Videos

Quantum Canine Episode 2 'No Such Thing as Dominance' Part I Aug 01, 2009

Kevin Behan and Trisha Selbach discuss dominance in dog training and Kevin Behan’s “Immediate Moment” theory of social organization in wolf packs. They discuss Kevin’s father’s work in training and his influence, as well as what Kevin learned from his own work training police and protection dogs. The discussion continues! Click here when the above […]

Pushing with a Pit Bull

Short clip showing Kevin Behan working with a Pit Bull and conducting the Pushing Exercise.

Quantum Canine 'Trip to the Vet' Episode Intro Jul 31, 2009

Kevin Behan and Trisha Selbach bring Atikus to the Vets and explain how to vet any dog using the Natural Dog Training method. They discuss how the common conceptions of ‘taming’ your dog, i.e. giving it a lot of ‘love’ and attention, can actually put more stress on your pet. Watch the video for step-by-step […]

Quantum Canine 'Trip to the Vet' Part II Jul 30, 2009

Kevin and Trisha continue to discuss a vet visit from the perception of your pet, plus Kevin gives tips on what you should look for when you’re searching for a veterinarian.

Quantum Canine 'Trip to the Vet' Part I

Kevin describes in more detail his experience with Atikus, a dog afraid of the vets who was featured in the previous clip. He and Trisha also discuss exactly why dogs can be so afraid of such a visit, and even how we as humans can relate to this type of experience. Also learn what Kevin […]

Quantum Canine Episode 1 Part II Jul 29, 2009

Kevin and Trisha continue their discussion from the Quantum Canine Episode 1 Part 1. In this section, hear more about participants’ experiences at the Rowe seminar, as well as Kevin’s interpretation on what their dogs are really expressing. This clip also features Kevin conducting the groundbreaking Pushing Technique, and provides video examples for such terms […]

Quantum Canine Episode 1 Part I

With the first installment of the Quantum Canine show available online, learn what Natural Dog Training really means when it claims ‘dogs don’t think’. It is not a statement based on a dog’s intellectual capacity, and in fact, is quite the opposite. Due to a dog’s strong emotional capacity, NDT believes dogs are actually one […]

Kevin Behan Explains Natural Dog Training

Watch the video and hear Kevin Behan explain the theory of Natural Dog Training.

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.