Help for Your Dog-Reactive Dog*

Your dog can learn to be calm around other dogs!

 It can be stressful, frustrating, and even embarrassing when your dog is reactive toward other dogs. As a canine behavior specialist who has helped hundreds of dog-reactive dogs and also rescued and rehabilitated my own dogs, I know how you feel. The good news is that these gentle, effective techniques, tips, and tricks will help to get you and your dog on the path to stress-free dog encounters quickly and safely.

 Topics include:

 How to read your dog’s body language and recognize subtle stress signals

• Is your dog truly aggressive? Or is it fear-based reactivity?
• Skills to teach your dog to make walks easier, including one newly adapted from a dog sport
• Easy-to-follow behavior protocols to change your dog’s feelings toward other dogs
• How to curb barking at dogs who pass your house or yard, or when riding in the car
• What to do if you encounter off-leash dogs
• If the worst happens—how to break up a fight
• Cool tools and therapies that can help, including a new, unique trick called The Invisible Friend that works like a charm!

 Written in a down-to-earth manner with empathy and humor, packed with plenty of photos and helpful illustrations, this step-by-step guide is chock full of step-by-step, immediately useful information. This book is appropriate for owners, dog trainers, rescue workers, and anyone who lives with, works with, or just plain loves and wants to help dogs.