October 25th, 2011
By Eric Letendre
Here is a little-known dog training secret about teaching obedience commands.
October 22nd, 2011
By Eric Letendre
Just like you, I used to suffer from a dog that would pull a tree out of the ground, roots and all.
The constant pulling and using the choke chain were miserable.
You see, before I became The Amazing Dog Training Man, I had a dog that would literally drag me down the street.
Because I didn’t know any better, I went down to the local pet store and they handed me a choke collar.
The collar made the situation worse and I felt terrible putting it on my dog every time I went for a walk.
It was just miserable.
And I really feel for anyone else putting up with a dog that pulls like a pack of Alaskan sled dogs completing the Iditarod.
But you know what?
It doesn’t have to be this way.
You see, one day while I was going for a walk, I had a kind of weird idea about how to solve my dog’s pulling problem. I decided to get rid of the choke collar!
So I tried it to see what would happen. I also decided to stop walking, or go in the other direction every time my dog pulled.
And much to my surprise … it worked!
In fact, it worked so quickly I almost thought it was a fluke.
But it wasn’t a fluke.
It DOES work.
And I believe it can eliminate your dog’s pulling problem, too.
I show you exactly what I did and how you can do the same thing in my Dog Training Inner Circle.
But hurry.
Right now it’s priced low.
That won’t be the case forever.
Go there today and watch your dog’s pulling problem vanish by tomorrow.
Eric
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* The #1 “big mistake” people make when choosing a training collar that can have life-long harmful effects
* The incredible dog training secret I learned from an Ex-Russian Special Forces Instructor that can immediately make the most hyper dog calm and controlled in any situation.
* An almost unknown way to use a bagel to stop your dog from stealing food off your counters and tables forever
* Simple psychological “tricks” that teach your dog that you are pack leader. You can teach your dog that you are the leader without ever using force or harmful techniques.
* What to do if your dog does not come back to you when you call. Discover the simple training technique that attracts your dog to you like a small piece of metal to a high powered magnet.
* A unique (but extremely simple and proven) way for any dog owner to quickly stop their dog from pulling on leash.
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September 6th, 2011
By Eric Letendre
One of the great things about running my website AmazingDogTrainingMan.com is that I get emails from people all over the world.
People write to say how much they love the site, to ask questions about training and behavior and to add input.
This week I received an email from Jacob who asked about what words a dog should understand.
That was a great question and got me thinking. I sat down and came up with a list of 17 words every dog should understand.
Here they are:
1. Name/attention/watch
2. Sit
3. Down
4. Stand
5. Stay
6. Come
7. Heel
8. Lets go
9. Wait
10. Drop it
11. Leave it
12. Off
13. Jump/Hup
14. Speak
15. Quiet
16. Back up
17. Break/okay – release word
In this week’s video newsletter I discuss these 17 words and demonstrate with one of my dogs.
If you own the Amazing Dog Training Man on-line Course all 17 words with explanations and video clips on how to teach each one are now up and on the website.
To watch this week’s video newsletter:
All the best,
Eric
May 10th, 2011
By Eric Letendre
What a beautiful Sunday we had here in Western, MA. The sun was shining, Rachael’s parents and grandmother came over for Mother’s day and. . .
. . . the Red Sox won!
Anyway, before Rach’s family got here, I sat outside and finished reading “Marley and Me.” Great book about a journalist who gets his first dog as an adult. Very successful book that was made into a movie a few years back.
I loved the part where they took Marley to an obedience class. Marley quickly made anyone who grabbed his leash look foolish. He dragged both of his owners around the class until finally the instructor took the leash and was almost pulled off her feet. I won’t ruin what happened next but it is a great read and I highly suggest it.
After reading about the obedience class, I went to Facebook and posted: Keep Reading…
June 7th, 2010
By Eric Letendre
Saturday night my sweetie tells me that we
are going to her folk’s house for her Father’s
birthday.
“No problemo,” I tell her and off we go. I was
not expecting to walk through the door and get
attacked – not by a dog, by a person.
The person was Rachael’s cousin’s wife, Mary Ann.
Ryan, her cousin, and his wife, Mary Ann, had come
up from New Jersey to attend the party and they brought
their new little dog, Lucy, with them.
Lucy had a few issues that Mary Ann wanted me to help
with and was anxious to get started. I had barely walked
through the door when the questions came at me faster
than bullets coming out of an M-16 on full auto.
Lucy is a great little dog and Rachael’s cousins were in
luck because I was going to compress six weeks of dog
training lessons into one hour.
I was going to show them how to stop the jumping, walk on
leash, come when called and show them what to do for the
separation problem they were having.
I think they were skeptical that I could accomplish such a
feat, but only because they had never seen me work my magic.
One hour later, Lucy was a different dog and Rachael’s cousins
had a better understanding of dog training. You see, I had
shared with them the secret to dog training.
It is a secret that I did not learn from any of the dog training
“gurus.”
You see, I learned it from one of America’s founding fathers – Ben Franklin.
Ole Ben was a master of persuasion. I became very interested in persuasion
and started to think about it and teach dog owners to use it instead of force.
Here is the definition of persuasion: “The state of being persuaded or
convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced.”
I especially like the last part, “which has been induced.”
The best way to train is to induce your dog into doing the commands.
For years force was used and it has backfired tremendously.
Don’t believe me?
Take a look at the statistics – 4.6 million reported dog bites last year. That
number probably doubles if you were to add the unreported dog bites.
Man’s best friend?
Not according to the statistics. Listen, I have been in the trenches training
dogs for a long time and I have seen first-hand how negative training methods
have caused a lot of aggression in a lot of dogs.
Anyway, as I said earlier, I don’t see her cousins too much and compressed
the six week course that I teach into one hour, but I told them they had to
continue their training using the Dog Training Inner Circle website.
They agreed and went home happy. Another day in the life of your friendly,
neighborhood Amazing Dog Training Man.
If you’re ready to learn more about training dogs Ben Franklin style, you’re
in luck because you can still take advantage of the Cotton Anniversary Special.
You can get my dog training products at an incredible half off.
This won’t last much longer, so don’t delay.
All the best,
Eric
Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States. For more than 20 years, he has been developing dog training "hacks" that have worked for dog owners all over the world. Eric operates from a home office or a laptop while traveling and draws on his experience and passion for dog training to show others how to develop a dog that is truly “Man’s Best Friend”.
Eric is the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Hack Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
