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Scaredy Dog! Understanding and Rehabilitating Your Reactive Dog | 
 enlarge | Author: Ali Brown
Publisher: Tanacacia Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 33070
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 125
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0976641402
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9780976641407
ASIN: 0976641402
Publication Date: May 2004
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Book Description
When dogs growl at other dogs, lunge at people, and bark at everything it's often mislabeled as "aggression." But most aggression is fear-based and should be treated as such. The appropriate term for this constellation of behaviors is "reactivity." This book helps the trainer and dedicated dog owner to understand the reactive dog and help him change for the better. The process is not an easy one, but once the changes begin to take shape, owners become so encouraged that the rest of the process suddenly becomes easy! All training methods and classroom techniques are based on fun and on the development of a `working relationship' with your dog. 125 pages, with over 50 photographs and illustrations to help you recognize and solve problems.
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 scardy dog March 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought the book to help me understand a dog I had adopted who had severe issues. I was on the verge of seperating her from the rest of the family before I read this book. Now with a better understanding of why she has these behavior issues and how best to deal with them, owner and dog along with the other dogs in the home all live happily together. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has a dog with behavior issues and truly a desire to work through them. I gave it four stars only because it did not address every problem my dog had.
 I needed this book a few years ago! November 2, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
So many of us adopt a dog and then find out that he/she is aggressive toward other dogs while out walking. I appreciated learning the word "reactive" because it was so apt. This book should be in the hands of everyone who adopts a dog, particularly an adult dog from a shelter. I figured out how to manage without the book but loved reading Brown's book as a check on how well I handled my dog's spontaneous eruptions whenever he spotted another canine anywhere near. I wish I had read this book at the time I most needed it. My 50 pound ruffian still erupts when another dog gets in his face, but now I know what to do. This is a slim easy-to-read manual that gets right to the heart of the problem, explains it, and tells you what to do. And it works.
A valuable tool for every trainer September 9, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I read this book right before meeting with a client with a reactive dog and the little bit I learned was critical.
Scaredy Dog! July 29, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Very good information in dealing with the difficult reactive dog. Not a textbook, but an easily read paperback.
Great for Understanding Your Problem Dog January 3, 2007
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
I read "Scaredy Dog" feeling overwhelmed with my newly adopted reactive dog. The book clearly explained what was going on with my dog, and the step-by-step way I needed to work with her to overcome her reactive behavior. I was very pleased with the common-sense approach and would recommend this book to anyone struggling with a reactive or aggressive dog. I would also recommend "On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals" by Turid Rugaas. It helped to explain what kind of signals I was sending my dog when she reacted to other dogs, and how to send the correct signals to calm down the situation.
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