Raising and Training Perfect Puppies: The Missing Secret to Success

by William Atherton

Are you looking for help to train your puppy? Are you trying to train your puppy to be a perfect dog? Then Raising and Training Perfect Puppies - The Missing Secret to Success, is a must read for every dedicated puppy owner. In this book, world renowned Canine Behaviourist William Atherton discusses the key ingredient to raising well-balanced and obedient Hardly spoken about by today's most popular dog trainers, this missing secret is priceless.Knowing this secret will allow you to enjoy the success that you deserve in raising an amazing canine companion. NOT knowing it will cost you fortunes in terms of frustration, time and money. In fact, not knowing and not implementing this missing secret to puppy training is precisely what gets so many dogs put down these days. Atherton's book is a fascinating read that debunks modern myths about dog training. At the same time, it gives you everything that you need to succeed in Raising and Training Perfect Puppies, from incredible obedience, impeccable manners to wonderful socialisation. If you want to train your puppy perfectly, this book is a must read!

Genres: Nonfiction

212 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 21, 2021

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall I did get some good info from this book, I just wish there was less "why" we do these training things & more "how" to do them. There was barely any instruction in here and it got pretty repetitive throughout the chapters. It was a good companion read to the youtube videos though.

[Kirsty · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book felt very repetitive, with the over-use of certain buzzwords and the constant promise that, if you just read a little further, all the secrets of puppy training will be revealed to you. "But first, we just need to talk about this background info. Now that that's done, I'm about to tell you how to train the perfect puppy. But I need to tell you this background info first. Oh, and this background info, too." The whole book continues in this way. The actual useful content could fill about 10 pages if you cut all of the waffle out. My other bugbear was the use of Americanisms. I've seen the Fenrir YouTube channel and know that William Atherton is British. So why is he using a mixture of British and American vocab and spelling? "Neighbour" followed by ” meter" in the next sentence. Why are we talking about "ranches", "leashes", "dollars" and "shelters"? There's also a lot of talk about neighbours having horse corrals, as if this is a commonplace situation. Certainly none of my neighbours have them... All in all, it feels like the book's designed more to make money than to provide any real info, while also handily advertising the Fenrir online course. Not for me.

[Erica Tharpe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good material but EXTREMELY repetitive

The point the author tried to get across about being a strong and consistent leader should have been condensed in this book. The book just continued to repeat itself so I was disappointed.

[Emma McCarthy · Rating 4 out of 5]

love william atherton -- and overall enjoyed this quick read.

only complaint is its repetitive nature and grammatical/punctuation issues that drove my type-A writing brain absolutely mad. otherwise, a quick and good read.

[Maria Vearncombe · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing glimpse into the mind of your dog

Brilliant read so much to take in I’m reading it again and again to absorb all the information. Excited to continue training my puppy as a calm confident consistent leader.

[Stacey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Training puppies. It wasn't a bad book and actually reminded me that leadership is so important with puppies. It showed me how we went wrong with Chief, which made me sad, but all we can do is move forward. Puppy coming this spring and I want to do better.

[Josie · Rating 3 out of 5]

More theoretical than functional

[Leanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

While some aspects stand up to a fact-check, the majority of training specifics go against established and proofed methodologies, and it fails to mention the risk associated with using positive punishment (AVSAB). Would recommend Dog Language by Robert Abrantes, On Talking Terms With Dogs by Turid Rugaas, and Excel-erated Learning: Explaining in Plain English How Dogs Learn And How Best To Teach Them by Pamela J Reid, and How to Train Your Dog: The complete guide to raising a confident and happy dog, from puppy to adult by the Tates