Chill Out Fido!: How to Calm Your Dog

I absolutely love this book and it has quickly became one of my favourite training manuals for our rescue staffordshire bull terrier. When we got her home from the rescue centre she was a hyper, anxious "velcro" dog who was completely unable to switch off. She had also never been trained so we realised there was a huge challenge ahead. To begin with, I needed something that would help me teach her to relax and calm down otherwise training would be an impossible task. After working through the exercises, which are clear, easy to follow and written in a very user friendly way, the difference in our dogs behaviour (both indoors and outside on walks) has been amazing. She is now a calm, chilled out dog who listens to us and is very responsive to training. Excellent result!!! I'd highly recommend this to anyone who needs to help their dog relax.

This book seemed to me to be written for an American audience. My springedor needs more than 10-20 mins walk per day and I make her work for her food with games. If I didn’t take her out for an hour a half per day she would be bouncing off the walls

A gentle approach to dog training and very measured - recommended for first time dog owners, helped us sort out 'settle' for our Viszla but there are lots of other aids too.

I was having issues with my overly-excitable pup when I first saw this book and thought it was worth a read. When I first got the book and looked at the contents I was slightly disappointed thinking that there was nothing revolutionary in there, but as I read through it and actually went through the exercises with my own dog I found it very good to have all the simple ideas in one place to work through with hints and tips on how to do this and trouble shoot any problems. Very good book for anyone with a nutty dog!! :)

Definitely recommend this book