Natural Dog Training: Working from the Dog's Point of View

Rating:
Summary: Best Dog Book Ever Written
Review: When I first read this book ten years ago I disagreed with almost everything in it. But there was something about the things that Kevin Behan said that piqued my interest, so the next day I tried using one of the techniques from the book on a dog I was training at the tiome (I'm a professional dog trainer and author) and was amazed at the results. I tried other techniques in turn and found that they always worked. In almost no time I was re-training dogs that had been "ruined" by far more experienced trainers than I was--dogs that certain experts said couldn't be trained at all were almost instantly transformed into very obedient doggies. And they all loved it!
It's so sad that most pet dog trainers don't understand or use these techniques, which are similar to the methods used to train search-and-rescue dogs, drug-enforcement dogs, and police dogs.
I am currently training dogs in NYC using Kevin's methods, and I am also writing a series of mystery novels featuring a dog trainer/detective who also uses Natural Dog Training techniques. In fact, these techniques are artfully interwoven into the mystery stories. The first book, A Nose for Murder is available from Avon, and it's a testament, in part, to all of the incredible things I learned from Natural Dog Training, which I think is the best dog book ever written.

Rating:
Summary: Best Dog Book Ever Written
Review: When I first read this book ten years ago I disagreed with almost everything in it. But there was something about the things that Kevin Behan said that piqued my interest, so the next day I tried using one of the techniques from the book on a dog I was training at the tiome (I'm a professional dog trainer and author) and was amazed at the results. I tried other techniques in turn and found that they always worked. In almost no time I was re-training dogs that had been "ruined" by far more experienced trainers than I was--dogs that certain experts said couldn't be trained at all were almost instantly transformed into very obedient doggies. And they all loved it!
It's so sad that most pet dog trainers don't understand or use these techniques, which are similar to the methods used to train search-and-rescue dogs, drug-enforcement dogs, and police dogs.
I am currently training dogs in NYC using Kevin's methods, and I am also writing a series of mystery novels featuring a dog trainer/detective who also uses Natural Dog Training techniques. In fact, these techniques are artfully interwoven into the mystery stories. The first book, A Nose for Murder is available from Avon, and it's a testament, in part, to all of the incredible things I learned from Natural Dog Training, which I think is the best dog book ever written.