Essential Skills for your Growly but Brilliant Family Dog by Beverley Courtney

Essential Skills for your Growly but Brilliant Family Dog by Beverley Courtney

All three books in the series Essential Skills for your Growly but Brilliant Family Dog in one volume. In this book for anxious, fearful, aggressive, or reactive dogs, you have everything you need to build confidence in both you and your dog, so that you can say goodbye to those distressing scenes when your dog barks and lunges at everything he sees. No longer will you be subjected to the scorn of other dog-owners You'll learn why your dog is acting as he does, and with understanding comes patience and empathy.

Using entirely force-free proven methods - and a jargon-free approach touched with humour, Beverley takes you step-by-step through the process of understanding, of change, and teaches you solid techniques to move you forward.

The first book will bring you lots of Aha moments as your dog's complex thoughts are revealed to you. It's essential to understand what's going on before you can make any changes. It will also explain a lot of other things your dog does, and why. And key to all this is what you bring to the partnership

The second book goes into the detail of what you're going to change and how, what approaches will work best, and what you need to make it all work. Lots of Lessons in this book. And much of this will involve change for you: exciting

Finally, the third book gets you out there with your dog, enjoying a new way of walking and interacting with her, and making the scenes you've endured before - mercifully - a thing of the past. Lots more Lessons here, and Troubleshooting sections to cover all the what ifs you'll come up with.

Beverley Courtney has spent her entire life surrounded by dogs. She became a Working Trials Champion with her first dog, a Battersea Dogs' Home rescue, and has spent many years assisting new owners with their dogs and puppies. She is dedicated to increasing communication between owner and canine by utilizing the most recent scientific advancements in dog behavior. Training becomes a breeze once you abandon the notion that it's a one-way process (I said SIT!) and begin to grasp how your dog learns. Hundreds of families have discovered the joys of choice-based training thanks to her innovative approach. The first four books focus on the four Vital Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog, with the first book in the series focusing on one of her students' favorite skills: calming their crazy puppy!