Lucky Dog Lessons

By: Brandon McMillan

Narrated by: Brandon McMillan, Roger Wayne

Publisher's summary

The celebrity dog trainer and Emmy-winning star of the CBS show Lucky Dog shares his training system to transform any dog - from spoiled purebred puppy to shelter-shocked rescue - into a model companion in just seven days.

Each week on Lucky Dog, Brandon McMillan rescues an untrained, unwanted, "unadoptable" shelter dog. In the days that follow, the dog undergoes a miraculous transformation as it learns to trust McMillan, master his 7 Common Commands, and overcome its behavior problems - ultimately becoming a well-mannered pet or even a service dog. With his labor of love complete, McMillan unites each dog with a forever family. Now, in his first book, McMillan shares the knowledge he has gained working with thousands of dogs of every breed and personality to help listeners turn their own pets into well-trained Lucky Dog graduates.

Lucky Dog Lessons begins with the basics - building trust, establishing focus and control, and mastering training techniques. From there McMillan explains his playful, careful, and kind approach to training the 7 Common Commands he teaches every dog: sit, stay, down, come, off, heel, and no. Next McMillan provides solutions to common canine behavior problems, including house training issues, door dashing, chewing, barking, and mealtime misbehaviors. Lucky Dog Lessons includes easy-to-follow steps, illustrative examples, and tried-and-true tips and tricks to demonstrate each technique. Throughout the book McMillan shares inspiring stories about his favorite students and gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the show and some of his most unique and challenging canine encounters, including some never-before-heard outtakes.

Brandon McMillan believes that no dog is beyond saving, and the loving, positive, successful methods he offers will work wonders with even the most challenging dog. Create the happy pet family you want with Lucky Dog Lessons.

©2016 Animal Expert LLC (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

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5 out of 5 stars

By Michelle Hill on 04-24-19

amazing training

realistic easy to follow training guide for all levels of trained animals for all types of home situations

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5 out of 5 stars

By Christie on 02-14-18

Best book a must read or hear

The best book whether your dog is a rescue, old young you think you know it all or every dog owner should listen to this book.
He touches on so many things that really help humans understand our dogs in a way I haven’t heard before. These ideas will improve your life your dogs life and make your life together more rewarding. If you have any behavioral issues this is a definite must

and our dogs have a better life. This guy is wonderful I wish there were more people like him.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Amazon Customer on 01-17-20

Great bool

I loved this book, very well written a organized, and makes training a success! I thought my dog the basics in a very short time with the help of this book.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Jessica Jordan on 01-17-20

Great tips for helping to train dogs.

My puppy is so well behaved since I started using the tips and tricks Brandon talks about. I think they have even rubbed off on my mom's wild dog.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Marcy Reeves on 10-22-17

Love the Book

I loved hearing about Brandon's experiences training all the dogs, I especially love LUCKY DOG.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Ronni on 02-20-20

Amazing training book for training your own dog

I love Brandon’s show Lucky Dog. I am disappointed that he didn’t narrate this himself as the narrator does not have his love and passion for helping the dogs that Brandon foes. That said it is a fantastic tool to train your furry family member. As a dog trainer, I’ve recommended this to anyone who doesn’t have the money to work with a trainer or thinks they know it all and needs some direction because they are clueless The two things I would caution someone is fo NOT abuse the shaker can dog can I prefer all positive and non force non fear inducing methods but if you use this correctly it should only take 1 or 2x. Overall Brandon uses positive reinforcement methods

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5 out of 5 stars

By Don Lemmon on 04-07-23

Incredibly useful

Great listen and in my opinion a must for anyone who is thinking about getting a dog, has a dog, knows someone who has a dog or is just really interested in what’s going on with your neighbors dog. I have personally recommended this to a dozen people it’s worth the listen.

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5 out of 5 stars

By David Collins on 07-27-20

I know I will learn how to train my puppy

I love this guy, I know I will learn how to train my puppy. I even order the back version of the book

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5 out of 5 stars

By Scott on 10-02-21

Need a print version to reference

Goods training suggestions but I would need to get the print version to use as a reference, and see the pictures for examples of techniques.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Leveriano on 01-22-20

excellent book

great book! I found this guy a very competent trainer. love his methods and the way they are explained.

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