At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. Graeme Hall 'The Dogfather' has been described by the Telegraph as 'Britain's best dog trainer', Graeme criss-crosses the country helping dog and puppy owners with behaviour problems. Hall reproduces some interesting studies on the boosted levels of oxytocin (the 'happy hormone') produced in the brains of both dogs and humans when we gaze into each others' eyes. He enjoyed it so much he quit Weetabix and put a notice in the local paper, advertising his services as 'The Dogfather'. Drawing on 15 years of experience training over 5,000 dogs, and backed up with scientific evidence, he tackles all the tricky questions you’ve ever wanted to ask.

Is the tongue visible, are they smiling, what direction are their ears pointing, can you see the white of their eyes and also what direction is their tail wagging? This is a book by a dog trainer who I am vaguely aware presents a programme on dog training and problem dogs.I enjoyed the anecdotes in this book and I've used several techniques from this book into practice on my own new puppy. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It was because she was so used to years of lead-straining, she had learned to pull back constantly and the new dog was, understandably, responding with an equal and opposite force. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. Hopefully in the next few years I’ll get a German Shepherd or Cavalier King Charles; not only is this book funny and engaging it, was really informative on dog psychology and behaviour as well as that of humans.

He also clarisies the cons of these extra tools like their inconvenience as an object or in busy environments. Having watched Graeme Hall perform what look like miracles on Channel Five's Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly which is delivered in a non-patronising or overly bossy manner, I was more than a little interested to read his book.As of January 2023, I’m still busy making the new series of Dogs Behaving Very Badly (Channel 5, 8pm Tuesday evenings). All of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you!

They process that information faster than we do by reading our forehead wrinkles, nose flaring and ears. Having read many, many books on dog training over the years, this is the first one I can say was enjoyable from start to finish. Every dog wants to behave well for you and make you happy, but whether they're being diverted by fear, stress or uncertainty, something is stopping them. His motto is 'Any dog, any age, any problem' and he has built a glowing reputation on providing quick but long-lasting fixes.There’s a difference between competition dog obedience training (which most people don’t want) and great everyday dog behaviour – which everyone wants.