Product Description
Everyone wants to own a dog that is friendly and well-behaved, and this book will show you how to educate your puppy successfully using gentle, positive methods that are fast, effective and fun.
Different puppies have very different temperaments and characteristics, so to find the right puppy for you Gwen Bailey helps you to take a look at which one might be best for your lifestyle, personality and family.
Contents includes advice on the most important dog-centric decision you will ever make; choosing a puppy to match your character and lifestyle. The book takes you through every stage of your puppy’s early months from how to have a sociable, friendly puppy and how to teach a puppy to behave well through lessons and games to ideas on how to prevent aggression and behavioural problems. Each training method is accompanied by accessible step-by-step colour photoguides.
From the Back Cover
Everyone wants to own a dog that is friendly and well behaved. This book will show you how to educate your puppy successfully using gentle, positive methods that are fast, effective and fun.
Different puppies have very different characteristics, so Gwen Bailey helps you to take a look at which one might be best for your lifestyle, personality and family, as well as helping you to make the most of the puppy you already have.
Contents include:
• Choosing a puppy to match your character and lifestyle
• Step-by-step photographs of training methods
• First lessons – house-training, chewing and play-biting
• Preventing aggression and other behavioural problems
• Games, sports and tricks
About the Author
Gwen Bailey is a professional Animal Behaviourist and the founder and MD of Puppy School, an organisation of professional tutors across the UK working to prevent behavioural problems among puppies. She runs training courses around the world, lectures at national and international conferences and is the author of eight animal behaviour books, including Collins Good Dog Behaviour and Dogs Behaving Badly. She is also a Trustee for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
