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Do you have an aggressive or reactive dog? Learn how to turn your dog’s behavior around!
Complete step-by-step guide to proven methods that help dog owners manage and rehabilitate a reactive or aggressive dog, whether a rescue or purebredBehavior program models formed by canine professionals, including Dog L.E.G.S. (R) (Learning, Environment, Genetics, and Self), Fear Free, Slow Thinking is Life Saving for Dogs (TM), and ACE (Animal Centred Education) Free WorkTrue stories and case studies, plus the author’s experiences, successes, and heartbreaks with her own aggressive and fearful dogsExpert interviews with 16 certified and award-winning professional trainers, behavior consultants, and veterinarians, including Dr. Amy Pike, Dr. Laura Donaldson, Dr. Marty Becker, and moreProper socialization and good breeding, and their importance in forming a dog’s adult personality and temperamentWhy punishment fails and how negative training only worsens a dog’s inappropriate behavior and destroys the human-canine bond
Help your dog overcome problem behaviors and recover from fear, anxiety, and aggression!
Canine professionals are seeing increases in troubling dog behaviors, and recent studies show behavioral concerns are a large reason why dog owners surrender their pets to shelters. This professional and practical guide gives hope and encouragement to dog owners trying to eliminate unwanted aggression, barking, timidity, fear, and reactivity in their dogs.
A wide range of cruelty-free and positive reinforcement behavior training methods and technique exercises are provided with step-by-step instructions and high-quality photography to help resolve and correct problem behaviors in your dog. Also included are real-life case studies from dog owners detailing the extreme measures they’ve taken to manage their dogs’ behavior around others, as well as interviews with top dog trainers, behaviorists, and veterinarians.
With detailed sections covering an array of topics and how-to instruction — from the qualities of a good dog trainer and the top five ways to help your dog feel safe at home, to the must-have skills your dog needs to learn and the top methods used by professional trainers to change unwanted behaviors — this resource covers a ton of ground to help your dog develop and live a better life with you and your family.
Author Leann Phenix is an industry-leading expert dog trainer, award-winning journalist, Fear Free Certified Professional, Graduate of a Schutzhund Dog Academy, member of The Pet Professional Guild, and author of The Midnight Dog Walkers, which was nominated as the best behavior book in 2016 by Dog Writers Association of America. She has personally fostered more than 400 dogs and is a lifetime advocate of training dogs without the need for fear, force, or pain, using compassion and science-backed methods.
If you’re seeking professional guidance to overcome problematic habits present in your dog, Positive Training for Aggressive and Reactive Dogs is here to help!
“A kinder and fairer way to communicate with reactive dogs, bring about long-lasting change, and build a beautiful relationship.”
—Shay Kelly, MSc, Behaviorist and Trainer & Canine Enrichment Expert
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CompanionHouse Books offers a wide range of comprehensive, high-quality publications on lifestyle topics, including pet care, home gardening, farming, and rural living.
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Publisher : CompanionHouse Books; Revised 2nd edition (July 4, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1621871983
ISBN-13 : 978-1621871989
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 7.15 x 0.64 x 9.04 inches
Customers say
Customers find the writing clear and engaging. However, some readers feel the book is overpriced and useless for adult dogs. There are mixed opinions on the advice provided in the book. Some find it valuable and informative for dog owners, while others feel it offers little practical guidance or a “hidden” brochure to hire a trainer.
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mauri –
What your dog can and can’t help.
There is a reason your dog acts the way they sometimes do. Knowing this makes it easier to work with their strong points and weaknesses. The book helped me work with my energetic herding pup. She is not perfect, but much improved.
Callahan –
Master class in living well with your dog!
I spent the past few days reading Annie Phenixâs incredible book (hot off the press), and now I miss my new friends. It feels like Iâve been sitting on the porch having the most amazing conversation with a cross-section of the wisest, kindest, most forward-thinking souls in the dog industry. While Annieâs clear, engaging writing and her 20 years of experience on âhelping your dog overcome fear and anxietyâ drives this book, she invited 16 colleagues, each with particular expertise, to join in through interviews. (Kim Brophey! Andrew Hale! Helen St. Pierre! Amy Pike! Shay Kelly! Marty Becker!) The depth and breadth added through these additional voices turns this book into a master class in living well with a dog in todayâs modern society. In fact, I worry that because the bookâs title is Positive Training for Aggressive and Reactive Dogs, a lot of dog owners will think it isnât for them. But ALL of my clients (and their dogs!) would be living happier lives together if the humans just read this book. There are Big Important Thoughts, and there are awesome, easy-to-implement tips and tricks. And for folks not as obsessed with every tidbit as I am: the chapters are short, easy to dip into and out of depending on your issue of the day, and loaded with great photos. Highly, highly recommend.
K Stogdill –
Good book to help train your dog at home
This is teaching me good techniques to help my pit mix dogs. This was worth the buy at a good price.
Debra Hanninen –
Has helped me to train my puppy
Written well, easy to understand
Amazon Customer Karin from Texas –
THE BEST BOOK EVERY WRITTEN!
I wish I had this book years ago. Makes a lot of sence, and is very easy to follow. We use to walk our reactive shepherd mix behind stores and supermarkets. Our dog was reactive to some men and dogs. Following this book has helped immensely. We walk during the day now and are getting closer and closer to the scarey things. We had always thought we had an aggressive dog, in reality he really is a reactive dog, with aggression when we don’t read the dogs signals. Who knew he actually communicates with us. We feel sorry that we kept him away from the world, for a few years he only saw our back yard. He now smiles all the time. Thanks for creating such a valuable book for dog guardians to improve our lives, theirs and for getting safety and sanity back into your home and lives.
Charlie G –
Informative, but not helpful
The book describes dog behavior problems at great lengths but offers little practical advice other than hire someone to train your dog. Disappointing
Neil –
Waste of money.
Misleading title, fancy shiny paper, nice pictures. and lots of letters after peoples names. Not a usefull training guide. Seems to be a hidden “hire a trainer” brochure. I was very disappointed Don’t waste your money!
BKW –
Empowering dog owners with knowledge and understanding to solve behavior problems
Ask any professional dog trainer, and theyâll tell you in last ten years theyâre seeing more cases of reactivity and aggression. When trainers use the term âreactiveâ it means the dog is displaying behavior over and above the response most dogs display. If this is your dog, he or she needs empathy, compassion, and understanding. If you treat aggression with aggression, you might suppress the behavior, but you won’t change the underlying emotion. Enter Annie Phenixâs new book, Positive Training for Aggressive and Reactive Dogs. Phenixâs book gives hope and understanding to dog owners struggling with serious canine behavior problems. And itâs chock full of interviews with world famous dog trainers, behaviorists, and veterinarians. Phoenix shines a light on the correlation between societyâs stress and the stress of todayâs modern dog while empowering dog owners with the knowledge to solve behavior problems, fear, anxiety, and aggression using only humane techniques designed to keep both learnersâhuman and canineâfeeling physically and emotionally safe. Isnât that what we all want, to feel safe?
Brad –
I looked at all those online / app solutions for a while but ended up buying a book and couldn’t be happier. Gave me some great strategies for working with my dog and gave good information as to what the causes might be, a better understanding into how he was thinking. Highly recommend.
Customer –
Detailed, informative, with different training broken down into very clear steps. Lots of interesting case studies from experts. Citations to research included. Great reference section at the end. Absolutely no support for fear, pain or dominance based techniques and explains why not. I would recommend this book for ANY dog owner, it’s by far the best I’ve read.
Bibi –
The book helps understand dog reactivity as a phenomenon, instead of simply focusing on training. The author explains why so many of today’s dogs show behavior we label “reactive”. She differentiates all the different behaviors subsumed under this term and spends a substantial part of the book on prevention. Interspersed with interviews with world renowned experts on dogs such as Marty Becker, Kim Brophey and Andrew Hale among others, she makes it clear that there is no single “most effective” way to “treat” dog reactivity. Rather she presents a broad spectrum of approaches including nutrition, cognition and emotional health. If you have a dog that shows challenging behavior, read this book !! If you are a trainer working with such dogs – like me – read it too !!
Nuno Amador –
Adorei o livro, um relato honesto e uma partilha de conhecimento incrÃvel, da autora e de vários especialistas fornecendo várias abordagens para a mesma questão, mas sempre com o objetivo de melhorar o bem estar dos patudos.
Huguette –
I am not finished reading this book but so far it makes you understand the behavior of dogs. Will know better once finished reading