Help For Your Fearful Dog
A Step-By-Step Guide to Helping Your Dog
Conquer His Fears
 

Is your dog afraid of strangers? Would he rather hide than play with other dogs? Does he take cover at the sound of thunder, or cringe when you pick up a brush or nail clippers? Never fear! Whatever your dog is afraid of, this comprehensive guide to the treatment of canine anxiety, fears and phobias can help.
 

Topics include learning how to read your dog's stress signals; how your attitude affects your dog's behavior; how to set up a Firm Foundation program at home; how to establish leadership so your dog will feel more secure; the influence of good nutrition and regular exercise on your dog's fear issues; four essential skills to teach, and how to apply them in everyday life; and much more.

Written by a professional trainer/behavior consultant of over 20 years who specializes in fear issues, the book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step behavior modification programs that really work. 15 specific fears are addressed, including those of people, other dogs, sounds, touch, nail-clipping, riding in the car, and being left alone. Get advice on products and cutting-edge complementary therapies that can help to calm your cautious canine.

Filled with photographs, illustrations, and over 400 pages of specific, immediately useful advice, written in a down-to-earth and humorous style.

"Easy to follow, often humorous, and incredibly helpful! A MUST-READ for any owner or trainer of fearful dogs." ― Paul Owens, author of The Dog Whisperer: A Compassionate, Non-Violent Approach to Training

Winner - Best Dog Behavior Book for Dog Owners of 2006 and Best Dog Book (Miscellaneous) of 2006, International Institute for Applied Companion Animal Behavior

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Price: $24.95

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Working with Fearful Dogs – Seminar DVD 
Nicole Wilde at Marin Humane Society, January 2007
 Three Discs – approx. 5 hours 50 minutes total   
$75.00

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Note: Although this seminar DVD is marketed to trainers, it is also appropriate for owners, rescue and shelter workers, vet techs, and anyone who works with fearful dogs.

Many trainers find anxiety, fears and phobias to be among the most challenging behaviors to treat. This information-packed workshop incorporates lecture, photographs and extensive video footage to explore the art of working with fearful dogs. Topics include causes and prevention; how fear manifests; recognized and lesser-known stress signals; how to work with fearful dogs in clients’ homes; a Firm Foundation program on which to build confidence; skills to teach owners; skills to teach dogs; a brief review of desensitization and counterconditioning; and what training equipment is (and is not!) appropriate. Video footage includes fearful dogs in group classes and in homes, and techniques that can be used to treat fears such as those of one specific family member, and of being handled. Interactive exercises include participation in solving a fear-related case history. You will also get an overview of how complementary therapies can make  treatment plans even more successful.