Natural Dog Training Articles

In Search of Distinctions Oct 19 2009 23 Comments
What Are Dogs Thinking? Oct 18 2009 118 Comments
Indy and Milo Recreate the Past Oct 11 2009 36 Comments
A Challenge Oct 08 2009 2 Comments
Mark's Questions Oct 06 2009 1 Comment
October 23 – 25 Seminar: Journey to the Heart of the Dog Oct 04 2009 1 Comment
Jenya Chernoff No Comments
What is natural in regards to training No Comments
Kevin asks the question, what is the nature of the dog? Sep 30 2009 2 Comments
Kevin Heel Training with Laszlo Sep 29 2009 19 Comments
Kevin Plays Tug with Laszlo 8 Comments
Do Dogs Have A Nature? Sep 25 2009 24 Comments
Review of Neil Sattin's DVD Review Sep 21 2009 35 Comments
In Criticism of Praise Sep 18 2009 12 Comments
Sang Koh Sep 13 2009 No Comments
Kevin Training Hero Sep 05 2009 2 Comments
Theory Into Practice – Be the Ground 14 Comments
Why do dogs bark at strangers? Aug 14 2009 18 Comments
Why do dogs chase their tails? Aug 11 2009 17 Comments
Quantum Canine ‘Eye Contact’ Episode Part III Aug 09 2009 12 Comments
Quantum Canine 'Eye Contact' Episode Part II Aug 06 2009 6 Comments
Why do dogs fetch? 67 Comments
Quantum Canine 'Eye Contact' Episode Part 1 Aug 05 2009 No Comments
Quantum Canine Episode 2 'No Such Thing as Dominance' Part III Aug 03 2009 No Comments
Quantum Canine Episode 2 'No Such Thing as Dominance' Part II Aug 02 2009 21 Comments
Quantum Canine Episode 2 'No Such Thing as Dominance' Part I Aug 01 2009 No Comments
Pushing with a Pit Bull 4 Comments
Why do dogs roll over in "submission?" 16 Comments
Quantum Canine 'Trip to the Vet' Episode Intro Jul 31 2009 3 Comments
Quantum Canine 'Trip to the Vet' Part II Jul 30 2009 3 Comments
Quantum Canine 'Trip to the Vet' Part I 1 Comment
Why do dogs lift their legs on fire hydrants, trees, posts, tufts of grass and all manner of upright objects? 30 Comments
Quantum Canine Episode 1 Part II Jul 29 2009 No Comments
Quantum Canine Episode 1 Part I No Comments
Kevin Behan Explains Natural Dog Training 1 Comment
Kevin Behan on Vibrant Living with Glenn Brooks Jul 28 2009 1 Comment
Born Wild, Trained to be Free 19 Comments
An Interview with Kevin Behan Jul 26 2009 7 Comments
Why are Dogs Afraid of Slippery Floors? Jul 24 2009 33 Comments
Why do dogs howl? Jul 21 2009 22 Comments
Why Do Dogs Chew Up Squeaky Toys? Jul 18 2009 5 Comments
New NDT Blog! Jul 16 2009 No Comments
What is natural about Natural Dog Training? Jul 15 2009 4 Comments
Why Do Dogs Investigate the Eliminations of Other Dogs? Jul 13 2009 5 Comments
Anthropomorphic "double-talk?" Jul 04 2009 9 Comments
Why Do Dogs Smell Each Other Jun 30 2009 3 Comments
The Debate Over Neutering Jun 25 2009 148 Comments
How I Developed The "Pushing Technique" Jun 20 2009 76 Comments
Energy theory vs. Personality theory Jun 18 2009 2 Comments
Why Do Dogs Do Everything in a Circle? Jun 13 2009 2 Comments

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Books about Natural Dog Training by Kevin Behan

In Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dog’s behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by our emotion. The dog doesn’t respond to what the owner thinks, says, or does; it responds to what the owner feels. And in this way, dogs can actually put people back in touch with their own emotions. Behan demonstrates that dogs and humans are connected more profoundly than has ever been imagined — by heart — and that this approach to dog cognition can help us understand many of dogs’ most inscrutable behaviors. This groundbreaking, provocative book opens the door to a whole new understanding between species, and perhaps a whole new understanding of ourselves.
  Natural Dog Training is about how dogs see the world and what this means in regards to training. The first part of this book presents a new theory for the social behavior of canines, featuring the drive to hunt, not the pack instincts, as seminal to canine behavior. The second part reinterprets how dogs actually learn. The third section presents exercises and handling techniques to put this theory into practice with a puppy. The final section sets forth a training program with a special emphasis on coming when called.