--- product_id: 48160839 title: "The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training" price: "1337664₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/48160839-the-happy-puppy-handbook-your-definitive-guide-to-puppy-care store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training **Price:** 1337664₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training - **How much does it cost?** 1337664₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/48160839-the-happy-puppy-handbook-your-definitive-guide-to-puppy-care) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training 1 by Mattinson, Pippa (ISBN: 9780091957261) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review: A good, positive approach to raising a puppy - This a really good guide to owning your first puppy, and covers the before and after preparations. Although Ian Dunbar's 'Before and After Getting Your Puppy' book has some wonderful ideas and advice, overall I am not a fan of the book. It seems the aim is to stress quite how important socialisation, bite inhibition and training is (and of course these are extremely important), but I feel the book does this through fear. The Happy Puppy Handbook on the other hand is very positive and confidence-boosting. It tells you all the important bits, and gives you pretty clear instructions on how to raise a puppy, yet it also lets you know not to be discouraged if you get a few little things wrong. This book is fantastic in that it recommends positive methods that won't scare your puppy. It clearly spells out why punishments for accidents in the house, poor recall and resource guarding don't help, and can ultimately make problems much worse. One of the few negatives I can really think of with this book is that there isn't a lot of information on introducing a new puppy to other dogs in the household, and this is something I'd really like to learn more about. The book doesn't go into masses of detail about most things, so if you have already read and researched everything about bringing a puppy home you might not learn that much. But for a new puppy owner (or an owner who doesn't need to know *everything* about an issue) it's a fantastic starting point. Review: Essential advice and a great read - highly recommend - I found this book absolutely fantastic and highly recommend it. Unlike so many guides, it is devoid of waffle and gets straight to the point. It's easy to find answers to questions, but also to read from cover to cover - in fact, I couldn't put it down! I wish all guides were so clear. I also found it extremely informative and useful, with clear, objective explanations, and am following everything that Pippa Mattinson says. For example, as soon as my puppy was fully vaccinated, I let her off the lead when out and about (in parks, not near roads) and found she followed me just as Pippa described, and puppy now has very good recall. So I was surprised to find out that none of the other puppies at training class had ever been let off the lead - their owners were all scared their dog would run off. Had they read Happy Puppy, they would have found that off-lead time in the early months leads to better recall and on-lead behaviour later on because you have used their natural instinct to follow you to build the desired behaviour. If you are getting a puppy or know someone else who is getting one, I urge you to buy this book. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 13,350 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 18 in Dog Training 21 in Dog-Keeping 22 in Dogs & Wolves | | Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,456) | | Dimensions | 15.2 x 1.4 x 23.1 cm | | Edition | 1st | | ISBN-10 | 0091957265 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0091957261 | | Item weight | 515 g | | Language | English | | Print length | 224 pages | | Publication date | 3 April 2014 | | Publisher | Ebury Press | ## Images ![The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91dqZUAcwtL.jpg) ![The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81vBaJJ6JJL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good, positive approach to raising a puppy *by A***R on 18 August 2015* This a really good guide to owning your first puppy, and covers the before and after preparations. Although Ian Dunbar's 'Before and After Getting Your Puppy' book has some wonderful ideas and advice, overall I am not a fan of the book. It seems the aim is to stress quite how important socialisation, bite inhibition and training is (and of course these are extremely important), but I feel the book does this through fear. The Happy Puppy Handbook on the other hand is very positive and confidence-boosting. It tells you all the important bits, and gives you pretty clear instructions on how to raise a puppy, yet it also lets you know not to be discouraged if you get a few little things wrong. This book is fantastic in that it recommends positive methods that won't scare your puppy. It clearly spells out why punishments for accidents in the house, poor recall and resource guarding don't help, and can ultimately make problems much worse. One of the few negatives I can really think of with this book is that there isn't a lot of information on introducing a new puppy to other dogs in the household, and this is something I'd really like to learn more about. The book doesn't go into masses of detail about most things, so if you have already read and researched everything about bringing a puppy home you might not learn that much. But for a new puppy owner (or an owner who doesn't need to know *everything* about an issue) it's a fantastic starting point. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Essential advice and a great read - highly recommend *by P***N on 19 February 2016* I found this book absolutely fantastic and highly recommend it. Unlike so many guides, it is devoid of waffle and gets straight to the point. It's easy to find answers to questions, but also to read from cover to cover - in fact, I couldn't put it down! I wish all guides were so clear. I also found it extremely informative and useful, with clear, objective explanations, and am following everything that Pippa Mattinson says. For example, as soon as my puppy was fully vaccinated, I let her off the lead when out and about (in parks, not near roads) and found she followed me just as Pippa described, and puppy now has very good recall. So I was surprised to find out that none of the other puppies at training class had ever been let off the lead - their owners were all scared their dog would run off. Had they read Happy Puppy, they would have found that off-lead time in the early months leads to better recall and on-lead behaviour later on because you have used their natural instinct to follow you to build the desired behaviour. If you are getting a puppy or know someone else who is getting one, I urge you to buy this book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good book explaining modern gentle positive and reward based dog training. No correction/punishment required. *by B***8 on 28 September 2014* Bought this to supplement our 16 year old copy of Gwen Bailey's The Perfect Puppy. Just acquired a Labrador puppy so thought it was time to update and fine tune our puppy training skills and this is a good guide to modern behaviour and positive reward based training. I like that Pippa Mattinson explains why dogs do certain things and why certain ways of training work. She also has a very balanced and unjudgemental way of explaining the pros and cons of various contentious topics such as feeding and neutering. That was quite refereshing to read actually: we part raw feed our dogs and I'm tired of evangelical raw feeders who sneer at my apparently sitting on the fence and vets who almost jump down your throat at the idea that you might feed raw bones to your dog. I have my reasons for going half and half and since dogs (like humans) are very versatile in their tolerance of a wide variety of foods, I can't see how this is harmful and I dislike being pushed totally one way or another. Well done Pippa for allowing me to feel comfortable with my way without judgement. However, I think novices might like a bit more detail on certain commands, for example a step by step guide to shaping the sit, or lie down etc. In this instance we've found these to be very easy with this puppy, but a previous puppy was quite difficult to teach certain things, and to this day at 9 years old still doesn't lie down properly or promptly and he can't walk anywhere without pulling, depsite various harnesses and head collars. He's the only one of our 9 dogs over 35 years that we've had this persistent problem with, so we don't think it's us but we'd always be open to any new ideas, but sadly there were none that we haven't tried in this book. Having said this Pippa Mattinson runs several excellent websites for Labrador, Gundog and all dog owners that provide plenty of additional free advice on all aspects of dog ownership and training. These are mentioned in the book, so I'm afraid I'm going to encourage you to buy the book before going to her websites. In fact my main reason for paying for this book is because we've benefited from some of that information and I wanted to pay some money back this time. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Happy Puppy Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Puppy Care and Early Training - The Labrador Handbook: Your Definitive Guide to Care and Training - Total Recall: Perfect Response Training for Puppies and Adult Dogs --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/48160839-the-happy-puppy-handbook-your-definitive-guide-to-puppy-care](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/48160839-the-happy-puppy-handbook-your-definitive-guide-to-puppy-care) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-15*