Train Your Dog, Change Your Life : An Interactive Training Program for Individuals, Families, and Their Dogs

This forward-looking training book provides an accessible, positive reinforcement training method to replace the obedience methods of the past.

Training is essential for dogs to live peacefully and happily among humans. If you're a dog owner who seeks to build trust rather than establish dominance, you'll appreciate this approach to training that emphasizes listening, observing, relaxation, self-help, change, and games. Chapters cover lifestyle management, body language and attitude, socialization, housetraining, nutrition and exercise, grooming for health and self-esteem, creativity and games, and other important lessons.

You'll Be Amazed By the Results You Get From This Book!

Welcome to a whole new way of thinking about training?one that is as much about you as it is about your puppy or dog. You see, dogs are extremely sensitive to the signals we give them; how we behave affects how they behave. If you want to raise your puppy right or put your dog on the fast track to good manners, you also need to understand your role in the process. But relax. This isn't another lesson you have to learn. It's a way of finding out what really turns you on, making your canine companion happier and more responsive and, lo and behold, changing everything in your life for the better.

In Train Your Dog, Change Your Life, you'll discover

• Ways to understand and work with canine body language
• The 10 Laws of shaping behavior
• A practical, simple, and fun way to train a puppy, week by week
• The basics and benefits of play training
• How all areas of your life will improve with these principles