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Empower your dog to gain confidence and social skills!
With BAT 2.0, trainer/author Grisha Stewart has completely overhauled Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) to create a new efficient and practical tool for dog reactivity. BAT 2.0 builds resilience and self-reliance by giving dogs safe opportunities to learn about people, dogs, or other triggers. Clear enough for all readers to follow, this book also includes technical tips and bonus chapters just for dog behavior professionals.
Learn how to:-Rehabilitate aggression, frustration, and fear.
-Use survival skills to prevent reactivity on walks and at home.
-Use a long line to safely maximize your dog s freedom of movement.
-Apply Grisha’s BAT philosophy to all dogs and puppies…and get your life back! Behavior Adjustment Training
What experts are saying about Behavior Adjustment Training
BAT 2.0 is a must-read for anyone who has or works with reactive dogs. For years, dogs all over the world have benefited from the successful philosophies and empowering techniques in BAT, but Grisha Stewart has taken it to the next level. A clear appreciation for the canine experience and easy to follow, practical techniques is what makes BAT 2.0 so beneficial for dogs that experience frustration, anxiety, or fear in any social situation. Stewart gives control back to the dog allowing a delicate balance of freedom, the ability to make choices and safety. I highly recommend BAT 2.0 to anyone who is struggling with a reactive dog or who wants to gain a better understanding of their canine companion.
Victoria Stilwell, author, Train Your Dog Positively (via Twitter)
Grisha Stewart’s updated version of BAT is easy to understand with wonderful illustrations and pictures to help the reader visualize the process. One of the things I like most about this book is the attention paid to reading dogs for signs of stress in order to keep the dog as comfortable as possible during setups.
Emily Larlham, dog trainer, seminar presenter, and host of the Kikopup YouTube Channel.
When I ask behavior professionals, What are your eyes for? they enthusiastically reply, To see! But when I ask, What is your behavior for? conference rooms fall silent. In BAT 2.0, Grisha Stewart provides the essential answer to this all-important question: Behavior is to have an effect, that is, to be effective. By safely allowing dogs more control over their own outcomes, especially in challenging conditions where fearful, frustrated, and aggressive behavior is most likely, caregivers will be more successful shaping independent, competent, confident companions.
Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Utah State University, www.behaviorworks.org
Publisher : Dogwise Publishing (January 14, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1617811742
ISBN-13 : 978-1617811746
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 0.69 x 10 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book informative and helpful for dog professionals, volunteers, experienced owners, and new dog owners. They appreciate the well-thought-out process and helpful tips on training. Readers praise the author’s detail about dog behavior and reasoning behind her methods. However, opinions differ on readability – some find it easy to follow and in-depth, while others consider it a difficult read and not written for beginners.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Harlan –
Great book for behavior modifcation
Very eye opening for people that want specialize in behavior modification profession, well done, looking for more knowledge from your youtube channel and website
squirrelsRduck –
Best book out there, but needs to be supplemented with knowledge of how to respond to dogs bad behavior and up close training su
Best dog training book ive found so far. Though i should mention that skips a few important thoughts, in that avoiding the triggers might not always be possible and that you must clearly inform your dog when you disapprove of their behavior. The book focuses more on assuming you can follow the methodology to never get in a situation where your dog behaves unacceptably, but forgets to describe the proper response to how you should react to such situations. Other than that, great book, much more readable than the first edition. A bit dense, though maybe thats just because im reading two editions. Dense is good though, has some really good and detailed ideas. First edition lacked some details about all the strategies it alluded to, but this version details everything. Another item this book lacks is up close training details. Focuses mostly on reactivity at a distance, but lacks clear focus on up close reactivity issues. The intelligent reader can apply the concepts in the book to such, but it’s not really described as detailed as it should. For example, she can try to generalize keeping the dog below the threshold up close, having both dogs wear muzzle, and describe tactics for working in up close situations like in which aggression is common for dogs that have guarding issues only very up close.
Trevor Smith –
Real Life Training Guide For Reactivity
Grisha Stewart, MA, CPDT-KA is a dog trainer and international seminar presenter who specializes in empowerment and dog reactivity. Her book Behavior Adjustment Training 2.0 is a great guide to reactive behavior in dogs. Within this book she shares how her personal experience with her own dog, Peanut, shaped her understanding of how dogs see their world. Grishaâs perspectives in this book gives tactical tools to help you as both the owner or as a trainer that is dealing with reactive behavior in dogs. Grisha gives you step by step guides to show you how to empower the dog to make choices that will help them acclimate to the world around them. I encourage you to really soak in every page of this book in order to discover all the enlightening gems on dog behavior. MA, CPDT-KA is a dog trainer and international seminar presenter who specializes in empowerment and dog reactivity
Aida James –
BAT 2.0: Give it a try
I really like this version of the behavior adjustment training. Using environmental reinforcers allows so much more learning freedom for the student. Probably going to have to read again for more details.
Jeanine Papasidero –
Perfect
Brand new book, easy to follow.
Amazon Customer –
The older dog is very obedient and was easy to train
Just started reading this behavior book as I have two Australian Sheperds . A 9 year old and a 1 year old. The older dog is very obedient and was easy to train. As a matter a fact he new exactly one I would ask of him. Very smart intelligent dogs. Very loyal too. The youngest dog is a little more bouncy and wants to be the boss. She is getting a lot better with one on one training every single day. Very smart she is. so far I got a few tips from this amazing book. Very interesting reading. Thanks so much.
Pamela J. Peerce Landers –
Good, But Not Great
The author’s approach to helping dogs overcome their fear of people and other dogs is excellent. I say this because I have seen the change in my own dog working with a certified trainer.The reasons I dinged her book two stars are:1. This is a very hard read largely because the author spends so much time telling the reader about her previous book which you likely never read or heard of like me. This book would merit 5 stars if her editor had deleted all references to her first book or put them in an addendum.2. The photos are not sharp and it is hard to see key things.
KP –
YES! So excited!
Iâm SOOOOOO EXCITED to use this!!!!!!!!! I have heard nothing but outstanding things about this book! It was referred to me by the trainer I am working with for my German Shepherd. He has severe reactivity to strangers and high anxiety levels and I have been told this is the cure ð¥°â¤ï¸ Hereâs to finding out!
Jr –
Great read, the idea is so basic yet so smart! Iâve had Jasper for 4 months, heâs a 2 year old staffy that spent most his life in kennels and you can tell, heâs a bit nervous around other dogs so hopefully this will bring up his confidence!!
Amaral –
Genial, sowohl inhaltlich als auch vom Aufbau. Eins der besten Bücher, dass ich je über Hundeerziehung gelesen habe. Die dort beschriebenen MaÃnahmen haben meiner Schäferhündin extrem besser geholfen als die üblichen Ratschläge. Wer nach einem Weg sucht, mit seinem Hund auf nicht aversive Weise zu arbeiten und Hundebegnungen positiv zu gestalten, dem sei dieses Buch ans Herz gelegt. Schade, dass es in Deutschland kaum Hubdetrainer gibt, die BAT kennen bzw. danach arbeiten.
Marco Aurelio Núñez –
Stewart en este libro muestra contenidos teóricos y prácticos útiles para entender y resolver problemas de comportamiento. El texto es sencillo de comprender y aplicar.
The speakers pop out within a couple of minutes so be careful. It is very tough and wonderful for filling with frozen food to keep the jaws chewing. A fair price for a long lasting toy. Not sure about the beef flavour being in it. –
I agree with reviews that say setting up the practice with someone else and their dog is not practical. However the material on reading your dog and biting thresholds is excellent and helped my dog enormously. The softer approach has been more effective.
Miriam –
Acabo de empezarlo y ya estoy totalmente enganchada. Maravilloso y sencillo de entender. He estado años buscando información sobre perros reactivos y no encontraba nada. Por fin!!!La traducción espléndida. Un 10