Raising a Calm, Confident Dog

People keep asking how Atlas, a 50kg American Akita, stays so calm on the train, in the pub, and around strangers. This is the whole answer.

Not training tricks. Socialisation, done properly, written up as the exact method I used over six years, in the order I'd do it again. No filler, no twenty pages on the history of the breed nobody asked for.

Inside you get:

• The one principle everything else hangs off
• The full socialisation checklist: the people, places, sounds and daft everyday objects most people forget
• How I did it day to day, from puppy classes to the long line to the "say hi" greeting cue
• What to do if your dog is older, nervous or a rescue. Same method, just more patience
• The bits that matter specifically for big and guardian breeds
• The common mistakes that quietly undo all your work

Whether you've got an eight-week-old puppy, a rescue who's decided the world is out to get him, or a powerful breed you want to be able to take anywhere, it's all in here.

And the reason any of it matters: the work is what lets your dog come everywhere with you. Atlas was on the boat when I proposed, and at our wedding. That's the point of it, not a party trick on a train.

Instant download. From the family behind The Randle Akitas.