A slow and very thorough, one step at a time, introduction to dog training with rewards and without punishment. The dvd (normally included) was missing out of this library copy, but the book did a fine job without it in conveying the essentials of dog training.. My only criticism is that due to the breaking down of every small step, I wonder how many people will stick with this type of training, but will instead want quicker results and a quicker read. By the way, I didn't have any dogs to practice on (mine are all older), so my review is somewhat theoretical although I have done dog training in the past. ( )