Final Hope: Gaining Control of Your Aggressive Dog

Joubert, Stephen, and Delmar, Christian A (Photographer)

ISBN 10: 0876053657 / ISBN 13: 9780876053652

Published by Howell Books, New York, NY, 1998

About this Item

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 262 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name; clean tight pages, no bent corners; HC 240 Very good in very good dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # Alibris.0031573

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Final Hope: Gaining Control of Your Aggressive Dog
• Publisher: Howell Books, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876053657
• ISBN 13: 9780876053652
• Binding: Hard cover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

The first truly comprehensive approach to dealing with an aggressive dog.The book looks first at the roots of aggression, examining the different types of canine aggression and what can cause them. It then turns to practical solutions: The physical and mental tools you'll need, patterns of training that can head off trouble and correcting specific problems. Help in setting realistic goals and expectations, and on permanently getting control of an aggressive dog with exercises for a lifetime, round out this very comprehensive, thoroughly researched book.

About the Author

Stephen J. Joubert apprenticed with Carol Lea Benjamin before starting his own business as a dog trainer. He has served as a consultant to Powars, the J. Crew Catalog and America's Talking network (now MSNBC). Stephen has been working with aggressive dogs and their owners in New York and New Jersey for the past five years.