Dr Nicholas Dodman Leeds 4 -5 October

http://www.dog-and-bone.co.uk/learn.html

http://blog.dog-and-bone.co.uk/dr-ni...-dog-bone.html

He is on 'It's me or the dog' at the moment.

I've never heard of him before, but one of these isn't far from me at all.
What are his methods like? Is he any good? Is it really worth the cost?

Why not read his book to see if you like his approach, it is under £10

Which book would you recommend? I've found Dogs Behaving Badly or The Well Adjusted Dog or The Dog Who Loved To Much?

The Well Adjusted Dog, gives you more of a flavour of his outlook.

I'm thinking of going for The Well Adjusted Dog as it seems like that one I can actually have on my Kindle, so don't have to wait for it to be sent out I'm a little confused about some the the titles of the contents listed, but I shall see more when I read it I guess.
As always thank you very much smokeybear

EDIT: Sorry, posted before I had seen your most recent post. Glad you think this would be the better option. Thanks again.

I found another book on Amazon that I could have a preview of before buying. Glad I looked as if this is his theory then I don't think I need to waste time reading further and wont be going to his course. The book was If Only They Could Speak: Understanding the Powerful Bond Between Dogs and Their Owners.
It has a chart about how to 'test a dog for dominance' by doing things they may not like and seeing how they respond to it, one of them is hit the dog! And reprimand in a loud tone. The options that you are looking out for are 'growl' 'lip lift' 'bite' or 'snap'. Well without even trying I know full well that my dog would cower in a corner.
Another thing to try was take things off the dog. Well my dog doesn't care. Not because I make him submissive but because we did lots of positive swaps with him in the past.
Are all his books like this???
Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, I will continue to read more.

I wanted to go to this one, but I am on holiday

Apparently he is hailed by Victoria Stilwell as 'the world's best behaviourist'. I wonder - has she read his books?