Leslie McDevitt's versatile Control Unleashed® program is designed to help "dogs with issues" learn how to relax, focus, and work off-leash reliably in either stimulating or stressful situations. I also wish it would get going faster, there's lots of talk about the author's ideas being great and working well but you keep thinking yes, where are the ideas. I love this book so much, it's changing how I relate to my dogs and I think it's going to overall improve their wellbeing so much.

Learn how to turn stress to confidence and distraction to focus using methods that are 110% positive. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. McDevitt stresses that this is a behavioural programme and not an agility class or obedience programme.

So, finding this program helped me see how to help my reactive dog and owner read, communicate, and bond better, so trust could surface. Though the book was targeted to agility instructors, McDevitt offers practical, useable advice for all instructors and the handlers of reactive dogs. This book was recommended by a friend who thought it could help overcome problems I have with one of my dogs. Leslie's books have been translated into multiple languages and Leslie has taught the material from her seminal book Control Unleashed: Creating a Focused and Confident Dog to people and dogs all around the world.

His answer helps you adjust your training plan or change the environment until you get a different answer. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. She uses many of the principles professional dog trainers are all familiar with in CU: Learning to read your dog’s signs of stress; Conditioning a relaxation response so the dog can think; Working with dogs prior to reaching a threshold of arousal; Finding the point at which each dog can work and learn; Reframing the picture so the dog sees what has been anxiety provoking as safe; and Using the Premack Principle to create attention and focus on the owner.She explains in detail how to use parallel racing, giving advice on working with motion-triggered dogs and training a reactive dog to watch other dogs in motion. This book will show you how to ask your dog yes/no questions rather than give commands; for example, you will ask the dog if the conditions he is in will help or hinder his ability to learn the most functional way to behave for that circumstance. In doing so she uses reverse psychology to create a dog that offers the handler the attention they desire and produces a win-win outcome for both. that after achieving 10 titles, reading a thousand training books, dvds, training under a myriad of trainers etc. We are slowly working ourselves through the CU program and I hope that the exercises will continue to help (me and) my dog to be able to cope with the world around him.