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Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog - by Beverley Courtney (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • You've got your new dog, you've got the bowl, the collar and the lead.
  • Author(s): Beverley Courtney
  • 290 Pages
  • Pets, Dogs

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About the Book



All four of the step-by-step books from the Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog. Calm Down! Leave It! Let's Go! and Here Boy! give you all you need to teach your dog the basics for a happy life together



Book Synopsis



You've got your new dog, you've got the bowl, the collar and the lead. Now what? This puppy doesn't seem to understand anything you say! You got your pet to be your companion - and yet all you seem to do is yell at her!

Let's change this right away: instead of focussing on what you don't want your dog to do, focus on what you do want. Instead of having unnecessary battles over trivia, build up terrific games your dog longs to play with you. Soon your unruly dog will be saying, "Yes? What would you like me to do for you?"

And so begins a wonderful partnership. Beverley takes you by the hand and leads you through the games and lessons, step-by-step. There's no strange jargon, no "Thou shalt not's", and every time you get stuck, another solution pops up. Through years of experience teaching new owners how to work with their puppies and dogs - entirely without force - Beverley knows just what you're up against.

This book brings all the four popular how-to books into one volume for easy access.

Book 1 Calm Down! shows you how to find your dog's off-switch! You'll wonder how you managed before you learnt this.

Book 2 Leave It! has you teaching your dog impulse control, so that by being trustworthy around food and doorways he gets greater freedom.

Book 3 Let's Go! brings you the Holy Grail of dog ownership - walking nicely on the lead. In just a couple of games a day, you'll get the calm walks you yearn for

Book 4 Here Boy! teaches your dog the life-saving and sanity-preserving skill of coming back instantly on one call. He'll have such fun he'll be halfway back to you before he knows it.



Review Quotes




Your work is a great help; clear, simple and easy to follow and remember. I've read similar books, but almost all are much more wordy and hard to remember. Carol and Charlie

Thank you for such a brilliant series of books. I bought Leave It! first and then bought the other three as soon as I'd finished it. I only wish I'd known about them when my dog was a pup. It makes such a difference to know that someone is on your side! Liz and Fergus, Cocker Spaniel x Poodle

I want to thank you for your amazing books. I'm working with my Terrier mix and she is stubborn but the training is working. Thank you! Ashley

I have bought all four of Beverley Courtney's books and loved them all! I absolutely recommend her books! I am so glad I stumbled across them. A must for anyone who wants a dog who is eager to please. Amazon review

Let's Go! is brilliant! I got it this morning and read it cover to cover twice. I can't wait to get started. Lee and Springer Spaniel

Calm Down! This book is excellent and so clearly written my 7-year-old son is enjoying working through the stages with us. I have read books 2 and 3 in the series also and can honestly say they make training my nine-week-old pup an absolute pleasure for both of us. Amazon Review

I initially got the Calm Down! and Let's Go! books, - they are beyond reasonably priced for the gems of information that they are. Now I have all four books in the series! Mags

I finished Let's Go! and am halfway through Leave It! Excellent, informative books. I have a whole library of doggy books and I find yours concise, easy to read and full of very useful tips. Joanna with Labradors Tilly and Flora

Just wanted to say that your books are brilliant - so easy to understand and motivating. Thank you for writing them and putting them out there. Jane with Ollie and Betty


Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .61 Inches (D)
Weight: .86 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 290
Genre: Pets
Sub-Genre: Dogs
Publisher: Beverley Courtney
Theme: Training
Format: Paperback
Author: Beverley Courtney
Language: English
Street Date: July 30, 2018
TCIN: 79242738
UPC: 9781916437647
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-9824
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.61 inches length x 6 inches width x 9 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.86 pounds
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