Natural Dog Training

About the Book

Natural Dog Training is about how dogs see the world and what this means in regards to training. The first part of this book presents a new theory for the social behavior of canines, featuring the drive to hunt, not the pack instincts, as seminal to canine behavior. The second part reinterprets how dogs actually learn. The third quarter outlines exercises and handling techniques to put this theory into practice with a puppy. The final section sets forth a training program with a special emphasis on coming when called.

About the Author

Kevin Behan was ten when he trained his first dog. As a child, he spent most of his time with the dogs his father trained. After college, he went to work at his father’s kennel. As Kevin learned about a dog’s instincts, he began to see that much of the conventional wisdom in dog training was misguided. Eventually he realized that he had to start his own kennel and develop his theory further. Twenty years later and some fifty thousand dogs later, the theory of Natural Dog Training was formulated. Kevin now lives and trains dogs in Newfane, Vermont.