Leave It!: How to Teach Amazing Impulse Control to Your Brilliant Family Dog (Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Series #2)

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.

The second book in the series Essential Skills for your Brilliant Family Dog continues the fun of training your family pet without force or intimidation. This book shows you how to teach your dog impulse control, so that he can earn great freedom in your home by being trustworthy around food, doorways, the children's toys, your best shoes ... and anything else a puppy may take a fancy to!

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Leave It!: How to Teach Amazing Impulse Control to Your Brilliant Family Dog (Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Series #2)

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.

The second book in the series Essential Skills for your Brilliant Family Dog continues the fun of training your family pet without force or intimidation. This book shows you how to teach your dog impulse control, so that he can earn great freedom in your home by being trustworthy around food, doorways, the children's toys, your best shoes ... and anything else a puppy may take a fancy to!

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Leave It!: How to Teach Amazing Impulse Control to Your Brilliant Family Dog (Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Series #2)

Leave It!: How to Teach Amazing Impulse Control to Your Brilliant Family Dog (Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Series #2)

by Beverley Courtney
Leave It!: How to Teach Amazing Impulse Control to Your Brilliant Family Dog (Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Series #2)

Leave It!: How to Teach Amazing Impulse Control to Your Brilliant Family Dog (Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Series #2)

by Beverley Courtney

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Overview

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.

The second book in the series Essential Skills for your Brilliant Family Dog continues the fun of training your family pet without force or intimidation. This book shows you how to teach your dog impulse control, so that he can earn great freedom in your home by being trustworthy around food, doorways, the children's toys, your best shoes ... and anything else a puppy may take a fancy to!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781916437616
Publisher: Beverley Courtney
Publication date: 07/30/2018
Series: Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Series , #2
Pages: 90
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.19(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction Now you see it, now you don’t .......................................... 1

Chapter 1 It’s all about choice ................................................................ 5

Choices, choices .................................................................................. 7

Special equipment you’ll need to teach Impulse Control ..................... 8

How to reward your dog for her brilliant self-control .......................... 9

Chapter 2 Introducing the Magic Hand ............................................... 13

Lesson 1 Teaching the Magic Hand Game ....................................... 14

Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 16

How will this help with everyday grabbing and stealing? ................... 18

Life becomes simpler ........................................................................ 19

Chapter 3 Keeping away from dropped or found food on the ground ...... 21

Lesson 2 Teaching the Food-on-the-Floor Game, or Magic Hand 2.0 ..... 24

Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 25

Lesson 3 Bringing the game to real life! ............................................. 26

An important word about words ....................................................... 28

Lesson 4 Adding the cue ................................................................... 29

Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 29

Lacy’s Find ....................................................................................... 30

Chapter 4 Why does it work?................................................................ 31

People first ........................................................................................ 31

Pavlov’s Dogs and Classical Conditioning ........................................ 32

How does this apply to us? ................................................................ 33

Operant Conditioning ...................................................................... 34

Why does this matter to me and my pet dog? ................................... 35

A word about punishment ................................................................ 36

Chapter 5 Here comes the joy! ............................................................. 39

1. The Door, 2. The Car Door, 3. The Crate, 4. Furniture, 5. Toy Play, 6. Reclaiming Stolen Shoes, 7. Mugging Your Hand or Your Pocket for Those Treats, 8. Tasty Shopping Bags in the Car, 9. Helping Tidy Up the Kitchen (aka Countersurfing), 10. Marking Every Tree, 11. Passing Quietly By Previously Exciting Things, 12. Meet and Greet Nicely

The Premack Principle ..................................................................... 50

Chapter 6 The effect of Impulse Control on the two of you ................ 53

What effect will this have on my dog? So how will all this affect me? Mutual trust. Side effects. That’s mine! It’s all tricks to them. Food on The Paws. Troubleshooting. Food on the Head. The Famous Tossing the Biscuit off the Nose Trick.

Conclusion You are a huge way into your journey! ............................ 65

Appreciation, Resources, Works consulted for Chapter 4

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