BKLN Manners

Nearly every client who contacts professional Brooklyn dog trainer Kate Naito (CPDT-KA) is desperately looking to stop his or her dog's undesirable behavior. In response, Kate developed BKLN Manners? as an empowering four-week group class for busy owners who want the fastest path to a polite dog. Now available in book format, this comprehensive system utilizes clever management techniques and positive training strategies to help owners transform their dogs from unruly to urbane. BKLN Manners offers no-nonsense, easy-to-implement solutions to: B: Barking; K: Knocking people over; L: Leash walking problems; N: Naughty when alone. This book addresses uniquely urban challenges like dodging chicken bones on the sidewalk, counterconditioning on crowded streets, neighbors? noise concerns, and more. Written in a problem-and-solution format with the needs of busy urban and suburban dwellers in mind, it can help your dog acquire polite BKLN Manners both indoors and out. Inside BKLN Manners Comprehensive training guide that addresses common behavior concerns of urban and suburban dog owners. Clever management techniques and positive training strategies that help owners transform their dogs from unruly to urbane. The author is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer at a Brooklyn dog training organization who developed BKLN Manners? as a four-week group class for busy owners who wanted the fastest path to a polite dog. BKLN Manners offers no-nonsense, easy-to-implement solutions to: B: Barking; K: Knocking people over; L: Leash walking problems; N: Naughty when alone. Includes a suggested weekly plan for practicing BKLN behaviors and a chart to track training progress.

Kate Naito is manners program director at Doggie Academy, a Brooklyn dog training and behavior counseling organization. She developed BKLN Manners? as a four-week group class for busy owners who wanted the fastest path to a polite dog. Kate is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator who studied dog training and behavior at CATCH Canine Trainers Academy. She offers basic and advanced manners classes, and conducts workshops in jumping, door dashing, sidewalk snacking, and leash walking. Formerly editor and feature writer for the equine publication now known as Equine Journal, Kate is a regular contributor to blogs like Dogsized and to dog newsletters. This is her first book.