Beverley Courtney

Is your dog driving you mad? Learn how to find your dog's off-switch, enjoy a calm visit to a cafe or pub, reach your dog's mind without losing yours, and enjoy your dog again! This first book in the illustrated series introduces you to the concepts of how to get what you want from your dog, and then sends him off to sleep for you

Step-by-Step to a Calm, Relaxed, and Brilliant Family Dog

Calm Down!

All three books in this series in one volume. Book 1 reveals your dog's complex thoughts to you, and explains what your dog does and why. Book 2 shows you what you're going to change and how - lots of Lessons here. Book 3 gives you a new way of walking and interacting with your dog, and saying goodbye to the scenes you used to have to endure.

Books 1-3: Understanding Your Fearful, Reactive, Or Aggressive Dog, and Strategies and Techniques to Make Change

Essential Skills for Your Growly But Brilliant Family Dog

Does your dog steal anything that's not nailed down? Learn how you can * leave food on the table* forget shoes and toys on the floor* know your rubbish is safe in the bin- without having to mount an armed guard to protect it all from your family dog.This book will take you step-by-step through some simple and surprising games which will turn your thieving rascal into a saintly pooch who can be trusted with cakes on the coffee table, dinner on the counter, biscuits in the children's hands, and who will confine his chewing to the things you give him to chew.Instead of saying "This is what you do," then leaving you to it, Beverley takes you by the hand and troubleshoots all the games so that you can get them absolutely right. And the joy is that this is all achieved without shouting, force, or intimidation. Just pure undiluted fun!Find the answers in this second book in the series of Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog.

How to Teach Amazing Impulse Control to Your Brilliant Family Dog

Leave It!

* In Book 1 you learned WHY your dog is doing what she does. * Book 2 showed you WHAT you can do to start to make big changes. * Now in Book 3 you're going to see HOW to put those changes into action. No longer are you the owner of "that nasty dog" who is the curse of the neighbourhood. No longer do you have to walk at the Hour of the Difficult Dog in order to avoid every living creature on the planet. You can start to lose those labels of "reactive", "fearful", "anxious", "aggressive" - even "boisterous and over-friendly".Beverley will give you specific techniques to deal with your dog's reactivity - on the ground. Through her unique brand of empathy laced with humour, you will change your walks to pleasant outings, your time on the road will be less stressful for both of you - you'll know just how to keep your dog calm and happy. And when he's calm and happy, you're calm and happy! Along with the skills you've already learnt, the extensive Troubleshooting sections will show you exactly what to do in any given situation, because you'll know why it's happening, what you'd like to happen - and how to achieve that. "I have had a brilliant walk with him today and he was really good with cars, people and other dogs with limited reactions. He seems to enjoy meeting other people and dogs now." Joan and Shep, Border Collie Can you believe that in a few short weeks this could be you?

Book 3 Strategies and Techniques for Your Fearful, Aggressive, Or Reactive Dog

Calm Walks with Your Growly Dog

Are your dog walks a nightmare? Lunging, barking, pulling you over, and putting on an astonishing display of aggression? You love your dog, who’s a perfect peach at home, so why on earth is she doing this? Using entirely force-free proven methods, developed through extensive study and working with thousands of dog-owners - and a very readable, jargon-free approach touched with humour! - Beverley Courtney takes you step-by-step through the process of understanding, of change, and finally teaches you solid techniques to move you forward. In this series of three books for anxious, fearful, aggressive, or reactive dogs, you have everything you need to build confidence in both you and your dog, so that you can say goodbye to those distressing scenes when your dog barks, screams, and lunges at everything she sees. No longer will you be subjected to the scorn of other dog-owners! You’ll learn why your dog is acting as she does, and with understanding comes patience and empathy. 👉 Book 1 in this series Essential Skills for your Growly but Brilliant Family Dog will bring you lots of “Aha!” moments as your dog’s complex thoughts are revealed to you. It’s essential to understand what’s going on before you can make any changes. It will also explain a lot of other things your dog does, and why. And key to all this is what you bring to the partnership! 👉 Book 2 goes into the detail of what you’re going to change and how, what approaches will work best, and what you need to make it all work. Lots of Lessons in this book. And much of this will involve change for you: exciting! 👉 Finally, Book 3 gets you out there with your dog, enjoying a new way of walking and interacting with her, and making the scenes you’ve endured before, mercifully, a thing of the past. Lots more Lessons here, and Troubleshooting sections to cover all the “what ifs” you’ll come up with for your individual dog. “Simply makes you a better person and your dog a better dog” 5* reviewer “Your introduction made me cry as I felt you really understood how I feel. I feel like you help the reader to believe in themselves and their dogs.” CS Don’t wait another moment before starting to change walks with your dog - for good! Buy this set today.

Understanding your fearful, reactive, or aggressive dog, and strategies and techniques to make change

Essential Skills for your Growly but Brilliant Family Dog: Books 1-3

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! Book 1 shows you how to find your dog's off-switch! You'll wonder how you managed before you learnt this.Book 2 has you teaching your dog impulse control, so that by being trustworthy around food and doorways he gets greater freedom.Book 3 brings you the Holy Grail of dog ownership - walking nicely on the lead. In just a couple of games a day, you'll get the calm walks you yearn for.Book 4 teaches your dog the life-saving and sanity-preserving skill of coming back instantly on one call. He'll have such fun he'll be halfway back to you before he knows it.

Calm Down! Leave It! Let's Go! and Here Boy!

Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Books 1-4

More Skills for your Brilliant Family Dog shows you a dog-friendly, step-by-step method for teaching your dog to retrieve - his ball, your slippers, or your phone!

Teach Your Brilliant Family Dog to Catch, Fetch, Retrieve, Find, and Bring Things Back!

Fetch It!

All four of the step-by-step books from the series *Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog* in one volume! Book 1 teaches your dog to calm and settle, Book 2 stops him thieving and barging doors, Book 3 gives you pleasant walks with no lead-pulling, and Book 4 - the all-important instant recall!

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