The Magic of Games for Your Dog - Paperback

by Sally Montrucchio (Author)

Teach your dog to find your matching slipper! Or water bottle from the refrigerator or retrieve a hard to reach item from behind a table or a chair! Teach your dog the skills needed with over 100 Fun, Easy Games, Challenges and Exercises!The Magic of Games is dog training made easy for the novice to the advanced dog trainer. These games and exercises support foundation training and allow for easier advanced training. It is a magnificent tool for training a creative, happy and confident dog by increasing your dog's problem-solving ability. Every day household items are mostly all you need. Add imagination, treats, a clicker and you are in business!

Author Biography

Sally Montrucchio has been a service dog training director for over 20 years. Her experience includes psychiatric service dogs for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); mobility; seizure; autism; hearing. In 2012 Sally Montrucchio founded Next Step Service Dogs, Inc. to implement a new flagship program to serve military men and women who would benefit from the use of a service dog for PTSD, TBI, and mobility challenges, and, also for those military men and women who would benefit from a career training service dogs for their fellow warriors. She made training through games a hall mark of her programs because happy dogs and happy clients give a highly successful outcome. Dog owners and pet dog trainers can easy adjust her games to their own needs and classes.