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 It Works! April 5, 2007
Rosanna Lyons
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have been training my dogs using Paul's methods for almost nine years. I find his methods to be humane, effective and a lot of fun for my dogs. At present I am taking classes while referring to his wonderful book and DVD and I am experiencing amazing results through the raise with praise methods. Paul is a sensitive kind and spiritual person and this shines through in hid DVD and through his writings. I highly recommend his methods of training, his book and his DVD.
Gentle Dog Training March 24, 2007
Frances A. Duderstadt (Seguin TX)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am so impressed with these instruction to train my dog. It is working great. I am such a softy and I don't believe in yelling at my dog and this is working so nice. Corky is enjoying it too. She is getting treat and getting the reward. Great book.
Loving and Compassionate March 8, 2007
Kevin Miller (Los Angeles, CA USA)
My wife and I recently rescued a dog from the pound. Her name is Lucy. She's about a year old and she had it rough with her last family. Her time at the pound wasn't much better. That said, she's sweet and loving and we wanted to find the right way to help her recover from her past.
This DVD has turned out to be perfect for us.
Paul Owens understands why dogs behave the way they do. His approach to training is simple and powerful. Using his techniques we were able to make amazing progress in little more than a week. It feels like we've been trained as much as Lucy has. Between this DVD and Paul Owens' book, we've learned how to speak dog.
The DVD is easy to navigate and the menus allow you to get to exactly the information you need. The step-by-step approach to training made it easy to get started right away. The training principles seem simple, but they work. And the insight into how dogs learn helped to alleviate both our aniexty and our impatience.
The DVD tempers hard facts with humor and there's a great computer-animated piece called "Man's First Friend" that's a real treat.
We love our dog and wanted to mold her into a positive member of our family without frightening or intimidating her. She'd already had enough of that in her life. This DVD is getting us there. As it turns out, there's no magic to it. It's just a matter of understanding how she sees and reacts to the world.
 Buyer Beware! March 4, 2007
Marcus Peacock (Washington, DC United States)
37 out of 40 found this review helpful
The review by Paul Baack has got it exactly right, although I think his star rating is a little harsh. I've watched several dog training videos and this is mediocre. I can only guess the higher than average price is because people assume it has some connection with Cesar Millan's popular show, which it doesn't. Paul Owens is genial enough and I learned a couple things I didn't elsewhere, but there is way too much quirky and unnecessary filler, from skunk puppeteering to breathing exercises (for you, not your dog). I recommend "Train Your Dog -- The Positive Genial Approach" which gives better step by step instruction and much better coverage of advanced commands which are really given short shrift here.
Very Helpful - I highly recommend this DVD February 14, 2007
S. Wilcox (Seattle, WA USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
We almost returned this when we learned that this wasn't the guy from the TV program, but I'm really glad we didn't because we saved a bunch of money on training classes. His methods really work!
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