Help for Your Shy Dog: Turning Your Terrified Dog into a Terrific Pet
Editorial Reviews
Front and Finish, October 1999,
I recently got a copy of [this] super new book by Deborah Wood which deserves some attention. *** This book is a breath of fresh air for anyone who has lived with a shy dog and been subjected to lots of questionable advice on how to "cure" their pet of its hangups. *** {Wood] makes some great points about handlers who are unknowingly "enablers" to their shy dogs and encourages reading canine body language, understanding pack structure and the benefits of basic training as ways to help your dog overcome its fears. ***This would be a beneficial addition to club libraries and should probably be required reading for anyone teaching classes for the public. How many of us are really comfortable dealing with the dog who spends the entire class trying to hide under a chair?
Front and Finish, November 1999, book review by Sandy Mowery
At last! Here is a book that gets serious about the myriad problems that come with owning a shy dog and offers sensible and knowledgeable solutions.***I can vouch for a lot of Wood's advice, some of which flies in the face of conventional wisdom. For example, I've noticed that many people respond to my dog's shyness by kneeling down. I suppose they think the timid dog will feel less threatened by a human with reduced stature. In fact, all my shy dogs have been terrified when confronted with a crouching stranger.***I've had to devote a lot of training time to this little understood fact, so I was sold on Wood's book the moment I came upon the heading, "Don't necessarily Squat."***This is a highly readable, useful, thorough and encouraging book. I'm grateful to have a book like this to recomment to every trainer and teacher, because shy dogs are everywhere. Get copies for yourself, your friends and for your students!
Help for Your Shy Dog: Turning Your Terrified Dog into a Terrific Pet
Help for Your Shy Dog: Turning Your Terrified Dog into a Terrific Pet,Deborah Wood,Howell Book House,0876050364,Behavior,Dogs,Dogs - Breeds,Dogs - Care/Health,Dogs - General,Dogs - Training,Fear in animals,Pets,Training,Pets / Dogs / Breeds
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