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The Whole Family Puppy Training Book

Your puppy isn't being trained by a person — she's being trained by a committee. This book gives your whole household one plan: positive reinforcement training to raise a calm, well-behaved puppy the whole family can enjoy, in just 10 minutes a day. With real stories (and real photos) from raising our own Tollers, Crosby & Ember.

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In Canada? Paperback on Amazon.ca · Kindle edition is free with Kindle Unlimited — with all 16 photos in full color.

The Whole Family Puppy Training Book cover — two Duck Tolling Retrievers sitting in a golden field at sunset
Inside the book
  • The C.A.L.M. Framework™ — Consistency, Attention, Leadership, Motivation
  • The Daily 10 — short blocks even a six-year-old can run
  • Safety Drills — the emergency STOP & recall that saves lives
  • The Testing Months — surviving adolescence
  • 16 real photos of Crosby & Ember · 114 pages · 6″ × 9″

Written for real households, not perfect ones

Kids who help too much. A partner who's softer than you are. A schedule where everyone leaves at 8 a.m. This book plans for all of it.

🏠 A framework, not a list of tips

Lists fail the day your puppy invents a problem the author never met. The C.A.L.M. Framework, the Daily 10, the Four Stages, and the 4-Step Fix give your family an engine for solving any problem — including the ones this book never mentions.

👧 Training the kids can do

Every cue gets one word and one hand signal, taught gesture-first — which is why a quiet six-year-old can cue a forty-pound dog and get the same result you do. Includes age-by-age jobs from treat-holder to junior handler.

🐾 Real dogs, real stories

The gate someone left open. The aunt in the brand-new white coat. The baseboards Ember still hasn't apologized for. Sixteen real photos and the true stories behind the method — from two Tollers raised in a real Nova Scotia home.

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Real pages from the paperback.

Chapter One opening page with photo of Crosby and Ember as puppies
Chapter One: One Puppy, One Family, One Plan
Chapter Four page showing puppy Ember's first sit
Commands taught so kids can give them
Chapter Ten opening page — emergency training and Safety Drills
Safety Drills: the training that saves their life
The book's closing page
The last page — good luck with the four seconds

5 printable bonuses included

Every copy comes with the print-at-home pack — free to download, unlimited copies for your household.

📋 The Family Training Agreement

One word, one hand signal, one rule per behaviour — signed by the whole family, posted on the fridge.

🕐 Potty Rota & Log + Checklists

The duty roster, the 14-day log, the room-by-room puppy-proofing checklist, and the age-by-age kids' jobs chart.

🎒 The Family Puppy Gear List

Everything we actually use with Crosby & Ember — and the reason behind each piece.

Get the bonus pack

One puppy. One family. One plan.

Raise the calm, confident, happy dog your whole household can enjoy.

Buy on Amazon

In Canada? Get it on Amazon.ca ($22.99 CAD, ships locally). Or read the Kindle edition — $9.99, free with Kindle Unlimited, all photos in color.

Kids in the house? Pair it with My Puppy & Me: Our First Year Together — the illustrated keepsake book for ages 6–10.