes them because he doesn't understand their nature. Dogs are pack animals and there can only be one alpha dog, one beta dog, etc. He gives away his dog Homer because his other dog Orson takes over the role of alpha dog and Homer falls in line. He buys sheep and donkeys without first understanding their needs either in care or diet. He is looking for emotional bonding with these animals, but he is not willing to bond to them, nor any human member of his family. He blames his emotional problems on his father, but he is a 56 year old man. You are an adult now Mr. Katz, get over it. This "book" is more of a journal of his self-indungent complaints. I quit half way through the book with a very poor opinion of this man. Sell the farm, Mr. Katz and invest in some good psychotherapy, or read Marley & Me to see what real dog-human bonding looks like.
I'm a cat person, not a dog person, but..........2007-05-23
Some dogs, including Jon Katz's, deserve 5 stars.
As a future farm-owner, and possibly even a dog-owner, I'm following Katz' adventures in his memoirs with a large amount of glee. He's not afraid to take pratfalls on the public page, and he has a really large heart. Not to mention he's a great writer, and he had me following this memoir out to its conclusion in about two days!
You don't have to love dogs, sheep, or donkeys to appreciate Katz's writing and his perspectives.
Excellent material, and I'm looking forward to his new book coming out in about a month.
Very Offensive.......2007-03-31
I've lived in the area that Jon Katz writes about my entire life and it's quite obvious to me that he has absolutely no clue what he's talking about. Not only does he speak about people in the area like they're all ignorant idiots, making comments about "the locals," he manages to blatantly lie more than once. He seems to be under the impression that there aren't any purebred dogs in the area, which is one of the biggest loads of crap I've ever heard of in my life.
Not only is his attitude about the AREA offensive, but even his attitude about dogs is offensive. Entirely forgetting his previous book, A Dog Year, where he threw things at his dog Orson and terrified him into submission, he seems to think that a dog is incapable of love and has a quite obvious belief that a dog's life is of less worth than that of a human being. I don't know how anyone who has read these books can let him keep a dog, considering his attitude and behavior. Then he has the gall to say that no one loves their dogs like he loves his. Moreover, these books, which are supposed to be about dogs, are not. They are about him studying himself through his interactions with his dogs, a self-worship that is rather disgusting.
The only reason I gave this book two stars instead of one is because despite his sheer idiocy, he is a good writer. The writing is fluid and almost has a dream-like quality. He's really one of the best writers I've ever read. If only he weren't such an jerk...
a whiny and self indulgent green acres with the ghosts of dogs.......2007-02-20
If you are reading this for the dogs, be prepared to be horrified. Katz's track record with dogs in past and future books, including this one, is not good. His care is little short of abysmal. Here, Katz buys a farm in the country, the better to cash in on dog writing, border collies and herding being trendy and hot, something people will be sure to spend money on, particularly if the book has a nice cover.
But this is a fundamentally dishonest work. He writes books about himself, disguised as dog books. Here he admits he doesn't much like dogs, except his own (and we see how he cares for those). He doesn't worry about their care (they run down the highway beside his farm, fodder for cars and trucks). His training: screaming and throwing things, etc, is pretty close to abuse. But he believes the dogs are there to make him a better human. This farm is the great experiment to rehab him. The dogs pay the price. If the dog is an easy one, like Rose, or his past labs (which were trained by someone else) he gets along with them, until they get sick. Then they get the quick needle. If they are troubled dogs, he gives them away or euthanizes them. Even Orson his "soulmate and forever dog" gets the needle, after being driven nearly insane by renovators at the farm. But that's the next book. He lives apart from his wife because his needs come above his families'. He complains his sister isn't interested in his life, but he admits he doesn't care to be interested in hers, which largely revolves around her dogs. He says how jealous he is that she will drive to pick up a needy dog, but won't drive to see him. This is a grown man, mind you. He buys a farm and fills it with animals, fodder, of course for his writing, but whines constantly about having to care for them, the cold, his barn chores, dogs being dogs (eating donkey poop) etc, and just about everything else. He believes in doublespeak, thinking that if he talks about how he loves his dogs,that's what people will believe, in spite of the litany of neglect, abuse, and disinterest in dealing with anything but easy dogs. When a dog becomes too much trouble, he justifies his neglect or abuse by saying he wants to keep dogs in the proper perspective in his life. Or they're gotten rid of. The dogs arre there to make a quick buck from, and when they develop a problem, they disappear one way or another and he gets a new one with lightning speed. He needs to keep those dogs coming for the next book on the assembly line.
After several hundred pages of whining, this book ends with seven of eight sentences beginning with "I ". With Katz, it is all me, me, me. If you want to read a book by a self-indulgent, self-centered and selfish man this is your book. He'll be happy to take your money. Don't fall too in love with the poor dogs, though, because they never last. You won't find any old dogs on Katz's farm. Don't expect to find a kinship with Katz, either, given he admits he doesn't like other dogs, dog people, dog activities or sports. But he gets testy if you don't like his books.
By the way, they're making a movie about Orson -- too bad that the dog didn't live to see it. Look for him not in the movie, but under a headstone, a victim of Katz' farm renovations. The "dog room" got renovated, courtesy of your royalty dollars. But when Katz left Orson loose to continually deal with a flood of renovators brushing past him, he didn't understand why the dog's aggression increased in a herding dog bred to protect his property and left to fend them off by himself. So farm got renovated; the dog got a new "dog room" six feet under. Hey at least the farm looked nice when they went to make the movie about the dog, and that's what was important to Katz.
Do yourself a favor, and also end the revolving dog door on Katz's farm by passing this tripe by.
Bedlam Farm.......2007-02-20
This was the first of Jon Katz's books that I was introduced to. I am hooked! I have read the all of his "dog" books now and love each of them. His ability to share his life, his journey, and the transitions that he has made are an inspiration to me. This book is a treasure and I highly recommend it.
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When going down with pug this is the book that guide you.......1998-08-27
Mrs. Thomas is a mentor as an author of a pugs books. When you are going to have this breed as a goal in your breeding program and in your show interest you should have this book, because she teach you the most important thing above all: This are not only competitor and some cash money... They are our companion in every day life... our barking friends... Our beloved pets. And in the way she shows you how the breed developes and where are the princials breeders taking it... A great fun to read and a enlightment experience as a beginer pug breeder. In short hand: This book teach you how to be a pug man!
If you could own only one PUG book, this is the ONE!.......1998-08-02
I currently breed other breeds of dogs and am now searching for a PUG. This book has all the information you need to purchase a pug. It includes grooming, showing and training as well as problems with the breed. Before you buy a pug read the chapter "choosing and caring for a pug puppy"! This book has great photos however they are all in black and white!
Best Pug Book on the market today !.......1998-07-02
This book was so complete, from giving the full history of the breed to complete information on each of the major breeders of the dog today. I found that this book reads easily, is entertaining as well as informative, and provides information not previously covered in other Pug books. Its a must-have! - Susan Aschner, Pug Lover.
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Loved this book!.......2005-08-23
I will soon be an owner of a Cavalier - and I thought this was a very helpful book! I recommend it!
Breeder's Vanity Book.......2004-10-12
This is a typical breeder's vanity book. It has some valuable information, but it is downplays the very important health issues. Cavaliers suffer from major hereditary diseases, such as mitral valve heart disease, the leading killer of the breed, which afflicts over half of all Cavaliers by age 5 years and nearly all Cavaliers by age 10 years, and hip dysplasia, which afflicts over 20% of all Cavaliers and can cause terrible pain and debilitation, and syringomyelia, which causes severe head and neck pain and paralysis to a growing number of Cavaliers. www.CavalierHealth.org
Good introductory book to the breed.......2001-10-15
For those only wanting an introduction to the breed, the book is useful. If you already know a great deal about CKCS, skip this book--it lacks depth.
A Great Little Book.......2001-02-02
I think this book is a must have for anyone interested in this breed and wanting more information. She talks about the history, the health, the care and lots of cute pictures. My mate and I both read it cover to cover and found it very informative and helpful.
Liked it, helpful.......2001-01-24
Helpful in explaining our dog to us. The housetraining part did the trick for us. We were having trouble and now no more accidents.Good advice on alot of stuff. We love our little cav.
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