Dog Training without treats gets you a balanced, healthy and a
happy dog that listens to you and NOT because of food bribery
or any tidbits. We get hundreds of requests from all over the
world by desperate owners who are dying to know the secrets how
to teach and train their dog commands "without" the
use of treats or bribe.
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Expose the “Biggest
Scam” in Dog Training History!
Eyebrow Raising Facts That Prove Training Your Dog with Treats
Gets You Quick, but Short-Lived Results
From the Book, "Hidden Secrets Behind Dog Training"
By Master Trainer and Canine Psychologist - Kevin The Dog Prodigy
What you are about to read is something that 99.9 percent of you
have never seen or heard which is why it will absolutely shock
you. This chapter is the most controversial chapter in my book
for a reason. So by the time you finish reading it—and please,
try to read it all the way through with
an open mind before drawing your final conclusion—you
either will thank me for opening your eyes or call me crazy. Either
is fine with me. I’ve been called much worse. Here we go.
Let’s abandon all skill and technique, kick common sense
to the curb, and give our dogs treats just for being alive and
then call it “dog training.” Sounds crazy? Not really.
Almost everyone seems to be jumping on this bandwagon these days.
You’ll soon be challenged with hard-to-ignore facts on how
this way of training backfires on you and literally ruins your
dog’s training response in the long haul.
You have to give these big corporations credit for earning millions
of dollars by marketing this method so effectively. After all,
just about any dog training book, dog magazine, the majority of
dog trainers and dog schools rave about using food while training.
Even the almighty Pet Smart advocates the bribery method. You
may find this hard to believe but they claim that in order to
properly train your dog, you must give it treats for sitting,
staying, lying down and even to go potty. And that’s not
all. They also tell you to give your dog treats for heeling, for
looking at you, or to prevent him from attacking another dog or
a person.
After your dog gets somewhat trained, or perhaps a better choice
of words would be IF your dog gets trained by this approach, then
you are advised to completely stop using all treats for good.
They will promise you that your dog will eventually obey you just
as well with or without treats, anywhere, anytime and for the
rest of its life.
Folks, whenever someone’s making such a claim,
look around to see if Ashton Kutcher pops up. This clearly sounds
like you are being punk’d! Come on, Ashton? Where are you,
bud?
Oh, Come On. Using Treats
Can't Be THAT or Else...
The "Majority" of Dog Schools and Dog Books Wouldn't
Recommend It!!!
This is a fair statement. But first, let’s study the “majority
of us” for a moment.
Here we go: The majority of us aren’t health-conscious.
The majority of us don’t spend quality time with
our loved ones. Instead we give that time to computers, watching
television, playing videogames and other mobile devices. Let’s
not leave out the time we spend behind the wheel, commuting. You
guessed it. We sadly give the majority of our time to “machines”.
I'm not finished. The majority of people are rarely
nice, polite or driven. And of course, the majority of
us don’t appreciate “who” and “what”
we already have in our lives. Long ago, the majority
also believed that earth was flat, smoking couldn't harm you,
and that there was no difference between breast milk and baby
formula.
As you can see, the majority aren’t nor have been always
right throughout history, my dog-loving friend. Remember the old
saying, “Two wrongs don’t make a right.”
Folks, you have to smarten up here. Don't let them stretch the
truth by misleading you. Again, just because the “majority”
is doing something doesn’t mean that it is the right or
smart thing to do.
But, Isn't This Method Backed by Science?!?!
Don’t be fooled by Pavlov or Skinner theory that all these
“Positive Reinforce Trainers” throw at you left and
right. I am honestly sick of them hiding behind this claim. Give
me a break. Folks, the dog that these wonderful scientists experimented
with didn’t have any of your guests, other dogs, the neighbor’s
cat, or your poor mailman in that lab. Hello?
So if you notice your dog drooling, it might be because he spots
a squirrel and sees him as an animated squeak toy. There is my
scientific proof for ya! Best of all, I didn’t have to starve
any poor dogs or pay a bunch of scientists to prove my point.
Folks, some things in life are just common sense.
REALITY CHECK: Would
you still work for your company if they stopped paying you? Then
how can you expect the same from your dog? And when you think
about it, your dog should sit, stay or lie down because of your
love and leadership, not because of some cut-up hot dogs. It’s
the same mentality and principle we apply to raising kids. So,
here is the-
Sneaky Trap that You Fall For. They Even
Fooled "Me" Once!
Millions of dog owners around the world get scammed by this concept.
Here’s their bait: To draw you in, they totally stay away
from the term “bribery” at all cost. They are being
very sneaky about this and instead call it “reward-based
training,” “positive reinforcement,” or my favorite
of all, the “gentle approach.” Wow. Positive AND gentle?
Who can top that?
This reminds me of a priest or a pastor who preaches, “Be
positive and gentle, my child.” If cookie trainers can get
away with calling themselves, “Positive and Gentle,”
then which category do the rest of us fall under? Other trainers
must be negative, abusive, and maybe hateful. Maybe if we don’t
rely on treats then we must be suicidal, alcoholic drug addicts
who beat dogs into senseless submission. Hey, after all we are
negative, right?
No matter how stubborn or difficult your dog may be, he is smarter
than you give him credit for and CAN learn to respond to your
commands through love, leadership, praise and a proper technique.
How is this not common sense?
I am scratching my head trying to understand why
so many trainers and dog schools swear by this method. For all
of you trainers out there who push giving your dog a bunch of
cookies for everything, I will boldly challenge your experience,
your technique, and your overall knowledge about training, dog
psychology and canine behavior. I mean, come on, everybody knows
it doesn’t take much science or skill to bribe a dog with
treats and think you’ll end up with long-term results.
Here’s a question for you: If you claim
this way of training is so effective, then why does it stop working
around real world distractions?

!!! Don’t
Just Prove it to Me! Prove it to Yourself! !!!
Can You Honesly Stop Every Dog From:
* Misbehaving around visitors or
other dogs
* Jumping up and mouthing on you and
the kids
* Chasing after cats, cars, squirrels
etc
* Barking nonstop at the mail carrier…
All by holding a crispy bacon strip in front of its nose?
I am sure many of you would have to agree that most of my list
falls under real-life examples. In fact, I bet one or more might
very well be a part of your daily routine. And to be fair, nobody’s
asking you to get your dog to respond in front of an alien, dinosaur,
Batman, the Blue Man Group, or some kids busting jaw-dropping
break dance moves. A dog that listens to you when you are holding
a treat or pretending to hold a treat is only half-trained.
It’s about time somebody pulled back the curtain on treat
trainers and acted as a whistle blower by exposing what is REALLY
inside the Pandora ’s Box. You will finally get that Aha!
Moment on how skillfully you’ve been misled and brainwashed.
The following paragraph will make you think and, unless you’ve
had a Botox treatment, may even raise an eyebrow.
When you train through love, praise and a Diverse Method, you’ll
end up with a dog that loves and respects you. That’s right.
I said respect, NOT fear. And if you are one of those owners who
believe that all dogs are born to please, then why are you relying
on treats? Hey, your dog should please you with or without any
treats everywhere and every time.
Accept These Flaws When You Train Your
Dog with Treats:
* Your dog will only listen to you
when you are actually “holding” a treat.
* You will gain your dog’s
love, but rarely his respect. Hint: You want both.
* You will spoil your dog even more.
Spoiled dogs are prone to turn on dogs or people.
* You won’t always have a pouch
of hot dogs or your clicker with you 24/7.
* You’ll end up “air-treating”
your dog. (The trick of holding your fingers together.)
* You’ll soon notice that even
the best treat in the world don’t work around people &
dogs.
* Your dog could get sick, fat or
have explosive diarrhea from all those treats.
* You’ll confuse and disappoint
your doggie when you finally stop using treats.
* Your dog will figure out that he
HAS a choice and take his sweet time in obeying.
* You are told to have your dog look
at you first. This always stalls the training.
* Your dog may not care for treats
or totally go nuts once she sees them.
* Your dog may only obey based on
what “type of treats” you are presenting.
* Your dog will steal something,
so you’d hopefully exchange it with a treat.
* You’ll make your dog so demanding,
he’ll keep on barking, jumping, and nudging
until you toss him some yummy treats or some of that food on your
plate.
As you can see, food bribery training ruins your dog’s
true potential. Another undeniable fact…
Bribery Only Gives You the
"Illusion" of a Trained Dog
You'll find the following example convincing and maybe a
bit humorous!
Let’s say you were having a fancy candlelight dinner every
night with fine wine, a crackling fire and my man, Luther Vandross,
playing in the background. Or perhaps you prefer the sound of
smooooooth jazz. Who wouldn’t want this, especially when
it’s every night? That sure sounds nice and lovely. But
we also know that it’s just a matter of time until this
fancy-schmancy dinner loses its special appeal. Some of you have
already guessed it. I am referring to the power of “routine.”
Now, if you were having this special kind of treat once in a
while, and as a surprise, it would be far more special AND desirable.
Notice, I said once in a while, NOT once every hour ! This is
because we tend to overlook the routine factor and the old saying,
“You don’t know what you got until it’s gone.”
Constantly giving your dog treats for every minor or major reason
is no different from the scenario I just described. I will say
it again until I am blue in the face: If your training foundation
has been built on nonstop bribery, instead of positive attitude
and proper technique, it will soon collapse. I see it happen over
and over again.
Still NOT Convinced?!?!
Hmm... You MUST BE a Cookie-Trainer! Come Out, Come Out Wherever
You Are. I Have Some Treats For Ya!!!
Still hanging on that Pavlov and Skinner theory? How cute. And
if you are NOT a cookie trainer, then they sure have done an awesome
job of brainwashing you. Don’t worry. I’ve been there.
Keep reading because you’ll find the following examples
even more convincing. So convincing, in fact, that the most experienced
treat-trainers’ hackles will go up and will stay up for
a while. Here are more weak points about this method.
FACT: Treat-trainers
advise you to NOT feed your dog prior to training it, and then
start with some moist and tasty treats. Genius! Now all you have
to do is make sure you have a pouch of cut-up cheese around your
waist and a starving dog at your feet day and night. Problem solved.
How else are you going to pull it off? Some of them even add,
“Treats make it fun and motivational.” Silly me. I’ve
been torturing those dogs and myself all this time.
FACT: Cookie trainers
make statements such as: “Nothing in life is free,”
or “You wouldn’t work for free, so why should your
dog?” Therefore you should reward your dog with treats just
for responding to your commands.” Nothing is free, huh?
Let’s think this through for a moment. Folks, you provide
lots of free things for your lovely dog. Here’s my list:
free food, free rent, free medical coverage, free dental, free
vision, free toys, free baths, free walks, free grooming, free
patting… should I continue?
Here we go again: free treats, free car rides, free play time,
free doggie bed, free dog house, free dog run, free rawhides,
free cleaning up, and even a free retirement plan. For those of
you who own more than one dog, a free companion. As you can see,
your dog may not live that long, but definitely has it made with
you!
FACT: The best and
quickest way to teach your dog a trick is to use a treat or its
favorite toy. If you think about it, teaching “tricks”
is not the same as teaching “commands.” When you use
treats to make your dog obey a command, your dog will automatically
assume that you are teaching it a trick, NOT a command. Can you
really blame him?
Even agility exercises are taught with the use of treats or the
dog’s favorite toy. They are impressive to watch, but you
can’t really put them to use in your daily routine. You
can’t say that about the obedience element since everyone
agrees that “obedience” is an important part of our
daily lives. That’s why, if you have noticed, they are called
COMMANDS! They are NOT referred to as the “sit trick,”
the “down trick,” or the “stay trick.”
You might be disappointed when your dog refuses to perform those
cool tricks you practiced, but I’m sure you’d be furious
when he flat out ignores your “commands,” especially
when you really need him to obey, such as when he’s running
down the street acting like an idiot as a car heads straight for
him. Unless the agility class taught your dog to jump over moving
cars, then I rest my case.
FACT: You might
assume that you can treat-train your dog and then expect her to
respond to commands at the same level, even when the goodies are
out of the picture. What you don’t realize is that your
dog might think you’ve lost your mind, or at least you’ve
lost your pouch of goodies! “What the heck happened to those
days when I used to get a treat EVERY time I sat for you?”
is basically what your poor dog will be thinking. Or even worse,
maybe she’ll think you just don’t love her as much
as you used to.
I mean, what else do you expect your poor dog to think when you
only give it treats once in a blue moon? If you could read his
mind, it would say, “I may be a dog, but I ain’t that
stupid!”
FACT: As you read
earlier, using food as a bribe hardly teaches your dog the respect
factor. It definitely builds trust, love and affection, but NEVER
respect! Besides, doesn’t your dog already love AND trust
you? It’s the respect that’s missing. Why do you think
your dog only listens to you half of the time? It’s because
there is that strong love, that strong bond, and also that strong
lack of respect. Hey, nobody said the truth is easy to digest.
Moving along.
FACT: It may surprise
you that one of the main reasons your dog steals food from your
plate, your kids’ hands, or from counters, is because you’ve
been training it with treats or spoiling it rotten. Remember,
you’ve taught this dog that you’ll give him treats
here and there, so he’s just snatching what he automatically
sees as his. And it doesn’t matter if you never ever gave
him human food. Food is food to him. So instead of waiting for
treats on “your terms,” your dog is just taking matters
into its own paws.
Say you have two dogs in which you trained one with treats and
the other with physical praise. Which would most likely beg for
food at the table or even dare steal food from counters or from
your toddlers? I rest my case. Here’s another great example:
You have two kids. One you spoil rotten and let get away with
murder and the other one you make follow your rules and earn every
privilege. Which one do you think would most likely take you seriously?
Which would more likely turn against you or talk back to you?
FACT: Many dogs
that have been trained through the bribery method only respond
to what type of treats you happen to use. If it’s that jaw-breaking
biscuit or some other treat that your dog doesn’t care for,
he might sniff it, give you a dirty look, and walk away. I’ve
seen some even give their poor owners the bird. Well, just about!
But if it’s that yummy treat or even better, the steak from
last weekend’s barbeque party, your dog could be telling
you, “Oh yeah, baby! Here’s sit, down, paw, left paw,
right paw, roll over and I’ll even play dead for you! Now
hurry up and toss me some of that steak, woman.” Is this
obedience training or some kind of negotiation with your dog?
FACT: Unless you
are into competition training and DEMAND your dog to never take
his eyes off you, working with treats will only sabotage his training
response in the long haul. Besides, I seriously doubt that you
want to make a soldier out of your pooch. If you haven’t
seen obedience trials, maybe you should. That’s where you
notice these handlers expect perfection from their dogs. I’ll
be honest with you. Most of my clients don’t really care
about a perfect performance. They just want a well-mannered dog
that actually “listens” and doesn’t put his
nose up people’s crotches.
FACT: Getting your
dog to eventually respond to you without any treats isn’t
as easy as most cookie trainers claim. Then why even try opening
that can of worms? You will have to retrain your dog to listen
to “you,” not because you are going to lure it with
some goodies. It requires a “complete re-adjustment”
of your technique and your dog’s perception.
FACT: If you don’t
have much patience, or want faster results, cookie training is
definitely NOT for you. Although working with dogs and people
has taught me lots of patience, the theory behind this method
takes more patience than most dog owners have. This is because
you are ultimately giving your dog the choice of obeying.
This means: If your dog doesn’t listen to you, it will
not get any treats! So most dogs love having this option, which
is why they end up taking their sweet time in obeying you. Some
of you make the mistake of giving your dog the treats regardless
of whether he listens to you. It’s not any different from
not studying yet still getting an A+ from your teacher. Is that
even productive? You only accomplish three things, nothing, zip,
nada!
In order to make your kids behave, you could say, “If you
want to go to the movies, you better get your homework done.”
Or, “Stop that or else there won’t be any videogames,
internet, Disneyland,” or whatever. This might work for
a while, but we all know that day comes when your kid snaps back
at you, “Fine, then, I don’t want your stupid video
game and I’m sick of Mickey Mouse or Goofy!” I agree
that kids should be able to make age appropriate choices and learn
that there are consequences and rewards to their actions. But,
as strange as this sounds, treat-trainers’ philosophy is
all about letting our DOGS figure things out on their own. Sadly,
dogs don’t have the ability to learn the same way kids do.
FACT: As you read
earlier, spoiled dogs have a natural tendency to become dominant
AND demanding. This often results in bullying and, in some cases,
aggressive tendencies toward people and other pets. These dogs
could get dominant toward other dogs, you, and your kids. Does
your dog guard his bones, toys, rawhides, pig’s ear or bowl
from you or others? If so, I’m betting that you are either
doing lots of treat-bribery, or have done so in the past.
In conclusion, dogs that have been trained through love, praise
and technique rarely turn on you or others. This is because they
love AND respect you. That’s right. I said respect, not
fear.
What Do Newlyweds and "Positive Reinforcement”
Have in Common?
If you really think about it, positive reinforcement is a lot
like newlyweds. They're all lovey-dovey in the beginning and try
to put their best foot forward. Men are perfect gentlemen and
women never step out of the house without any makeup. Both are
kind, polite and sexy. They never get sick of each other. There
are flowers everywhere and every night. You hear Mozart playing
in the background. Everything is fun and all arguments are minor
and forgettable. And of course he pulls out all the chairs and
holds all the doors for her. “I love you, babe.” “No,
honey, I love YOU, sweetie.” And… WAKE UP!
Folks, we know very well that not all couples are willing to
keep up these newlywed habits forever. And unfortunately if they
do, people will think something is wrong with them or that they
must be faking it.
What most likely ends up happening after years of being together:
you give one another a high five on Valentine's and call it a
day.
Training your dog with treats is not much different. Think about
it. At first, you are all nice, bribing your dog left and right.
But as time goes by, you keep cutting down on the treats and eventually
stop all treats for good. In case you forgot, they call this method
“positive reinforcement.” Or I like this one even
better: positive reinforcement equals positive results. Awwwwww…
how cute and appealing!
Let’s look at some facts again:
What’s so positive about bribing your dog with treats and
then stopping it altogether or cutting way back on it? How can
that be “positive”? I see it more as deceptive. Wouldn’t
you? Not you, biscuit trainer. I am talking to others who want
their dogs to listen because they said so, not because of sticky
raisins. Yes, some of them recommend raisins.

My Challenge to All Cookie and Clicker Trainers Around the Globe:
I am a very competitive person and I don’t get in any race
unless I think I can win, and win BIG! I guess it’s the
Aries in me. So I will challenge any treat-trainer and clicker-trainer
out there to see if your bribery method is still as effective
against real-life situations. You guessed it. I am talking about
other dogs, cats, squirrels, kids on bikes or skateboards, visitors,
and perfect strangers.
To compare how dogs of different sizes and temperaments respond
to this test, we'll go to a shelter in my hometown of Sacramento,
California. We’ll select fifteen dogs that have had no training
from one of the shelters. The first five will remain untrained
to see how they react in these situations. You can train the next
five with a clicker or treat-based method. I’ll train the
last five using the “Diverse Method.” Then we’ll
take all these dogs and put their training to the test. I am certain
that those five proud cookie-training graduates won’t do
much better in these situations than the five that have had no
training at all!
Make sure you don’t forget your pouch of hot dogs and that
clicker, along with whatever training tool that you swear by.
Don’t worry. I will even let you starve the poor dogs before
you bribe them. I will make sure follow the same guidelines but
without any starvation, any treats or any drugs. I won’t
even need to use a choke collar or shock collar.
To accept this challenge, just contact me, and I can make all
the arrangements. The media will cover the event so we can get
some publicity for the shelter. That should help get these newly
trained dogs adopted right away. Also, with the cameras recording
this event, the public will be able to see for themselves that
there is no kind of abuse or animal cruelty going on. If you want
to bet money, we’ll bet whatever you desire. Since I won’t
be losing, it doesn’t really matter to me and I’ll
donate the prize money to the shelter that lets us use their dogs.
This will prove again that it isn't all about the money for me
and that I am just trying to prove my point.
You see, it’s one thing to be able to pull off these tasks
with your own dog, but it’s a totally different story to
be able to put it to work with dogs that you don’t know
anything about. That’s when you really HAVE TO rely on your
technique, experience, instinct, communication skills, as well
as finding the proper tool that is the best fit for that dog.
It shouldn’t really matter whether it is a Labrador, Pit
Bull, Doberman, Jack Russell or Chihuahua. A skilled and versatile
trainer will confidently take on the challenge.
Now, if you have seen great success by relying
heavily on treats, then there are only two explanations:
1) You started training your dog from a very young age and have
been consistently involved in its training on a daily basis.
2) You got lucky with a dog that is not stubborn, a natural pleaser.
What other reason can you possibly think of?
Usually only those who compete in obedience competitions accomplish
such results. These folks train their dogs diligently for two
to three hours a day. I’ll be lucky if I can get my clients
to practice twenty minutes a day. People are just too busy, and
they often procrastinate training their dog.
Just don’t forget that even these amazingly-trained dogs
are performing an exercise that has been rehearsed hundreds of
times. It’s simply a drill that has nothing to do with your
dog’s daily routine. Think about it, how is walking your
dog in a figure-eight pattern, having him pick up a dumbbell,
drop a dumbbell, and jump over a few hoops considered as your
real-life scenario? I know for a fact that the majority of you
don’t really care about any of these fancy moves and would
rather have your dog listen to you anywhere, anytime without being
a pain in the rear. Am I wrong?
Look. If you are working with some cookie-trainer at the moment,
she is probably doing her best—which is the saddest part.
Your poor trainer has been brainwashed or is too stubborn and
too naïve to be diverse. These trainers have been programmed
to believe that their training method is the only way to achieve
results. And if it doesn’t work, they’ll ask you to
put your dog down, to make sure you always muzzle him, to make
sure he is crated, or to find him a new home.
To come across even more convincing, they refer to other methods
as “outdated.” Actually, this bribery thing has been
getting more popular than ever the last 10-15 years. So the way
you make “their” method outdated is to combine Diverse
Method with dog psychology! After listening to all the propaganda,
it’s as though they are living in a world of fantasy. They
just don’t see the real picture. But hopefully “you”
do!
Mark Twain said it best: “A lie can travel halfway around
the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Treat-trainers
always ignore the weaknesses in their method. “Positive
Reinforcement” has been highly-promoted for nearly two decades,
but has never been truly effective. Even if it seems to be working
for some, I doubt that you will see long-term results you can
truly rely on, especially when it comes to those hard-to-ignore
distractions.
I also know some of you will be skeptical and prefer to learn
from your own mistakes. I truly admire you for that. After all,
that is how “I” discovered the truths, which inspired
me to write this book. Hey, you can learn a lot from others' mistakes
and failures. It's just that some people have to do it themselves
before it becomes a "reality."
As a trainer, I began to notice that there were flaws in various
methods. The more I uncovered these weaknesses, the harder I searched
for answers. But no trainer or dog book explained all these facts
to me. Certainly not the way I am presenting them to you here.
I wish someone had, which is part of the reason this book took
a decade long to finish. (I still cannot believe it. I started
working on it the middle of the year 2000.)
If you are still skeptical or currently working
with a treat-trainer, look your trainer in the eye and ask…
.......................................................................................................................
“What are the possible side-effects of this method?”
That is a fair question, is it not?
Ask, “What are the cons behind using treats?” If they
are honest, they should tell you.
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Bottom line, you do not want to rely on either positive or negative
reinforcement. You need to be smart about it and use “DIVERSE
REINFORCEMENT.” Like people, positive doesn't always work
with everyone and neither does negative. You’ll soon realize
that once you stop giving your dog treats and start expecting
him to obey you as before, he’ll go on strike, barking at
you,
“Sorry, Mommy. NO TREATS? NO RESPONSE!”
Written by International
Trainer and Dog Psychologist, Kevin "The Dog Prodigy"
Taken from Kevin's Book,
"Hidden Secrets Behind Dog Training"
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is
to create something that will.”
--Chuck Palahniuk

This Book Gives You a Totally
New Perspective About:
1. Yourself - Your thoughts, beliefs and perception
of your current and previous dogs.
2. Your Dog - Why and how your dog thinks and responds in different
scenarios.
3. Your Method – Unravel the strengths and weaknesses of
different techniques.
4. Your Tools – Which training tools work and which eventually
stop working.
5. Your Trainer - Their philosophy, expertise, expectations and
limitations.
6. The Dog Training Industry – How to use the system to
your advantage.
It took ten years of hard work, intense research, and studying
thousands of cases
to write this book.
My Mission:
To Find All the Reasons Why Dogs Didn't Thrive to Their Fullest
Potential.
I was shocked to find that the "real cause" had very
little to do with the dogs' age, breed,
size, intelligence, history, or even personality, but had everything
to do with the
“human element.”
Dog owners and even dog trainers from all around the globe were
skillfully misled, influenced and even brainwashed. Sadly, all
this had a tremendous affect on their beliefs, attitude, technique,
drive, sense of hope, creativity, and of course--their level of
success.
Book's Description:
This book takes a deeper look at modern dog training and canine
psychology while it also introduces you to the next level and
the future of training and canine behavior modification—“The
Diverse Method.”
Think about it. If there are more than four hundred
different breeds of dogs in this world, how can they possibly
all respond to only one way of training? Have you ever considered
that fact? You see, every dog was bred specifically for a purpose.
So for any expert to argue that you can train EACH AND EVERY ONE
with just Positive Reinforcement or Negative Reinforcement show
their arrogance, lack of experience and diversity.
The secret is to follow a "Diverse Reinforcement"
because, just as with humans, dogs don't always respond to a strictly
positive or negative approach. Here's where it gets more interesting.
All dog trainers know this, but don't or can't teach it in their
training method.
!!! Now
Did I Get Your Attention??? !!!
Look, you are definitely NOT going to be safe, smart or successful
if you rely on just one way of training as a crutch. The key to
greatness is to arm yourself with different training techniques
that will prepare you for ANY dog, despite their age, size, strengths,
intelligence, past history or personality. Again, I am talking
about being "Diverse" because no method and no training
tool is guaranteed to work in every situation and on every dog.
That's just a fact!
This is one of those rare books that will make you smile, make
you laugh, make you think and even challenge you to push yourself
far beyond your leash or your bag of treats. It is filled with
life lessons along with my incredible journey with dogs from all
walks of life.
If you are the sensitive type, you may get a few lumps in your
throat. I've spent a decade writing this book, which inspired
me to learn something new from every dog, every owner and every
trainer I've encountered. So, in a way, the book has grown with
me.
My hope is that when you finish it, both you and your dog will
be able to communicate with one another much more effectively.
--Kevin "The Dog Prodigy"
Master Dog Trainer / Author
About the Author:
Kevin Salem is considered to be a prominent philosopher and one
of the brightest minds in the world of dog training. It’s
hard to paint Kevin’s image with the same brush as others,
as his unique way of "Diverse Method" and philosophy,
makes him very distinct.
Ever since he was young, Kevin has been able to relate and communicate
with dogs in a very special way. You know when you meet a natural.
We’ve all seen one. These individuals are rarely taught,
but rather born. In over two decades of working with different
breeds, he has successfully trained well over 10,000 dogs worldwide,
earning him the nickname,“The Dog Prodigy.”
He is one of those rare experts in his field who has the knowledge
and the expertise to accept challenging cases that the majority
of dog schools simply don’t want to deal with. We are referring
to “red zone dogs,” and those already given up on
by many trainers, veterinarians and even animal behaviorists.
He is proud of saving hundreds of these dogs from abandonment,
shelters, or worse, euthanasia.
Kevin gained his experience from studying and practicing different
methods of training. To expand his knowledge even further, he
also compared the strengths and weaknesses of different theories
from more than a hundred books on dog training, dog behavior,
and canine psychology.
Mr. Salem currently operates his school, Dog Secrets, where
he offers house calls not only throughout the US, but globally.
You may also send your dog to his most popular program, the Doggie
Boot Camp.
!!!
More Extremely Thought-Provoking Articles
Worth Reading !!!
What Most Trainers Ignore or
Even Hide From You!
Correct Your 10 Worst Mistakes and Get Eyebrow Raising Results!
You'll be shocked to find that even "top trainers"
make some of these mistakes.
What Grade Would
Your Dog Give YOU? (Funny and Eye-Opening)
Don't just prove it to us, prove it to yourself that your dog
sees YOU as the boss.
Why Can't You Get Your Dog to Respond Around "Other"
Dogs?
As soon as your dog spots another dog, he barks, lunges,
growls or... learn why!
99%
Sweet - 1% Cujo!!! When Nice, Smart Dogs Get Down Vicious!
Face it, it's scary to have that doubt or fear of your dog one
day really causing...
20 Reasons
Why Your Doesn't Listen When it Matters the MOST!
Easy-to-miss causes of why your dog flat out ignores you around
distractions.
When and Why You Should Doubt Your Technique or Your Trainer!
Seven signs to look for in identifying the strengths & weaknesses
of your method!
Dumb
Trainers - Smart Dogs!!!
Most Dog Schools WILL Fail You!
97% of trainers and dog classes can't deliver real results. How
many will you try?
Inside the Mind of Veterinarians and Their Staff (Dog Etiquettes!)
All vets and vet techs are dying for you to master these proven
tips. Learn how.
Turning
a Childhood Tragedy into Triumph! - Kevin's Sad Story!!
Everybody has a story, a cause, or a reason of why they do what
they.
Read Kevin's touching and remarkable story.
Have you noticed that the very best things in life are
rarely "things". They are your loved ones, your happiness,
your passion, your health, your attitude, your love, and your
accomplishment.
--Kevin "The Dog Prodigy"
!!! Dog Secrets
.com !!!
Where You See the Difference Between"Average"
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