Yin - Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right

By Sophia Yin, DVM, MS

Copyright 2011 by Sophia A. Yin
ISBN: 978-0-9641518-6-4

Editor: Beth Adelman
Proofreader: Donna Dyer
Photographers: Sophia Yin and Melissa Morris
Graphic Designers: Larry and April Kimmerly (www.pkcreate.com)
Illustrator: Lili Chin (www.doggiedrawings.net)

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Dedication

For all of the older dogs who liked the household better before it had a new puppy.

Praise for Perfect Puppy in 7 Days

Raising a puppy successfully takes patience and dedication but the process can be made a whole lot easier by reading Sophia Yins excellent book, Perfect Puppy in 7 Days. Packed with the latest information, Dr. Yin takes the reader into the puppys world, helping them to not only understand a puppys developmental process, but giving useful tips and techniques to ensure that any puppy becomes a happy, confident adult. This book is a must-have for any puppy parent or canine educator.

Victoria Stilwell

Dog trainer, author and host of Animal Planets Its Me or the Dog

This is like no other puppy book youve seen before. With over 400 photos it visually takes you through the steps needed to potty train, socialize, and provide your puppy with life skills. And it ensures that your puppy will enjoy behaving well, because it teaches owners how to make good behavior fun. Its not just about teaching your puppy manners, its a step-by-step recipe for bonding with your puppy, learning to communicate with him, and preparing you pup for life! With Dr. Yins approach your puppy will learn more in a week than many dogs learn in a year!

Dr. Marty Becker

Americas Veterinarian

Resident veterinarian on Good Morning America and The Dr. Oz Show

Author of 20 pet books including Your Dog: The Owners Manual

This book is a comprehensive and humane guide to puppy behavior and training, incorporating a detailed guide on how to interpret your puppys body language. Worth buying for the socialization advice and checklist alone.

John Bradshaw, Ph. D.

Director of the University of Bristols Anthrozoology Institute

Author of Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make you a Better Friend to Your Pet

Well written, factually correct and brilliantly illustrated. I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone thinking of getting a new puppy. Two paws up for a great contribution!

Dr. Nicholas Dodman

Director of the Animal Behavior Clinic at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

This well-organized book is filled with essential information about puppy development and learning. Experts and novices alike will appreciate the illustrations and analogies that turn science into a clear and enjoyable read. Most important, Dr. Yin offers a plan that incorporates critical socialization and training into a daily routine. It will be a puppy life-saver.

Ellen M. Lindell, VMD, Dip ACVB

Veterinary Behavior Consultations, P.C., Pleasant Valley, NY

I own tons of dog training books and none of them are as much fun to read as this one. Its accurate and easy to access. The graphics and text work together to explain all of the concepts that Dr. Yin lays out. The puppy socialization chapters and checklist are especially well done. If you have a puppy, work with puppies, raise puppies, or just plain like puppies, get this book.

Nancy Abplanalp CPDT-KA and Education Specialist

Thinking Dogs

www.thinkingdogs.net

I am thrilled with the Perfect Puppy in 7 Days! As a professional dog trainer, I am always searching for reward-based resources for my clients, especially first time puppy owners. This book lays out, in detail, how to set your puppy up for success from Day 1 using common sense, gentle techniques, while establishing clear communication between puppy and person. I am recommending this book to all puppy owners!

Jenn Merrit, CPDT-KA

Tellington TTouch Companion Animal Practitioner

APDT Professional Member

Blue Dog Creature Coaching, Efland, NC

I love Dr. Yins approach as it is not only easy to understand, but is also easy to follow! I have two Shiba Inus, who are supposed to be one of the most difficult breeds, and this approach works well for us even though I am a first time dog owner! Get this book and you will set your puppy up for success with a solid foundation to live happily and harmoniously with you.

Sandra Tung

Happy Pet Pawrent of 2 Shiba Inus

Introduction If youd asked me a year ago what Id be doing the summer of 2009, I guarantee I would not have guessed Id be training a puppy for my dad. But several months earlier Id had some premonitions that this might be coming up. >>

First, my parents Scottie, Meggie (Figure A), got splenic lymphosarcoma. She had her spleen removed and subsequently seemed perfectly healthy. But the initial scare put an idea in my dads head. He was hinting that he wanted to add another dog to the family. When I would visit themthey live 85 miles awaywith my Jack Russell Terrier, Jonesy (Figure B), my dad would slip in statements like, Let me have Jonesy, or Jonesys mine.