Paul Owens - The Puppy Whisperer: A Compassionate, Nonviolent Guide to Early Training and Care

A Compassionate, Nonviolent Guide to Early Training and Care

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Paul Owens and Terence Cranendonk

with Norma Eckroate

Avon, Massachusetts

Copyright 2007 by Paul Owens, Terence Cranendonk, and Norma Eckroate

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Advanced Praise forThe Puppy Whisperer

Ive known Paul personally for many years and have faithfully followed his training advice with wonderful results. He has a great and gentle touch with animals, as Ive seen firsthand from the many times hes come over to the house to help me train my dogs. Ive given his books and DVDs to several friends. Pauls new book, The Puppy Whisperer, allows everyone to see what his positive, reward-based training is all about. I cant recommend him highly enough.

Jeff Probst, host of Survivor

The Puppy Whisperer offers dog lovers a perfect combination of wisdom and compassionate guidance in a humane, loving approach to training your kindred spirit. The inclusion of mind/body medicine, mindfulness, and consciousness offers a comprehensive, integrated approach. Combined with critical practical care information, The Puppy Whisperer is a blessing to both you and your canine companion. Read it and enjoy your lives together at a whole new level!

Allen M. Schoen, DVM, author of Kindred Spirits: How the Remarkable Bond Between Humans and Animals Can Change the Way We Live and editor of Veterinary Acupuncture: Ancient Art to Modern Medicine

This book, like its predecessor, is a delightfilled with practical, useful, and important information about obtaining the right puppy, keeping her happy and healthy, and sharing a meaningful life together.

W. Jean Dodds, DVM, president, Hemopet, Santa Monica, CA

With his usual compassion, good humor, and dedication to gentle training methods, Paul Owens offers puppy owners everything they need to get their pups off on the right paw. No puppy owner should be without this book!

Nicole Wilde, author of Help for Your Fearful Dog and So You Want to Be a Dog Trainer

The positive training principles presented by Paul Owens and his coauthors in The Puppy Whisperer are a gift to all of us who want to experience a relationship of mutual respect and lifelong joy with our dogs. Based on love, compassion, and kindness, this book celebrates and helps us to enhance the unique bond between humans and animals.

Michael Bernard Beckwith, featured in The Secret and author of Inspirations of the Heart

There are many people who assisted greatly in the process of creating this book. Wed have to put our agent Lisa Hagan at the top of the list with special thanks. Thanks to Adams Media, especially: Kate Epstein, who persuaded us to write this book; Shoshanna Grossman and Jennifer Kushnier, the editors who succeeded Kate and took such wonderful care of us; and Meredith OHayre, project manager, for her great attention to detail.

For their valuable professional input, we are greatly indebted to Nancy Scanlan, DVM; Mary Brennan, DVM; Pam Reid, PhD; and Nicole Wilde.

Were grateful to our photographers: Brian Stemmler at Stemmler Photography in Los Angeles, whose professionalism and patience are incomparable; Marianne Goebel for the photos shot in Akron, Ohio; and Christine Lee, who provided us with additional shots.

And what would a puppy book be without gorgeous puppies? Special thanks to those friends whose furry sidekicks came out to strut their stuff and demonstrate how it is done: Joan and Lauren Asarnow with Layla, ten weeks; Kerry and Haley Witzeman with Homer, four months; Ronda Bingham and Brian Nemes with Sparky, five months; George and Randy Austin with Blitz, six months; Barbara Holliday with Bozley the Beagle; Carol Cupp with Rocket; and Christine Lee and Peggy Larkin with Caydee, Ellie, and lots of adorable puppies.

In addition, Paul would especially like to thank: the Owenss clan; Pam, Peg, Pat and Tom, Jennifer Mielziner, Jenina Schutter, Carol and Richard Cupp, Carol and Terry Boyer, Christine Lee, Peggy Larkin, Barbara Holliday and Bozley the Beagle, Jim and Keelin ONeill, Nicole Walder, and the incomparable Molly and Grady. Your support and faith made it all possible. And blessings to my awesome coauthors: That was easy.

Terry would like to thank:

My mother, Elisabeth Cranendonk, my sister, Yolande McNeely, and my late father, John Cranendonk, who fostered in me a love for all animals.

My wife Debora and daughter Viola for their patience with the continual refrain, Daddys working on the book, and Magoo, for starting me on this whole adventureif I only knew then what I know now.

All the staff and volunteers at the Humane Society of Greater Akron, especially Richard Farkas, Kathy Romito, Sarah Aitken, and Chalan Geul for supporting my work all these years. Special thanks to Humane Society volunteer and puppy socializer extraordinaire Marianne Goebel.

Ken McCort, who is always ready to talk shop.

Finally, Paul and Norma, with whom destiny has thrown me together in a most glorious and amazing fashion.

And, last but not least, Norma would like to thank:

Meryl Ann Butler, who is like a sister to me, and is always ready to share her amazing creative input. Im also very grateful for the inspiration of Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith; Esther and Jerry Hicks; Rev. Nirvana Gayle; Bruce Lipton, PhD; Gary Craig; John Sarno, MD; Kathleen McNamara; Dr. Maisha Hazzard; and Mathew Howard-Houston. I send special thanks to Joseph Sciabbarrasi, MD, and Ronald Andiman, MD, for being their amazing, supportive selves, and Charles Livingstone Fels, who is surely keeping the heavens laughing. And, last but not at all least, special thanks to Paul and Terry for a wonderful co-creative process. Even though it sometimes seemed as though it was an unending process, writing this book with you was a fun ride and an honor.