Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy: The UK's No.1 Dog Training Book

I bought Steve Mann's high-quality guide to understand more about puppy training because my friend Jane has just got two rescue dog puppies. This guide by Steve Mann covers everything from the first night of having a dog to all the essentials like toilet training, including a Poo and Pee Diary for overnight, toiletting, and different types of urination. There's a very useful section on dog body language, including signals like stretching, yawning, scratching, and what to watch for in their eyes, mouth, tail, ears, head, and feet. Detailed instructions for teaching Sit are provided, along with the 3Ds, which are Duration, Distraction, and Distance. This guide includes many case studies related to various training scenarios.A chapter on mouth manners discusses chewing and teething and introduces the concept of positive interruptors. These are special sounds that make puppies drop what they're doing and come running. Socialisation. tips cover how to introduce your dog to people and proper dog park etiquette. This guide explains jumping up, reflex to name (where puppies can't resist checking in when they hear their name), eye contact training, loose lead walking, and recall commands for recall. Steve Mann describes how puppies come running towards you with the speed of a puma when called. He also explains nose targeting, holding out your hand and saying touch, so the puppy touches their nose against your hand and other practical tips like the rucksack walk. There's a chapter on puppy school classes, group classes, and vet visits. This guide ends with goodbyes and good luck wishes. The photographs at the back are excellent for illustrating some of the concepts discussed overall. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone who is looking for practical strategies and tips to train their puppy.

Bought just before we got our puppy. My husband had had dogs in the past but I hadn’t. This book taught me how to prep our home and how to have the correct mindset to deal with a dog. Many of the fears I’d had ( toilet training, biting/ nipping, chewing, feeding, would he like us.. the list goes on) were put to rest by reading this book. It’s well written and funny as well as informative so it holds your attention. My husband and myself were almost fighting to read it as it was so good and intuitive.Yes, our dog still chews my slippers, but thanks to the book I know that i can only be angry with myself for leaving them in his reach. Learning when things are my fault and not the dogs has taught the whole family to tidy up after themselves or risk things getting ruined; and our dog is a happy, housetrained, mainly obedient and mostly a wonderfully appreciated member of our family.Have recommended this book several times over to friends and family considering a dog, and when I hear or read stories of people with a new dog I‘m very smug in the knowledge that I don’t have any of their problems mainly because I’ve read this book and having some common sense helps too!

We really enjoyed this book and most of the advice is really good and works very well for our chihuahua puppy. The only thing we found doesn't work is to stop the puppy biting us. Just with positive things she is just more encouraged to bite and don't really care if it hurts us. We found a method that the mom dog uses and is really gentle but firm enough for the puppy to understand. Otherwise really great book and I like that it is written for dogs in the UK.

Such a great book with so many helpful tricks. Our pup has really learned to love his den after using the tips in here and does the most beautiful long sit.Haven’t nailed the don’t bite me part, but certainly not biting furniture anymore. I’ll take that as a win for now and we have a trainer to support with getting the rest right.This book really helps understand your dog better!

I loved reading this book in preparation for the puppy that we picked up last week. It is exceptionally well written and with such a great sense of fun that it kept me engaged, chuckling and wanting to read on irrespective of whether or not we were getting a puppy. It also contains lots of useful tips and information for anyone who is going to be getting a puppy. I can't recommend this book highly enough. An absolute joy.

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It’s such a great book! It’s funny and fun to read. I’ve honestly learned from it more than puppy classes. There are many practical examples and fun stories. I can’t recommend it enough - you must read this book when you get a puppy!

Dieses Buch ist ein Muss für alle Welpenbesitzer. Bzw. wäre es mehr als wünschenswert, wenn man sich schon VOR der Anschaffung eines Hundes dieses Buch zu Gemüte führt. Nett geschrieben, doch ohne Blabla auf den Punkt gebracht. Sehr nützliche Tipps und Hinweise. Kaufen!

Waiting eagerly for the French translation so I can recommend it for my puppy classes clients :-)

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