Jan Fennell
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Jan Fennell, "The dog listener", is an English dog lover and dog trainer who adapted the method developed by Monty Roberts for horses to understanding dogs, based on the insight that dogs behave naturally to their own understanding, not humans'. Her books and her personal work as a dog trainer has helped many dog owners and their dogs, specifically dogs mistaken as "problem dogs", some of which were about to be euthanasized due to what was really the inability of their owners to handle them in a suitable and "dog-understandable" way.
Fennell emphasizes creating persistent human understanding and behavior as to the dog such as to give a dog a relaxed, happy and enjoyable life, which also makes the humans' life with the dog most enjoyable and relaxed.
Jan's dog training method is called Amichien Bonding.
(This is much about what the author of this article might call the so-frequent case of a "leisure dog", I don't know so much yet as to how "work dogs" fit in there.)
[edit] Books
- The Dog Listener
- The Practical Dog Listener
- A Dog's Best Friend
- Friends For Life
- The Seven Ages of Your Dog
In addition to her books and DVD, Fennell has her own TV show explaining the understanding of dogs and demonstrating successful interventions, currently playing on Animal Planet on Friday nights.
