The Happy Labrador: Your Guide to a Happy, Well-Mannered Labrador (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781916430297)

"The absolute must-have 'Labrador bible'. Asia's insights in the Labrador personality and what they need to grow up happily and well-behaved are just invaluable.", WATSON LABRADOR FOUNDATION - US.

Wondering how to welcome your new Lab puppy? Looking for daily practical tips and advice on how to help your puppy develop into a Happy and Well-behaved dog? Wanting to start off on the right foot and avoid dog-behavior professionals for life? Look no more, this book has all the answers you may need and more

Based on thousands of training encounters over 40 years, Asia Moore's "The Happy Labrador" is teaching you everything you need to do to fulfil your Lab's needs, prevent behavior problems and build a happy and loving relationship with your canine friend.

Asia is giving you countless tips and practical advice aimed specifically at preventing behavior issues, rather than correcting them after they surface. Personal anecdotes from Asia's experience are dispersed throughout the book.

Just a few of the things you will learn:

• Lab puppy happiness tips and practical advice
• How to happily welcome and housebreak your puppy
• Techniques for a well-behaved Labrador pup
• What is the right food for a happy puppy
• Happy exercise requirements
• Lab puppy commands, hand signals, tricks, playtime
• Why you should not treat your puppy as a child
• What are the ideal living conditions for a happy Lab
• Daily routines, care and grooming for a happy puppy
• Lab body language and its paramount importance on raising a well-behaved puppy
• How you can keep on top of your puppy's good health and which medical conditions you should watch out for
• How to happily socialise your Lab puppy with people, other dogs and different environments
• How to teach basic rules and boundaries and offer rewards for the right behavior
• How to prevent puppy behaviour issues and avoid dog behavior experts for life
• How to provide what your puppy needs to be a contented Lab
• How to be the Ideal Lab Guardian
• What are the common human mistakes causing unhappiness and behaviour issues & how to avoid them
• Surprise Q&A Chapter with questions answered from your Lab's perspective

Asia stays in touch with thousands of dog guardians through personal consultations and her business websites, www.K-9SuperHeroesDogWhispering.com and www.KnowsToNose.com, and understands what a Lab really needs to be a happy, contented and well-behaved dog.

Invest the time and effort to study and apply Asia's happiness techniques now to raise your Lab puppy on a solid foundation of happiness and proper behaviour. Your Labrador puppy deserves it and your future self will really thank you

What reviewers are saying:

"We have just brought home our new Lab a week ago and had no previous experience. This great book just gave us all the guidance we needed and we are not worried any more. Highly recommended.", M. GRIFFIN -US

"I have been showing my two Labradors for 5 years and I thought I knew it all about Labs. Well, I have to admit I was wrong. Asia's views on the breed happiness were really ground breaking.", A. PHILLIPS -US

"Being a first-time Lab owner, I was feeling completely lost until my wife bought this book. It is just fantastic, a great read and really well researched. Thank you Asia.", K. ROBINSON -UK

"If you are considering getting a Lab, this is a great book. It is obvious that the author is a real expert on the breed. We got some excellent advice out of it. Real bargain.", M. TURNER -US