The Good Dog Way: Love Them by Leading Them

By: Sean O'Shea

Narrated by: Sean O'Shea

Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

After working with thousands of dogs with leash aggression, dog aggression, human aggression, resource guarding, separation anxiety, and overall troublesome behavior, world-renowned trainer Sean O’Shea, owner and founder of The Good Dog Training and Rehabilitation; saw some recurring themes consistently derailing the human/dog relationship. Sean discovered that countless trainers and owners were struggling to not only understand these issues but more importantly, to put clear, concise, easy-to-understand words to them.

The Good Dog Way: Love Them by Leading Them, fills that incredibly important gap. Until its release, dog training books almost exclusively focused on training mechanics, commands, and rules, but had missed the all-important "why".

Why were we struggling?

Why were we making the same mistakes over and over?

Why were our dogs a mess?

Something big was indeed missing, and without this critical piece, the foundational "why" underneath it all, even the best training and coaching practices were still struggling. Pouring several years into compiling, writing, and re-writing, he crafted a training book like no other. A book which clearly articulated how our human emotional tendencies, intellectual misconceptions, as well as a lack of understanding of our dog's true needs, were deeply sabotaging our best intentions. A book which offered simple, but profound answers for these struggles.

Note: This book is based on a balanced approach and philosophy to dog training. Its focus is on practical, realistic, and most of all, effective training. If the idea of sharing consequences with your dog for poor or dangerous choices; or if using modern, effective, and humane tools such as prong or e-collars is not in alignment with your beliefs, then this is likely not the right audiobook for you.

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Balanced Trainer MUST read

This book was incredible. It re-affirmed so much for me and made me feel educated and also convicted. There’s no growth in a place of Pitty. This book is an incredible tool that EVERY dog owner should read.

Truth bombs

I listed to this book straight through. I asked about an audio book and lo and behold it came out a few weeks later. I t brought tears to my eyes because it speaks so much truth about how your interactions with dogs can impact their life. this is an amazing listen!

Powerful perspective on dog-human relationships

A wonderful listen!
An eye-opening perspective on making sense of life with your dog.

incredible

I loved it. There is so much we can glean from this book. I normally have a hard time investing and sticking with a book. Not with this baby.

unexpectedly incredible

This has been the parenting book that I didn't know I needed. Seriously, I've read dozens of parenting books for my three small children and none have come close to the profundity of Sean's book about leading your dog. lol, it sounds silly but it is VERY true. I'm so glad that I heard about TGD before I bought my puppy three weeks ago. I am certain that I would have ended up with a troubled dog who was anxious and manipulative of me were it not for the reading of this amazing book. Now I just need to step up my leadership with my little baby humans and maybe I'll see the anxiety and manipulation dissipate from them too.♡ Thank you so much Sean! God bless you and your staff!

Very insightful good reminders!

need to read this book it's very insightful and extremely helpful. is a great reminder to get back to the basics and remember it's between you and your dog. Your bond and relationship, but mostly it's about YOU!

Excellent info for dog training

This book helped me see dog training in a new way. While I have successfully owned and trained many large breed working dogs in my life this far, I adopted a Doberman that really challenged my training abilities to the point of failure. I ended up reaching out to a trainer in my area for help, and they utilized this method out training and require that you read/listen to this book so you can follow through appropriately after the dog has the initial training. I found the information made a lot of sense, and am looking forward to my future working with my well balanced dog.

Fantastic Advice For All Owners

This book is amazing. Even if you don’t agree with tools TGD uses in their training, this book is still for you. This is about being a leader and providing your dog with the direction it needs for you both to have a fun, loving, and safe relationship together at home and out in the real world.

The most useful dog training book I’ve found

If you’re struggling to find balance in your relationship with your dog, this is a must-read. This book helped support me as I moved from being someone struggling with a “problem dog” to being someone known for having a “good dog”. I’m so grateful for how The Good Dog Way deepened and enriched my relationship with my dog; it taught me how to better communicate with him and other dogs, allowing for a totally different level of connection.

The best ever!

A book to explain how to be your dogs leader. Sean helps enlighten the fact that you must be the best version of yourself. Self reflection to improve upon yourself to be able to be a strong leader that your dog will not take advantage of. Leadership is guiding those to success, being motivating, and setting consequences for the unexceptable. Reward, structure, consistency, confidence, and life changing for you and your dog is work! A must read! Thank you Sean.