Control Unleashed: What I Think Of This Book

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If you’re thinking about picking up a copy of Leslie McDevitt’s book, “Conrol Unleashed” I thought you might want to know what I thought of her book…

Simply put, if you have a dog who does not ALWAYS obey you, Control Unleashed gives you REAL, strategies for getting your dog to focus and obey in situations where he normally might fly off his hinges, get overly excited or is simply uncontrollable.

The training strategies, or what she calls, “Games”, are unique, and easy to use… and you certainly won’t find them in any other of the top 10 books on dog training at Amazon or your local book store.  I personally found her “Look at That” game a simple to teach game that really helped my own dog to remain much more calm when out and about in public places — even when aggressive dogs violently lunge at him through fences on walks.

I recommend Control Unleashed to EVERY dog owner I talk to!

However, I thought you should know what this book WON’T teach you…

Control Unleashed does not go into detail on how to teach your dog basic obedience skills (which is fine ‘cuz it never claims to be that kind of book). Instead it does what no other books talk about and shows you what to do IMMEDIATELY after you’ve trained your dog basic obedience skills — so you don’t end up with a dog that KNOWS basic obedience commands but never feels like obeying them

So when you pick up the book, don’t expect to find tips on puppy potty training or how to stop leash pulling — it’s NOT that kind of book.

If you’re looking for beginner training tips you might want to first pick up another basic obedience course, like my “Hands Off Dog Training” program for example… teach your dog the basic obedience skills, and THEN go through Leslie McDevitt’s Control Unleashed book to give you that Dream Dog you’ve always wanted.

But if you’re NOT a beginner… just do yourself a favor and pick up the book & DVD she offers immediately.

Leslie wrote Control Unleashed to help her advanced students with having more control for agility, and sport competitions.  So the dogs would be less nervous and more responsive while doing competitions, and gives PLENTY of examples that will satisfy even the most advanced dog trainers appetite for knowledge.

So do your self a HUGE favor and  Buy Control Unleashed today — you won’t be sorry!

You can buy Control Unleashed by visiting ClickerTraining.com and browsing through their dog training book section.

Click here to by Control Unleashed Today — you won’t be sorry!

If you’ve already read the book, please leave a comment on this post so that others can get a better feel for if this book can help them with their dog or not.

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4 responses to “Control Unleashed: What I Think Of This Book”

1. Leslie McDevitt writes:
   

   what an awesome review! thanks, and i’m glad to know about your website!
   leslie

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   @ September 1st, 2009 at 13:54
2. Harry Helmus writes:
   

   Fantastic posting, I bookmarked your blog so I can visit again in the near future, Thanks, Harry Helmus

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   @ March 2nd, 2010 at 13:47
3. Anisha Sary writes:
   

   I liked your article and the recommendations that are provided. There are a ton of opinions out there that are both honest and bad. If you have any more recommendations concerning natural health or simliar topics, that would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great writing!

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   @ October 23rd, 2010 at 16:24
4. Stacy Barnett writes:
   

   Great review! I have this book and I’m enjoying it also. My Standard Poodle has arousal issues on leash and it’s kept us from pursueing agility (even though he loves to run the courses). I became so despondant about my dog’s threshold problems that I decided to take him out of classes alltogether and just simplify his life. I called my trainer (who is an internationally reknowned positive trainer) again last night and found out that she just started a CU class and asked me if I’d like to join! She thinks it will really help Joey to be able to focus and enjoy class again. I think she might be right! I can’t wait to start with him next Monday.

   What I really like about this book is that Leslie UNDERSTANDS reactive behavior. When my dog lunges and barks on leash most people would think that he is being aggressive. If you know my dog, you know that he has ZERO aggression in him. It’s not “Leash Aggression” it’s anxiety. Leslie talks about this behavior at length and you can tell she really gets it.

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   @ January 19th, 2011 at 07:02