Miss Sarah's Guide to Etiquette for Dogs & Their People

Teach your dog to mind her manners. Today, dogs are part of the family, so they need to know how to behave in polite society. With warmth, wit, wisdom, and keen insight into the canine psyche, respected dog trainer Sarah Hodgson provides advice for teaching your pet good manners. At home and on the go, proper canine etiquette makes life easier for you and your dog. From greeting guests properly at the door to going on holiday, dogs who exhibit social graces make a good impression and make good pets. With this guide, you'll have a cool, couth companion you'll be proud to call family. MISS SARAH'S GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE FOR DOGS & THEIR POPELE......Page 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 9 ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 11 INTRODUCTION......Page 13 CHAPTER 1: WHERE GOOD MANNERS BEGIN......Page 15 CHAPTER 2: SAY PLEASE......Page 23 CHAPTER 3: THE FOUR-PAW RULE......Page 29 THE GIVER......Page 32 THE BELLY FLASHER......Page 34 THE CONTAINED CANINE......Page 36 CHAPTER 4: DOORWAY ETIQUETTE......Page 39 CHAPTER 5: DAILY CONSTITUTIONALS......Page 49 CHAPTER 6: FOLLOW ME......Page 59 CHAPTER 7: TABLE MANNERS......Page 65 CHAPTER 8: NIGHTTIME RITUALS......Page 71 CHAPTER 9: ROMPS & RECREATION......Page 77 CHAPTER 10: ON HOLIDAY......Page 83 CHAPTER 11: SOCIAL GRACES......Page 91 MEETING AND GREETING......Page 100 ENTERTAINING......Page 106 CHAPTER 12: TOWN & COUNTRY......Page 109 ABOUT TOWN......Page 112 IN THE COUNTRY......Page 116 CHAPTER 13: AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’......Page 125 DISTRESSED DEPARTURES......Page 127 STOOL SWALLOWERS......Page 129 NIPPING......Page 131 GRAB AND GO: THE CANINE VERSION OF KEEP-AWAY......Page 135 GRAB-AND-SHOW......Page 137 THE CONCEPT OF “NO”......Page 139 INDEX......Page 143

Teach your dog to mind her manners.

Today, dogs are part of the family, so they need to know how to behave in polite society. With warmth, wit, wisdom, and keen insight into the canine psyche, respected dog trainer Sarah Hodgson provides advice for teaching your pet good manners.

At home and on the go, proper canine etiquette makes life easier for you and your dog. From greeting guests properly at the door to going on holiday, dogs who exhibit social graces make a good impression and make good pets. With this guide, you'll have a cool, couth companion you'll be proud to call family.

"Today, dogs are part of the family, so they need to know how to behave in polite society. With warmth, wit, wisdom, and keen insight into the canine psyche, respected dog trainer Sarah Hodgson provides advice for teaching your pet good manners. At home and on the go, proper canine etiquette makes life easier for you and your dog. From greeting guests properly at the door to going on holiday, dogs who exhibit social graces make a good impression and make good pets. With this guide, you'll have a cool, couth companion you'll be proud to call family."--BOOK JACKET How todays dog lovers can teach their beloved pooches to mind their ps and qsEspecially now that most owners consider their dogs a part of the family and take them everywhere, canines need to mind their manners. Many instinctive behaviors are trs pass for todays pampered pooches.