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by: Jean Donaldson  Price: $11.20 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN: 9780970562968 ISBN: 0970562969 Label: Kinship Communications Manufacturer: Kinship Communications Number Of Pages: 116 Publication Date: 2004-12 Publisher: Kinship Communications Release Date: December 01, 2004 Studio: Kinship Communications Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A Great Start!I was stuck with a fear aggressive dog, which is hard as is. Then let's add in the fact he's 80lbs of solid muscle and deaf! I needed help, and thankfully, was working at the SF SPCA, where Jean Donaldson was working, and so I purchased her book. It was a huge help, because up until that point I was lost on what to do, I'd never had a fear aggressive/aggressive dog before, and my deaf boy had been the perfect dog park dog, until he was beat up by two related dogs (and no, they were not pitbulls) ... Read More Rating:  - Okay, but better for trainers than ownersThis book has the right approach about positive reinforcement, desensitization, and counterconditioning. However, it really is geared towards a trainer who access to several dogs than for the every day dog owner with dog-on-dog aggression. I was *so* disappointed to read that most lessons involved having access to many dogs (3-6) who are well-behaved so that you can socialize your dog to be friendly with them. I simply do not know that many people with dogs. Plus, how are you supposed to ask someone to ... Read More Rating: - fight! good for most cases, but not too helpful for the extremesThis book is amazing if your dog is within a reasonable aggression range. It has good tips on how to deal with unwanted behavior and is quite smart in it's honest approach. If you have a very dog aggressive animal, however, this book will do little to help except provide a quick comment of a single success story involving a pitbull and a trainer who devoted herself for six months to the dogs' rehabilitation. How that trainer approached the situation is not explained. What caused the success is a ... Read More Rating: - One of the best dog to dog aggression books ever writtenJean explains in easy to understand language what to do and how to handle a dog that responses aggressively to other dogs. If you are a professional trainer this book is a must. Dog owners struggling with a dog that barks or lunges at other dogs: this book will help you and your dog. 
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