There really is no secret to dog training.

Let me repeat and complete that comment.

There really is no secret to dog training once you read it.

Like the more than 216,000 readers of this show, I have had dogs with bad habits. At the time, I didn’t relate the problem to me being the cause, except when my pet really did something right, and then I was a great trainer. When my pet wasn’t listening, it was a bad dog habit.

I think of the dogs I have had in my life and the list is long. The first in memory was a mix named Suzie. I was quite young and Suzie was quite old. She was a good bitch, with very little trouble that I can remember. A German Shepherd named Duke. Another Duke goal on Kerry blue terrier. The Duchess was the dachshund and Peggy the Chihuahua. All of this happened before I was old enough to be alone. My mother had two poodles and a shitzu after I left the nest.

As an adult, there was Chessy the Schnauzer, a mean Scotsman named Sam, Judy the English Bulldog, Tessie the Pomeranian and today it’s Abigail, another English Bulldog. The best by far has been my English Bulldog Abigail. Stubborn, but still the best.

Dogs when I was young had a variety of bad habits. From pinching, chewing and attacking. I think about those pets and how me, a brother, a sister, and my parents affect their bad habits. No wonder they were confused.

My dogs, as adults, were much more polite, well-behaved, and attentive to habits. More than likely due to less confusion. They didn’t have five conflicting personalities creating bad habits.

I never really read or did research on dog training until the first Bulldog Judy came along. It wasn’t this show, but library books. They were helpful, but not like this easy-to-follow program.

Judy was a good dog and passed away at the age of eleven. Tessie the Pomeranian died of kidney failure at age four. Abigail continues to be my partner and the most receptive patient to dog training. Secrets of Dog Training has played an important role in its development, or should I say my development. I’m not sure who trained whom.

If your concern is aggression, chewing, house training, or any of the 25 issues, this is the program for you. 260 electronic pages with photos and a 30-minute video to download. It is the easiest to read and understand.

So there are no secrets to dog training after you have read