December 17th, 2009
By Eric Letendre
Went for a walk with my pups this morning
and all I can say is, “IT’S COLD!”
December mornings here in chilly Western
Massachusetts are not fun. Maybe I’ll take
my Mom’s advice and go visit her in sunny
south Florida soon.
Won’t she be surprised when I show up with
Jimmy, my German Shepherd, Izzy, my pitbull
and Martini, the maltipoo – haha!
Anyway, as I was walking around this morning, I
thought back to when I used to do K-9 patrol
in Hartford,CT.
I used to work 8 to 9 hours outside with my
partner Jocko, a long haired German Shepherd
who never seemed to mind the temperature.
Back then I started giving it some thought
to becoming a full time dog trainer. The
thought of working all day long in a nice,
heated room working with dogs seemed nice.
What I didn’t know was that becoming a dog
trainer was like entering a life in politics.
Dog trainers are very opinionated about the
right way and wrong way to train dogs.
Spend some time on the Internet or watching
some of the popular dog training TV shows
and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
One trainers says to use a choke collar, the
next says to never use a choke collar, never
use a treat, always use treats, and on and on.
The problem for the new dog owner is that they
become confused, frustrated and in some cases
depressed.
I know, I have talked to thousands of dog owners
over the past 20 years.
It’s one of the reasons I have put up so many
videos on YouTube and articles on the Internet.
It’s also the reason I developed the Dog Training
Inner Circle. I wanted a place where people could
go and get quality information and a place where
you can go and ask your questions.
The forum has over 1700 pages of questions asked
and answered. The forum is a dog training encyclopedia
all by itself!
Add to this, The Good K9 Manners course, The Housetraining
Handbook, monthly video seminars, breed of the month
profiles and your dog training and behavior problems are
SOLVED!
If this is the kind of information you’d like to get
your hands on…now you can.
All the best,
Eric
P.S. You’ll be amazed at how simple and easy it is to apply
all of the dog training techniques.
July 15th, 2009
By Eric Letendre
A few weeks back I met with a nice couple to help them with their eight month old labra-doodle.
As we were going through some leash walking exercises the wife turned to me and said:
“You make this all look so easy.”
I had to suppress a chuckle as I thought back on all the times I had made a complete fool out of myself trying to learn how to train dogs.
I know firsthand what it’s like to get yanked so hard that it felt like my elbow was going to leave my arm.
My most painful leash walking memory is the time I was working with a young husky on leash walking.
I was at the park and there were some girls playing Frisbee. Trying to look cool I started working the husky.
The husky being much smarter than me somehow ran around behind me, wrapping my legs up in the leash and I fell flat on my face, much to the amusement of the girls who were watching.
Why am I sharing all of this with you?
Because I have a new video to show you some basic leash training techniques.
Once you understand and work on the basics you can get much better results.
Here you go:
All the best
Eric
P.S. If you’re looking for more advanced leash walking techniques skip on over to
The Dog Training Inner Circle.
February 26th, 2009
By Eric Letendre
Last night I was sitting on the couch with my laptop, I looked over at my wife Rachael, and asked her if she wanted my autograph.
She raised her eyebrows and gave me the "Give me a break" look.
I then showed her the number of views on one of my videos – 103,298 views. She informed that it was great that one of my videos has been viewed over 100,000 times but that NO, she did not want my autograph and went back to reading her book.
Anyway, the video is on leash walking.
Training your dog to walk on leash is extremely important and a lot of people have a tough time when it comes to this command. Now you’ll know the secret:
The Secret To Loose Leash Walking Video
All the best,
Eric
P.S. If you’d like more dog training secrets check out: Dog Training Inner Circle
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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.”
