Nearly every client who contacts professional Brooklyn dog trainer Kate Naito (CPDT-KA) is desperately looking to stop his or her dog's undesirable behavior. In response, Kate developed BKLN Manners? as an empowering four-week group class for busy owners who want the fastest path to a polite dog. Now available in book format, this comprehensive system utilizes clever management techniques and positive training strategies to help owners transform their dogs from unruly to urbane. BKLN Manners offers no-nonsense, easy-to-implement solutions to: B: Barking; K: Knocking people over; L: Leash walking problems; N: Naughty when alone. This book addresses uniquely urban challenges like dodging chicken bones on the sidewalk, counterconditioning on crowded streets, neighbors? noise concerns, and more. Written in a problem-and-solution format with the needs of busy urban and suburban dwellers in mind, it can help your dog acquire polite BKLN Manners both indoors and out. Inside BKLN Manners Comprehensive training guide that addresses common behavior concerns of urban and suburban dog owners. Clever management techniques and positive training strategies that help owners transform their dogs from unruly to urbane. The author is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer at a Brooklyn dog training organization who developed BKLN Manners? as a four-week group class for busy owners who wanted the fastest path to a polite dog. BKLN Manners offers no-nonsense, easy-to-implement solutions to: B: Barking; K: Knocking people over; L: Leash walking problems; N: Naughty when alone. Includes a suggested weekly plan for practicing BKLN behaviors and a chart to track training progress. Developed by a Brooklyn-based certified professional dog trainer, the empowering BKLN Manners? system utilizes clever management techniques and positive training strategies to help owners transform their dogs from unruly to urbane. Comprehensive training solutions to the behavior issues most commonly seen in urban and suburban dogs: Ⓑ Barking Ⓚ Knocking People Over Ⓛ Leach-walking problems Ⓝ Naughty behavior when alone Urban dog ownership can present challenges unique to city living, and author Kate Naito, CPDT-KA, MS, of Doggie Academy in Brooklyn, New York, has found a way to address them: the BKLN Manners (TM) training program, which she shares in this information-packed book of the same name. Kate developed this positive-training method in response to the many clients who contacted her, desperate to do something to improve their dogs' undesirable behavior. BKLN Manners (TM) is a comprehensive system that employs clever management techniques and reward-based strategies to help dog owners transform their canine companions from unruly to urbane. Tailored to fit the busy lives of urban and suburban owners, BKLN Manners (TM) offers no-nonsense, easy-to-implement training solutions accompanied by step-by-step color photographs. Inside BKLN Manners (TM) : Behavior issues and management/training strategies presented in a problem-and-solution format. - Dealing with city scenarios such as preventing your dog from snacking on discarded chicken bones and other tasty trash, navigating crowded sidewalks and streets, and preventing well-meaning strangers from constantly approaching your on-leash dog. - Training plans and progress charts for specific BKLN behaviors. - The advice and expertise of a certified professional dog trainer who specializes in working with urban dwellers and their dogs. Kate Naito is manners program director at Doggie Academy, a Brooklyn dog training and behavior counseling organization. She developed BKLN Manners� as a four-week group class for busy owners who wanted the fastest path to a polite dog. Kate is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator who studied dog training and behavior at CATCH Canine Trainers Academy. She offers basic and advanced manners classes, and conducts workshops in jumping, door dashing, sidewalk snacking, and leash walking. Formerly editor and feature writer for the equine publication now known as Equine Journal, Kate is a regular contributor to blogs like Dogsized and to dog newsletters. This is her first book.