Dog Aggression Management

Brenda Aloff's book has become the bible for identifying, understanding, and resolving aggression problems in dogs. Contains detailed training protocols to use in specific types of aggression situations and how to manage the aggressive dog for his safety and the community's.

★★★ Does your dog bark at passing pedestrians? ★★★ Does your beloved pet growl at every visitor that steps into your yard? Does Fido hide in a corner whenever fireworks go off in the distance? Does a fun day at the dog park often boil over into a snarling standoff? Does your sweet pet bully or get bullied by other dogs? Whether your dog is aggressive, socially inexperienced, or perpetually anxious, the constant tension and discord that is created by this lead to a stressful and uncomfortable environment for everyone involved. As a dog trainer with years of experience specializing in dealing with dog aggression, I have helped countless owners and dealt with this issue in my own household. The good news is help has arrived! In this book, you will learn about: Understanding canine social systems Different types of canine aggression If all aggression is bad Does neutering help Calming and stress signals What you can do to help Common mistakes that owners make What to do in a worst-case scenario The pathways that lead to aggression This book will become your all-inclusive guide in rehabilitating and training your beloved pet from an anxious mess into a social butterfly. Learn how to save your aggressive dog and teach them healthy and acceptable ways to deal with their stress. Learn how to: Desensitize your dog to things that scare them Read the signals of stress, aggression, and anxiety in your pet Correct aggressive behavior Make use of multiple training techniques Take charge and break up dog fights With the right tools under your belt, you take your pet from an unhappy potential danger and turn them into the happy and loving family dog you always knew they could be!

★★★ Does your dog bark at passing pedestrians? ★★★ Does your beloved pet growl at every visitor that steps into your yard? Does Fido hide in a corner whenever fireworks go off in the distance? Does a fun day at the dog park often boil over into a snarling standoff? Does your sweet pet bully or get bullied by other dogs? Whether your dog is aggressive, socially inexperienced, or perpetually anxious, the constant tension and discord that is created by this lead to a stressful and uncomfortable environment for everyone involved. As a dog trainer with years of experience specializing in dealing with dog aggression, I have helped countless owners and dealt with this issue in my own household. The good news is help has arrived! In this book, you will learn about: Understanding canine social systems Different types of canine aggression If all aggression is bad Does neutering help Calming and stress signals What you can do to help Common mistakes that owners make What to do in a worst-case scenario The pathways that lead to aggression This book will become your all-inclusive guide in rehabilitating and training your beloved pet from an anxious mess into a social butterfly. Learn how to save your aggressive dog and teach them healthy and acceptable ways to deal with their stress. Learn how to: Desensitize your dog to things that scare them Read the signals of stress, aggression, and anxiety in your pet Correct aggressive behavior Make use of multiple training techniques Take charge and break up dog fights With the right tools under your belt, you take your pet from an unhappy potential danger and turn them into the happy and loving family dog you always knew they could be!

How would your life change if you could improve your dog's aggression? The Dog Aggression System Every Dog Owner Needs includes a science-based, research-driven treatment plan you can adapt to your own particular situation. The plan will get you working on improving your dog's aggression today, plus much, much more. In addition to behavior modification The Dog Aggression System Every Dog Owner Needs reveals other ways to improve aggression such as enriching your dog's environment; what you might change in your dog's diet; what kind of exercise that can help and developing more effective communication skills. Furthermore, there are also prevention strategies, tips, tools and resources to make things easier, along with scientific revelations that will give you a deeper appreciation of your dog. You will learn: What you can do now to prevent aggression short-term and how to improve your dog's aggressive behavior long-term without hurting, scaring or upsetting your dog. How stress and anxiety promotes aggression and what you can do to reduce it. How you can act on certain behaviours before the problems even start! What training can help your dog regulate their emotions better. What signs indicate your dog may need medication. And much, much more!

Be (more) aware! Here is your road map to evaluating, managing and modifying aggressive behavior in pet dogs. Beware of the Dog offers a wide-ranging look at all types of aggression and the way these troublesome behaviors develop. It explains the latest protocols for evaluating and dealing with the problems of aggressive dogs from classical conditioning to operant conditioning, and prescribes management strategies that really work. Written in an easy-to-understand style that meets the needs of trainers as well as the motivated dog owner.

Learn how to harness the power of worthwhile reinforcement to build safe, friendly behaviors in aggressive dogs. The positive training based, Constructional Aggression Treatment (CAT), as described in Turning Fierce Dogs Friendly, has proven successful for many pet owners and trainers around the world. As a functional approach to changing aggressive behavior, it offers a humane alternative to desensitization, counter conditioning, and distraction procedures. CAT typically produces long-lasting results in far less time than any positive treatment available, without the undesirable side-effects that are common with punishment procedures. The ultimate outcome is a once-aggressive dog that is now friendly. Inside Turning Fierce Dogs Friendly: Step-by-step instructions for performing CAT with aggressive dogs Understand the normal behaviors of all dogs, of specific breeds, and of your own individual dog How to be awake and aware of your dog’s behavior and your own Discover your dog’s worthwhile reinforcement for safe, friendly behaviors Advice for developing good observation skills and staying on task The issues that can make or break successful aggression treatment: consistency, safety, and follow-through Equipment, handling procedures, and preventing opportunities to practice undesirable behavior When to call a professional

Learn how to harness the power of worthwhile reinforcement to build safe, friendly behaviors in aggressive dogs. The positive training based, Constructional Aggression Treatment (CAT), as described in Turning Fierce Dogs Friendly, has proven successful for many pet owners and trainers around the world. As a functional approach to changing aggressive behavior, it offers a humane alternative to desensitization, counter conditioning, and distraction procedures. CAT typically produces long-lasting results in far less time than any positive treatment available, without the undesirable side-effects that are common with punishment procedures. The ultimate outcome is a once-aggressive dog that is now friendly. Inside Turning Fierce Dogs Friendly: Step-by-step instructions for performing CAT with aggressive dogs Understand the normal behaviors of all dogs, of specific breeds, and of your own individual dog How to be awake and aware of your dog’s behavior and your own Discover your dog’s worthwhile reinforcement for safe, friendly behaviors Advice for developing good observation skills and staying on task The issues that can make or break successful aggression treatment: consistency, safety, and follow-through Equipment, handling procedures, and preventing opportunities to practice undesirable behavior When to call a professional