Training Your Pug. Brenda Belmonte

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       Understanding Dog Training

       How Dogs Learn

       Good Timing

       Reinforcing Good Behaviors

       Intermittent or Variable Reinforcement

       Clues to Cues

       Pug Body Language

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       The Well-Equipped Pug

       Choosing a Collar

       Leash on Life

       Training Treats

       Leash and Learn

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       Housebreaking and Confinement Training

       The Golden Rule

       Factors Affecting Housebreaking

       Housebreaking 101

       Confinement Training

       Inappropriate Elimination

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       Household Manners and Obedience Basics

       Puppy Primer

       Nothing in Life Is Free

       The Role of Exercise

       Prevention, Not Correction

       Correct, Reward, Redirect

       Training Options

       Teaching Tricks

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       Dealing with Bad Behaviors

       Exercise and Bad Behaviors

       Extinguishing Bad Behaviors

       Puppy Mouthing and Biting

       Destructive Chewing

       Begging for Food

       Roaming or Running Away

       Quiet Please!—Silencing Barking

       Mounting

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       Canine Good Citizen Test and Therapy Dog Training

       The Purpose

       The Testing Requirements

       The CGC Test Items

       From Good Citizen to Therapy Dog

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       Rally Obedience

       Competition Venues

       The Rally Course

       Levels of Competition

       Competing in Rally

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       Traditional Obedience

       Introduction to Competition

       Practice Makes Perfect

       Obedience Trials