Saturday, March 04, 2006
Sit, Stay Fetch - well worth the money
Dog Training
Those of you who have visited this site before will have realised it was motivated by one father’s desire to try and train the family pet so lovingly bought after the usual request from my son, Sam.
That pet was Elmo, a Black Labrador Border Collie Cross, a fifty pound bundle of fun, fur and destruction! As I mentioned and used elsewhere in an article – “Who needs Weapons of Mass Destruction when you have a Black Labrador Pup!”
How we managed to get Elmo to fit in with our family as opposed to us fitting in with him is a series of short stories in itself.
Whilst researching how we went about this Herculean task we encountered a whole series of books leaflets and training regimes, some better than others.
One of the ones that I thought was worth investigation was “Sit, Stay, Fetch” by Daniel Stevens. His premise is quite simple and well worth the money.
As he says in the opening part of the sales page:
Why do you want a well-behaved dog?
• Do you have a generally disobedient dog?
• Does your dog embarrass you in public?
• Are you sick of excessive biting, barking, whining, etc?
• Are you sick of dealing with dog aggression issues?
• Do you want to know how to fix virtually any dog behaviour problem?
• Or, perhaps you just want the best relationship that you can possibly have with your dog.
I thought that this package was worth the money and as you will find out as you stay with us over the months, we managed to make headway with Elmo as well.
Dog Training ¶ 8:59 PM
Those of you who have visited this site before will have realised it was motivated by one father’s desire to try and train the family pet so lovingly bought after the usual request from my son, Sam.
That pet was Elmo, a Black Labrador Border Collie Cross, a fifty pound bundle of fun, fur and destruction! As I mentioned and used elsewhere in an article – “Who needs Weapons of Mass Destruction when you have a Black Labrador Pup!”
How we managed to get Elmo to fit in with our family as opposed to us fitting in with him is a series of short stories in itself.
Whilst researching how we went about this Herculean task we encountered a whole series of books leaflets and training regimes, some better than others.
One of the ones that I thought was worth investigation was “Sit, Stay, Fetch” by Daniel Stevens. His premise is quite simple and well worth the money.
As he says in the opening part of the sales page:
Why do you want a well-behaved dog?
• Do you have a generally disobedient dog?
• Does your dog embarrass you in public?
• Are you sick of excessive biting, barking, whining, etc?
• Are you sick of dealing with dog aggression issues?
• Do you want to know how to fix virtually any dog behaviour problem?
• Or, perhaps you just want the best relationship that you can possibly have with your dog.
I thought that this package was worth the money and as you will find out as you stay with us over the months, we managed to make headway with Elmo as well.
Dog Training ¶ 8:59 PM
