You and Your Puppy: Training and Health Care for Your Puppy's First Year - Paperback

by James DeBitetto (Author), Sarah Hodgson (Author)

First published in 1995, this authoritative book has helped nearly 40,000 families raise healthy, content pets. Packed with illustrations and photos, it explains how to keep puppies healthy, put them through basic training, correct behavior problems, and integrate them into family life.

Since the initial publication, coauthor Sarah Hodgson has become the media's favorite puppy expert--a dog trainer who writes for The New York Times, appears on the Rosie O'Donnell Show,"" the ""Today Show,"" and other programs, and even helped Katie Couric choose a puppy.""

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You & Your Puppy is lively, well written and thorough. It is an uncommonly good dog book. ?Donald McCaig Author, "Nop's Hope Lucky you!"

Now that you're the proud owner of an adorable puppy, you are in for the time of your life. As you raise this new family member, you'll get to know your puppy as you watch her grow. But like any family member, your puppy will need to learn some basic manners and will need to be well taken care of.

The authors of "You & Your Puppy"?a professional dog trainer and a veterinarian?understand what it takes to turn your bundle of fluff into a healthy, happy canine companion.

In "You & Your Puppy" you will find a training schedule to work with your puppy through every developmental phase, including adolescence. You'll also learn how to housebreak your puppy, how to control nipping and chewing, how to puppy-proof your home, what your puppy should be eating, what shots your puppy needs, how to control fleas and ticks, and much more.

"You & Your Puppy" is the all-in-one puppy-rearing book you can turn to for the first 12 months of your puppy's life, and then come back to as your puppy matures.

Author Biography

James DeBitetto, DVM, is the owner and director of the Country Home Veterinary Clinic in Bedford Hills, New York. He is a graduate of the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University.

Sarah Hodgson, director of Simply Sarah Inc., has taught dog training classes for more than 14 years. She is the author of "DogPerfect" and "Puppies for Dummies."