Even if punishment works some of the time, is it worth it? If you end up with a dog that doesn’t trust you or a dog that doesn’t want to come near you? How can that ever be a good thing? Control puppy’s environment and you will mitigate the possibility of an unwanted behaviour occurring. Did puppy chew your shoes? That was your fault for leaving your shoes and puppy unattended! The key is to surround puppy with ‘legal’ chew toys and never leave puppy alone if they’re in an environment that contains ‘illegal’ chew toys.

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Making your training bulletproof, so you’re safe in the knowledge that no matter the situation puppy will listen to you, is a case of varying the three d’s – distance, distraction and duration. Playing with these three elements will ensure that no matter the distance puppy has to travel, the intriguing distractions on offer and the duration puppy has to behave for, we’re still left with a safe and happy dog. There are really only ever going to be two reasons why your puppy won’t do what you’ve asked: 1. They don’t understand what you’ve asked them to do. 2. They’re not motivated enough to do it.

Steve Mann obviously knows his dogs and the training which goes along with owning a dog, I can't fault his knowledge, he explains everything in very lamen's terms so no matter whether this is your fifteenth dogs or your a first-time pup-parent you will find something of interest and gain new insight into your puppy's behaviour and how to get passed all their hurdles. I liked the tips on basic training and managing all those puppy tantrums and difficult behaviours, they didn't all work for me but we keep going and hoping one day (before my dog becomes an OAP) that he will get what I am trying to teach him. One can hope! Typically when you search ‘best book about X’ there are reams and reams of listicles that corroborate each other; usually leaving you with one or two front runners in the particular subject area you’re interested in. When I searched ‘best book for new dog owners’ and ‘best dog training book’ I couldn’t find a definitive winner. After scouring the web for a while I came across Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy which purported to be ‘The UK’s No.1 Dog Training Book’, but it wasn’t this marketing slogan that sold it for me, it was the more endearing, ‘Your simple step-by-step guide to raising and training a happy puppy’. A happy puppy. Isn’t that what we all really want from a dog?

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I started to teach other dog trainers, which lead to the foundation of The IMDT, so I could teach thousands of Trainers to reach thousands more dogs but that wasn’t enough, so…. A good deal of what follows is centred around bribery (treats) and repetition. In truth, most of what it is common sense but nonetheless I found it helpful to see it spelt out. It’s too early to tell whether the wisdom we’ve absorbed will make a significant difference to our journey, but my senses say it will certainly help.

I bought this last in 2020 when I got my new pup, (yes it has taken me nearly two years to write this review) now I have had dogs in my life since the day my parents took me home from the hospital when I was born and then I proceeded to share the bottom drawer of the cabinet with a pup (long story). When I was growing up, I went to puppy training classes with my Labrador-cross and was taught to ‘correct the dog’. This usually involved a swift pull on the lead which, whether attached to a standard collar or choke chain, caught the dog by surprise and damaged the relationship we - rather demoralised dog-lovers - were trying to cultivate with our totally bewildered dogs. If you don't follow me on Facebook (and if not, why not?!) you may not have seen the news that we have put down a deposit on a puppy. We can't bring her home for another fortnight, but we are in love with her already.

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So, as is my way, I have immediately bought and read a load of books about dogs. Oh, maybe not a load, but I have bought two for myself and two for my girls. And yes, I have read them all already. I started to present courses and seminars in other countries, so we could reach dogs and owners overseas but guess what, that wasn’t enough, so….

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I’m really excited to announce my Easy Peasy Awesome Pawsome Dog Training For Kids book which is due for release July 2021. It’s exactly the book I wish I had available to me ( to the tune of ‘I believe that children are the future..’) when I was a kid. Any prospective dog owners, especially those who haven’t trained a dog before. Reading this before you bring your puppy home will ensure you don’t get into bad habits like using your new puppy’s name in a negative manner or focusing on punishments rather than positive reinforcement.