DVDs

Jan Fennell - The Dog Listener

In this DVD, "The Dog Listener", Jan demonstrates her technique and the exceptional results it can provide. She shares her secrets and shows how it can be much more effective and compassionate alternative to standard "obedience" training. This easy to follow approach includes case histories of problem dogs. The film is set out in easy to follow chapters:
   • The Dog Listener - Rediscovering the Lost Language
   • Establishing Leadership
   • Understanding and Applying the 4 Key Elements:-
   • Common Problems - aggression, obsessions, rescue dogs, dogs on furniture, dogs in a muddle, size and breed
   • Importance of play

Language: English
Run time: approx 90 mins
Region: 0 (All Regions)
Classification: Exempt
Format: PAL

Price: $45 (Au) + P&H ($5 ordinary mail or $ 10 Express mail - within Australia)

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Dog Listener TV series

Old fashioned dog training has long advocated the use of choke collars, sharp smacks and harsh dominance style language. Jan Fennell, a dog trainer in England for 30 years, wants to change all that. Expanding on the theories of horse trainer Monty Roberts (the basis for The Horse Whisperer), Jan Fennell believes one can best train dogs by emulating natural behaviours, that is, by treating them as they would treat each other in the wild.

Her intelligent, straightforward and humane method has engendered controversy and increasing enthusiasm world-wide.

Jan Fennell's simple and succinct method posits that domesticated dogs are confused, believing themselves to be the pack leaders, and humans their subordinates. She retrains dogs to accept a human as their alpha leader. Those wanting true canine companionship will find this commonsense approach attractive and easy to apply with puppies as well as with older dogs.

She addresses common problems, from separation anxiety to barking at guests to the mistrust of strangers that rescued dogs often harbour. Her knowledge and love of dogs is expansive and her concern for their well-being balances kindness and appropriate discipline.

Language: English
Run time: 141 mins
Region: 4 (for use on Australian DVD players)
Classification: G
Format: PAL

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Books

The Dog Listener
Author: Jan Fennell

Subtitled Learning the Language of your Best Friend, with a foreword by Monty Roberts, this is Jan's first book and has been an international best seller and translated into many other languages. Jan's unique understanding of the canine world and its language has enabled her to bring even the most desperate and delinquent of dogs to 'heal'. This guide to Jan's techniques draws on her countless case histories of training problem dogs.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 27/11/2002 ISBN: 9780006532361
Format: Paperback Book Number of pages: 192

Price: $22.50 (+P&H)

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The Practical Dog Listener
Author: Jan Fennell

A simple 30-day guide that covers every element of pet ownership - from introducing a dog to its new home and handling it in public, to dealing with behavioural problems. It also includes problem-solving guides dealing with worries such as biting or anxiety. This book contains easy-to-follow line drawings, along with two picture sections.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 28/2/2006 ISBN: 9780007145706
Format: Paperback Book Number of pages: 224

Price: $29.50 (+P&H)

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The Seven Ages of Your Dog
Author: Jan Fennell

Do our dogs experience the equivalent of infancy and puberty? Do they go through terrible teens or struggle with mid-life crises? And what can we do to ensure they take each step in their stride? Best-selling author Jan Fennell leads us through the key stages of a dog's development by uniquely defining the seven ages of man's best friend.
I very much recommend this book for owners of new puppies and dogs. It is a complete guide to understanding and caring for your dog, from puppy-hood to old age, and provides the opportunity to 'get off on the right foot' and avoid behavioural problems later in a dog's life

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 30/9/2005 ISBN: 9780007199204
Format: Hardback Book Number of pages: 400

Price: $55.50 (+P&H)

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A Dog's Best Friend
Author: Jan Fennell

In A Dog's Best Friend, Jan outlines the qualities that distinguish the good owner from the great one, sharing the secrets of how we can all become the pet owners our dogs deserve. Drawing on her own inspirational experiences, she illustrates the importance of qualities such as patience and leadership, and gives tips on improving as an owner.
In an age of selfishness and misunderstanding, the virtues of duty, loyalty and sacrifice have become symbols of a bygone age. Perhaps this is one reason why we are drawn to our dogs - creatures for whom all these attributes are instinctive. In this series, Jan recounts some of the greatest acts of kindness, heroism, loyalty and compassion.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 6/11/2006
ISBN: 9780007153725
Format: Paperback Book
Number of pages: 320

Price: $22.50 (+P&H)

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Friends for Life
Author: Jan Fennell

Full of anecdotal case-histories this title shows how Jan Fennell's gifts have won her the admiration of dog lovers worldwide. The author tells the story of the personal journey that led her to success - and the crucial part her canine companions played in her development. She reveals how her bond with dogs was forged amid the personal sadness of her childhood in London, an often traumatic period when it seemed Jan's beloved pets were her only source of unconditional love. She goes on to describe her experiences as a young mother, struggling to establish herself in an unfamiliar - and sometimes hostile - rural Lincolnshire community.
Her story eventually turns into a version of "The Good Life": a self-sufficient idyll, inhabited by colourful characters - both human and canine. But when it sours it is her dogs - once more - who provide Jan with her strength and inspiration, and an unexpected new lease of life.
The book is filled with larger-than-life personalities who have shaped Jan's eventful life. Above all, however, it is the story of a woman's struggle against the odds, and the life-long love affair that has been the key to her survival.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 28/4/2004
ISBN: 9780007153718
Format: Paperback Book
Number of pages: 288

Price: $22.50 (+P&H)

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