Kate Naito – författare

Guarding your lap, biting your guests, demanding attention, barking at strangers... sound familiar? These behaviors are often overlooked in small dogs because they seem harmless or even cute. But look deeper and you may find that your little sidekick needs your help to feel secure and develop the skills to navigate our big world.Small dogs of any breed can be an unparalleled joy to live with, but only if you re small dog savvy. Once you understand what makes these little canines tick, as well as how to meet their mental and emotional needs, you can build a loving, lasting relationship unlike any other.Small Dog Savvy provides step-by-step guidance for topics such as handling and grooming, household manners, leash walking, and common behavior challenges like leash reactivity and resource guarding. Dozens of instructional videos are included to help you practice the techniques.By following the guidelines in this book, you ll learn how to bring out the very best in your canine companion. This is true whether your dog is an impressionable puppy or a grizzled senior; whether you re looking to prevent problem behaviors from day one, or you re already in over your head with behavior issues.Kate is a certified dog behavior consultant, certified dog trainer, and award-winning author. She owns High Ten Dog Training in Connecticut, and also trains with Doggie Academy in Brooklyn, NY.

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.

Have you ever wondered why dogs struggle to learn polite manners such as Come and Off, but they seem to naturally pick up Paw and Fetch? Because these things are fun, of course! Dogs are playful animals, and they learn best when they enjoy the task at hand. Play Your Way to Good Manners shows you how to approach your dog's manners training as a collection of cool tricks, exciting sports moves and interactive games, changing your dog's attitude from "I have to do it" to "I want to do it." Accomplished dog trainers Kate Naito and Sarah Westcott have drawn from techniques used in canine sports, games and trick training, and applied them to a positive-reinforcement manners training program that you and your dog can easily follow.