Customer Reviews

Positive Puppy Training Works

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As the director of a very large training program, we are always looking for just the right puppy book that will help busy new puppy owners. Joel's book is very clear, readable, and an excellent resource for anyone who wants a simple way to live successfully with puppies. We recommend this book to all our puppy "parents". If you follow Joel's training and management suggestions, you'll have a great relationship with this puppy who will know all the right things to do!

Becky Schultz, Cerified Pet Dog Trainer
Minneapolis, MN

Puppyhood is a wonderful time, a time that can and should be thoroughly enjoyable for both owner and puppy. New owner's (and old ones, too) should set aside a few minutes daily to read and put into practice all the wonderful advice POSITIVE PUPPY TRAINING WORKS offers. The end result is almost a *given*...a dog that is well mannered and well balanced emotionally. In addition, your dog will be starting off on the correct path toward becoming your life long soul mate and partner with whom you are able to explore and share the wonderful world with.

As a certified professional family dog trainer and behavior counselor, even I find myself refering to POSITIVE PUPPY TRAINING WORKS. Sometimes you can't see futher than your nose,or you don't practice what you preach and desperately need someone, or some book, to put things in perspective...your book does just that. Thank you Joel Walton for another wonderful clearly written, easy to read and understandable book.

This short book is just what puppy owners need: quick basics on how to get your puppy to learn (what you want them to do). The book is full of practical advice and stresses two essencial techniques that must owners need: management and training.

I wish I could give this book to everyone who owns a dog!

Two reasons to love this book: 1) great information and 2) a quick read!

I've known Joel Walton for years. We exchanged views and keep evolving in our travels at workshops and APDT conferences. Joel's passion springs out in this easy to read and essential little dog training book. His wisdom and guidance on how to train easily, with positive reward based methods is effective! The book offers some unique tidbits in other areas of behavior shaping as well, like the "instant harness" for pulling. Joel doesn't focus on problems, as much as he focuses on learning, understanding dog behavior and solutions. That's cool and I highly recommend any of his books. Be well

I thought this book was great for the new puppy owner to be. I bought this book over a month before my pup came home, and I read it twice or three times. I felt prepared for the arrival of my new pup, because of the good info this book provided. Teaches you several different ways to train your pup, all of which are POSITIVE methods. Highly recommend this book.

Book is easy to understand and has been helpful. Simple solutions for solving behavior problems.

As a professional trainer that teaches both group classes and private lessons, I am often looking for good puppy information to provide to clients to have at home. Joel's book is just the best I've found.

It's short (new puppy owners don't have time to read war and peace.

It's upbeat and fun as puppy owning should be.

It has a good scientific base of canine behavior without all the TV pop culture dog training nonsense.

A copy is going home with each of the litter of puppies I'm sending to their new homes. My puppy homes deserve the best and since I can't go home with them Joel Walton's Positive Puppy Training Works is the next best thing.

Thanks Joel!

Paul J. Emerson, CPDT-KA
APDT Professional Member
Family Dog Training
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I've know Joel for 13 years, my husband and I purchased our first Lab puppy from Joel. We hired him to come to our house to train us to train her, what a life changing experience that was. This was the first positive puppy experience I've ever had, due to Joel working with our family. He knows what he is doing and is a great person. Keep up the good work.

Some of the techniques in this book work and others are questionable. What they teach in this book does not work for every dog. Each dog is an individual just like a person, and different things work for different dogs. I think Cesar Millan's methods are much more effective in my opinion. This book does not dig very deep into dog psychology.