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    Puppy Behaviour the Havers Way
    Puppy Behaviour the Havers Way
    Puppy Behaviour the Havers Way
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    Puppy Behaviour the Havers Way

    By Steven Havers

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    We easily forget what it is like to do something for the first time and we never consider how our actions shape our dogs behaviour. You and your puppy are doing things together for the first time so getting your behaviours correct from the start is essential and this book will teach you how.

    You will learn how to teach your puppy, how to deal with unwanted behaviours and how to get it right. You won’t be using food or punishment, just your behaviour. Want to know how it’s done? Read on and welcome to Havers Dog Behaviour, a whole new approach!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu Publishing Services
    Release dateDec 10, 2015
    ISBN9781483432120
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      Puppy Behaviour the Havers Way - Steven Havers

      HAVERS

      Copyright © 2015 Steven Havers.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

      ISBN: 978-1-4834-3213-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4834-3212-0 (e)

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 11/24/2015

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      By Matthew Hoggard MBE

      Introduction

      Dispel the Myths

      Chapter 1

      Communication without Speaking

      Chapter 2

      Dog Training and Dog Behaviour

      Chapter 3

      Puppy Behaviour, The basics

      Chapter 4

      Why Use the Lead Straight Away?

      Chapter 5

      Your Choice of Puppy

      Chapter 6

      Puppy Collection Day

      Chapter 7

      Arriving At Home With Your Puppy

      Chapter 8

      Toilet Training

      Chapter 9

      How to Play With Your Puppy

      Chapter 10

      Crate Training

      Chapter 11

      How to Deal with biting

      Conclusion

      It’s All About You!

      About The Author

      Steven Havers

      Steven Havers’ guide to

      Your New Puppy.

      From a very different perspective.

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      FOREWORD

      By Matthew Hoggard MBE

      As a professional cricketer one of the things that you learn once you’ve been around the game at the highest level for a few years is that you can never stop learning about the game as it changes and evolves.

      With the arrival of 20/20 cricket and the innovations it alone has spawned the game has changed so much since I first began my journey into and around the first class game some 20 years ago.

      That ability to adapt and never be complacent or have a fixed ‘painting by numbers’ approach to any situation is one that I’ve come to value and look for when I need help with a problem – such as Billy our much-loved but somewhat unpredictable Doberman. Like many dog-owners before us who were planning a family Billy had us between the proverbial ‘rock and a hard place’. One evening at the meal table he’d tried to jump on to my lap and when I pushed him away he snapped at me – and he meant it! Not surprisingly Sarah and I were very upset – not just because he snapped - but also because with the hoped for new offspring not far away a jealous and unreliable Billy was not an option – but then neither was parting with him either.

      An Internet search threw up a number of dog training options and we fired off enquiries to several of them. First to reply was Steven Havers – and the fact that we were in Yorkshire and he was in Leicestershire was no problem and neither as we discovered was Billy. To say they didn’t get off to a good start was an understatement - but the way Steven dealt with the situation had me impressed from the minute I opened the door to him on his arrival. The trouble was - Billy wouldn’t let him in! Unruffled Steven remained on the doorstep talking to Sarah and myself and completely ignoring Billy – for 40 minutes! Eventually when Billy realised he wasn’t going to get a response he stopped and Steven was able to step inside.

      What impressed me was that he was ready to tackle whatever came his was way because he didn’t have a ‘script’. From the minute Billy kicked off in the doorway Steven was assessing his behaviour, and ours and was watching and learning about how the three of us interacted and the environment in which we lived with the dog. Only after doing this did he begin to work with Billy and us to put things right and when we began that work the drills and techniques we learned were simple and straightforward. Steven’s not just a dog trainer he’s the complete dog/owner relationship/behaviourist package and he’s also now one of my best mates as – with his no nonsense approach - we hit it off from the minute we first met.

      He’s very good at what he does – for which me, Sarah, our son Ernie and most of all Billy are very grateful. So if you’ve got a dog with a problem the solution may just be a few simple steps away. With Steven’s help you too can enjoy the ‘eurêka’ moment we did with Billy when you realise that your dog has been telling you what the problem was – the trouble is you didn’t know what to look out for or how to read the signs and signals from him. It really is that simple!

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      Matthew Hoggard with a German shepherd puppy at a dog show he opened in April 2010.

      INTRODUCTION

      Dispel the Myths

      There are many myths about bringing a puppy into your house and how to begin your life together and this book is going to dispel many of them. This book will help ensure you get off to a much better start.

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      Now you may not agree these are myths, you may think they are the best thing you can do with your puppy but my experience has proven these interactions make a dramatic difference to your puppy, now and for the rest of his life.

      The biggest myths are these:

      Your puppy needs to play to enjoy being with you,

      Your puppy has to meet every dog and

      person you see,

      Your puppy can be off the lead.

      I will explain all of these statements as you get into the rest of the book.

      Now I would like to establish a base principle that you also may not agree with:

      You will agree that puppies learn very quickly and they learn from us. Whilst that means they can learn all the desirable behaviours we want them to, it also means they will learn the behaviours that are much less desirable just as quickly. In many ways, we are doomed to fail our puppy because of one very important element and that is the way that we think. People, regardless of who we are or where we come from are generally reactive by nature, this

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