Keeping the Peace: A Guide to Solving Dog-Dog Aggression in the Home - Softcover

Nicole Wilde

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098172275X ISBN 13: 9780981722757

Publisher: Phantom Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Do your dogs guard food or treats from each other? Does a certain furry someone get jealous over petting or affection? Does excitement over visitors cause fights? Does play arousal sometimes boil over into aggression? Does one dog bully another? Whether your dogs are actually fighting or simply not getting along, constant tension and discord creates a stressful home environment that is unhealthy for your dogs and for you. As an experienced canine behavior specialist who has not only helped countless owners with this problem but has also lived with it, I understand all too well. The good news is, help is here! You will learn to assess and define problem areas, create a firm foundation for safety and behavior modification, teach solid training skills, and use proven techniques to solve specific issues. Whether you have two dogs or five, with patience and practice, you will be well on your way to restoring harmony between your dogs and peace to your home. 2018 Winner Dog Writers of America Maxwell Medallion, and Winner Dogwise Best Book Award!

About this title

About the Author

Nicole Wilde is an internationally recognized author, lecturer, and Certified Professional Dog Trainer. She is on the Advisory Board for the Companion Animal Sciences Institute as well as the Advisory Board for Victoria Stilwell Positively. Nicole is the author of 11 books on canine behavior. She co-stars in the DVD Train Your Dog: The Positive, Gentle Method, has co-hosted the Dog Talk radio show, and writes behavior articles for Modern Dog Magazine. Nicole also blogs for the Huffington Post as well as her own Wilde About Dogs blog. As Executive Director for Villalobos Rescue Center, a sanctuary for rescued wolves, wofdogs, pit bulls and exotic animals, Nicole specialized in socializing fearful wolves and wolfdogs who were to live out their lives at the sanctuary. She was also Volunteer Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles Animal Services in the 1990s, instructing volunteers in canine handling and behavior, and assisting the public. Her efforts were instrumental in many dogs finding loving homes. Nicole continues to teach seminars for professional and aspiring dog trainers, to educate the public, and to assist rescue groups and dogs in need whenever possible. Nicole is also a digital artist whose work features her life s passion: animals.

Review

Keeping the Peace: Just the title alone is enough to make me feel at ease.  And as the founder of Villalobos Rescue Center, living with multiple dogs is a given. Her words of wisdom and experience are truly soothing for those with a challenging pack. Nicole's detailed and step by step methods of managing a multi-dog household is a lifesaver. --Tia Maria Torres, Founder Villalobos Rescue Center, star of Pit Bulls and Parolees

Keeping the Peace: A Guide to Solving Dog-Dog Aggression in the Home is a nonfiction animal behavior book written by Nicole Wilde. Wilde is a certified professional dog trainer and the author of a number of books on canine behavior and training. She has also worked with fearful dogs, wolf-dog hybrids and wolves as part of her ongoing work with the Villalobos Rescue Center. Sometimes perfectly nice and loving dogs do not get on at all well with each other. It could be competition over food, toys or me-time with a favorite human. The fights can seem to spring up over nothing and with no warning. Wilde shows, however, how often those dogs give out signs that something is wrong beforehand, and she helps to translate body language, stern glances and other cues that can help caregivers recognize when trouble is brewing and possibly avert or minimize it. She analyzes key situations that can lead to aggressive behavior and gives training tips on how to reestablish harmony in a multi-dog house. I am a firm believer in having two canine companions, and while my two girls are the best of friends, I was pleased to discover Nicole Wilde s book. As I read through it, I could recognize behaviors both of my dogs indulge in, and was struck, once again, by how patient and kind my older dog has been towards the now nearly adult puppy she mothered and raised from four months. Sophie endures food theft, treat snatching, and then there s the wriggling body that insinuates itself between Sophie and me during cuddle time. There s only been one momentary conflict which left the two of them confused and noticeably upset afterwards. They have since been best of friends. Wilde s book was, therefore, for me, an opportunity to learn more about my own dogs, their behavior and how to make sure that Stevie does not push Sophie too far. Wilde s analyses of canine behavior are inspired and the accompanying photographs help to hammer home the concepts covered. I particularly value her training tips and recommendations on nutrition. Her use of positive training and insights into canine responses seem uncanny at times -- and that s a good thing. Anyone who has a dog or dogs in their lives would do well reading this book as Wilde shares so much of her knowledge of canine behavior. And while your dogs may not be fighters, it s good to know what to do to keep it that way or what to do if there s ever a scuffle. Keeping the Peace: A Guide to Solving Dog-Dog Aggression in the Home is most highly recommended. --Readers' Favorite Book Reviews

In her new book, canine behavior specialist and prolific author Nicole Wilde focuses on the challenges of and around multi-dog living. Even those who live with only one dog will find the author s coverage of a comprehensive training program to be of interest. The book is arranged in six parts. The first shows how to keep a very useful behavior diary (to facilitate learning more about canine body language). We then move to setting up a foundational program to help manage triggers, and strategies for success. Part three looks at useful behaviors that can help us recognize and create the optimum level of control, and in the next section, we learn techniques and protocols for handling specific problems such as resource guarding and how to safely walk dogs together. The fifth section covers useful interventions, including natural remedies and pharmacological options. Finally, because sometimes intra-dog problems require outside expert intervention, the author concludes with a resource guide to help us with the next steps. In summary, this book provides us with the tools we need to be better observers of our dog and to develop successful behavior protocols. --The BARK Magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: Phantom Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 098172275X
• ISBN 13: 9780981722757
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264