Housetraining is generally the first and often the most important lesson that a dog can learn from its owner. Housetraining For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides readers with expert advice on how to: - Identify a dog's intuitions and learning style to emphasize working cooperatively with the dog and capitalizing on his instincts to teach proper potty behavior - Train a puppy, adult, or senior dog no matter what size - Break the bad habits of a previously...

Explains how the clicker method of training that has proven successful with dogs can also be used to train cats to do such things as sit and stay, not scratch furniture, get along better with people, like a travel carrier, and do tricks.

Taormina shows swimmers and triathletes how they can swim with elite technique in all four swimming strokes--butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Using crystal-clear photographs and her engaging, straightforward style, Coach Taormina explains the science behind power and speed in the water, explores the elements common to every stroke, and examines stroke technique in detail in individual stroke chapters.

"Charlotte "Charley" Abbott has gone out with every guy under thirty-five in Butler, Vermont except for one. Tyler Westcott's attempts to date her may be determined, and frequent, but Charley can't stand how he acts like he knows her better than she knows herself. So when Tyler turns up at the running club Charley joined to train for a marathon, she's almost ready to quit before she even gets started. Tyler knows that behind Charley's prickly personality...

Simple text and colorful illustrations describe the process of potty training for young readers.

"Young ones will enjoy this funny, rhyming story that teaches great bathroom habits with the promise that all their heroes use the potty too."-- provided by publisher.

A guide for training puppies, discussing how to choose the right puppy, socializing, house-training, feeding, obedience training and more.