Help for Your Fearful Dog: A Step-by-Step Guide to Helping Your Dog Conquer His Fears - Softcover

Nicole Wilde

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966772679 ISBN 13: 9780966772678

Publisher: Phantom Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

WINNER Global Ebooks Award in Animals/Pets category
WINNER Best Dog Behavior Book for Dog Owners - Association of Animal Behavior Professionals
WINNER Best Dog Book - Association of Animal Behavior Professionals

Is your dog afraid of strangers? Does he fear other dogs? Does thunder make him nervous, or being touched make him cringe? Whatever the fear, help is here!

Written by a canine behavior professional with over 30 years of specialization in helping dogs overcome their fears, this comprehensive volume will guide you step by step through treatments for your dog's anxieties, fears and phobias.

Topics include:
- Learning 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 effects of nutrition and exercise
- Four essential skills to teach, and how to apply them in everyday life
- Solutions for 15 specific fears, including fear of people, other dogs, sounds, touch, nail clipping, riding in the car, and being left alone.
   ...and much more.

You'll also get advice on products and cutting-edge complementary therapies that can help. Filled with photographs, illustrations, and over 400 pages of specific, immediately useful advice, and written in a down-to-earth and humorous style, this book is what you need to solve your dog's fears. Buy today to help your dog start on the road to recovery.

About this title

About the Author

Nicole Wilde is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and the author of eleven books. She is on the Advisory Boards for the Companion Animal Sciences Institute, Victoria Stilwell's Positively Academy, and the Apex Protection Project, and mentors trainers through Dog Trainer's Friend.

Nicole writes behavior articles for Modern Dog magazine and other publications, and helps dogs through rescue and other avenues whenever possible. Her other books include Don't Leave Me, So You Want to be a Dog Trainer, Keeping the Peace, and Wolfdogs A-Z: Behavior, Training & More.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phantom Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966772679
• ISBN 13: 9780966772678
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432