Having worked with over 5,000 dogs - from Great Danes to Chihuahuas, and everything in-between - he has seen every behavioural issue going, whether it's aggression, house-destruction, refusal to obey commands or extreme anxiety. The ‘Dogfather’ Graeme Hall is a top dog trainer and the presenter of hit Channel 5 show ‘Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly’, helping the nation’s dog owners with their troubled pets. There are some interesting and funny anecdotes mixed in with helpful training tips and explanations on canine psychology. I love working with puppies because there is so much potential to make a lasting difference to a dog's life and to their owner's. Although I knew that a wagging tail doesn't (as many believe) always indicate happiness, I did not know that a tail wagging mostly to the dog's left can often mean 'back off' and one wagging to the right is generally an invitation to approach.

The book taught me that instead of focusing on my rescue dogs issues, to think about how far he had come in the time he has been with us. Measureing and manageing this meter will vary from dog to dog but it will certainly not be from 0 to 100%. Later in the book Graeme talks about about dogs "understanding" or responding to different languages. 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. Simpler is better for Graeme so h was a bigger proponent of skipping the middle man and using simple verbal ques such as "good" or "down".With experience of training over 5,000 dogs of every breed, Graeme Hall has formulated the golden rules that every dog owner needs to know and he's here to share them with you.

But wouldn't it be so much easier if we spoke the same language and could ask what they were thinking or feeling? A lot of this book is about understanding and reading your dog to understand how to train them and what they might be thinking which I think is probably more helpful than “do this” and “do that” although on the face of it you might think it’s not telling you a lot.Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. About the Author: Graeme Hall 'The Dogfather' has been described by the Telegraph as 'Britain's best dog trainer'. I have an extremely anxious rescue Dachshund with many issues and am always looking out for helpful dog training tips. The only reason I have marked it down a bit is because the chapter on “kids and dogs” wasn’t really about kids at all but babies only. This book is full of little nuggets of wisdom and interesting facts useful to the less experienced dog owner and entertaining to boot.