TEACHING DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSES: THE MANUAL FOR INSTRUCTORS. By Joachim Volhard and Gail Tamases Fisher. Drawings by Melissa Bartlett.

(1986) later repint. Large 8vo (150 x 235mm). Pp383. B/w photographs and illustrations, b/w cartoon illustrations. Laminated boards, issued without dust-wrapper.

This is "the most detailed text ever produced for 'training the trainer,' authors Volhard and Fisher have created a masterwork and achieved a milestone all at once. Now there is a written formula trainers can use for the help of human and canine students that turn to them for guidance. By harnessing what is known of canine behaviour and human learning patterns, the authors establish goals for the trainer and put him in the place of the student. Whether students are young, old, competition-oriented, handicapped or have specialized objectives in training, the award-winning authors chart a course for success through positive, time-tested training techniques".