How to Be a Concept Trainer: Shaping Your Dog’s Personality Through Games

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How to Be a Concept Trainer: Shaping Your Dog’s Personality Through Games

by Tom Mitchell, BSc, BVSc, MRCVS

ISBN:  9781910488478

Publisher:  First Stone

Publication Year:  2017

Format:  Trade Paperback

Pages:  204

From the inside leaf:

“How to Be a Concept Trainer

• Is your dog an optimist or a pessimist?
• Does he struggle with impulse control?
• Is he tolerant of frustration?
• Does he lack flexibility in the way he learns?
• Is he a thinker or a doer?

Author Tom Mitchell has looked at all these issues, analysed what is going on in the dog’s mind – and then designed games that will help him to make the ‘right’ choices.  When these choices are rewarded and reinforced, they become neutral and instinctive, thus changing the dog’s mental outlook and emotional balance.  This is powerful; it means you can shape your dog’s personality so that he can achieve his full potential, whether this is as a calm, easy-going companion, or as a performance dog, coping with the high-octane environment of competition.”

From the back cover:

“This is the top priority for all owners, regardless of whether you want a well-behaved companion or a top-flight competition dog.  In a ground-breaking approach to training, Tom Mitchell, a qualified vet and behaviourist, has thrown away the rule book and shows you how to mould your dog’s personality just by playing with him.

Question all you have ever learnt about preventing or managing undesirable behaviour and embrace the world of concept training – a positive solution to age-old training problems.  Best of all, it is fun, both for you and your dog!”