Book by Leslie McDevitt, MLA, CDBC, CPDT ©2012
Control Unleashed: The Puppy Program is meant as "preventive medicine" for puppy raisers. Many common behavior problems can be either prevented or minimized by starting a puppy with a good foundation training from the beginning. This book also provides a program that will help create a puppy that is ready for sport-specific training at the appropriate age. Paying attention is its own skill set and teaching it should be separate from teaching your puppy more complex behaviors. Without attention you will not get as far as you want with all those other behaviors you're going to teach. It is wise to tech the attention skill set as the "base of operations" for your puppy training. The attention skill set includes: discrimination skills, self-control skills, and arousal regulations skills. 295 pages 6.5" x 9" softcover.