Who is MY favourite Dog Trainer?

There are numerous dog trainers, some with high profiles, and some who just carry on quietly in their own neighbourhoods helping new, inexperienced, or troubled owners any way they can [and getting great satisfaction from all their successes I know - from experience].

If you are looking for some kind of help from books, videos, television programmes, or other media courses - let me explain very briefly who I have personally learned from, and have felt to be a good reliable source of expert help and assistance.

First the courses available in our margin:-

Daniel Stevens full dog training course. Click on the page, scroll down and apply for the FREE 6-day course, that way you can decide for yourself if you like his methods! But with over 64,000 satisfied customers they surely can't all be wrong!

Dove Creswell trainer of animals for film, TV, etcetera - view the free online video at the following link... HERE!

[Getting the animals to do correctly what is required for the film/TV/photo shot etc., and at the right time, isn't as easy as it may appear - it takes a special trainer and a dog with a special temperament.]

For really rapid and simple potty training advice Click Here!


Now for other resources:-


Victoria Stilwell and 'It's Me or The Dog' - both the TV programme, and the book of the programme are very useful. If the TV programme is showing re-runs on any channel, do record them, and study them. If anything, I think the book is more comprehensive than watching the programmes though. It covers everything you could possibly want to know about dogs and their training in a down-to-earth and easy to understand manner. Totally 'dog friendly'.

The Dog Whisperer TV programmes are brilliant, you need to record them, and watch several times to fully comprehend the nuances of body language of both dogs and owners. I'm afraid I haven't read any of Cesar Milan's books, but if they are half as good as the TV programmes they must be really good.

Jan Fennell's books [The Dog Listener] are very informative. I prefer the first one as it explains very comprehensively about a rescue dog of hers - this gives a great insight into the thought processes of dogs in general. Definitely recommended.

You may also be interested in the Dog Borstal TV programmes - if I had to forego any one of the above resources I must admit it would be this one. You have 3 different trainers, and people come with their 'problem' dogs to spend time at the training camp... whether or not you like the training methods, or if you can learn anything useful from watching the programmes will be for you to decide.

[Note: All of the courses, programmes, and books mentioned above contain helpful information on potty training/housebreaking/housetraining.]

I forgot to mention in the books for 'training' - check out books on the Tellington Touch Massage technique - can be used for dogs and horses... though separate books. This is supposed to calm dogs and also help with training. You must make up your own mind. I am thinking of buying one of the books and trying it out - all knowledge can be helpful!

Your response to this list will depend entirely upon what you are looking for... whether you need just a quick answer or two to a vexing problem, or a more in depth training course, will govern which of the above will be of interest to you.

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Resources:
Click here for a selection of Dog Training Books

Why can training be a problem?

We do individual dog training with people who have problems with their pets. The happy pet and owner who have at last seen a 'breakthrough' with their training is a wonderful reward in and of itself! [We also do dog walking and cat sitting in our local area.]

If you are looking for a dog trainer, you could perhaps ask for recommendations from the local dog owning population. Adverts in the local press or yellow pages will give names and phone numbers of trainers but a personal recommendation from someone who is a knowledgable dog owner will be a much safer bet!

As in all things, some trainers will be better than others, some you will get on with, some you won't - and price, and qualification, do not always provide you with a true picture of value.

If you can't get a personal recommendation, or if you don't get on with local trainers - I strongly advise you to try to read as much on the subject as possible, try out the free lesson mentioned in our other posts, and then once you have absorbed some ideas from that - the problem could already be sorted, and you should be far more informed and confident when asking for help from another trainer.
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Resources:

To check out the free lesson just Click Here!