Since 2004 in the UK, the Centre of Applied Animal Ethology (COAPE) has been developing EMRA™, a revolutionary and highly successful way of treating behaviour problems in companion animals. EMRA™ is based on emotional assessment of the individual dog or cat rather than the quasi-diagnoses of behaviour problems of old that have often lead to standardised and unnecessarily complicated approaches to treatment. EMRA™ is a practical, easy to use, yet powerful approach that assists the therapist...

Empower your dog to gain confidence and social skillsWith BAT 2.0, trainer/author Grisha Stewart has completely overhauled Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) to create a new efficient and practical tool for dog reactivity. BAT 2.0 builds resilience and self-reliance by giving dogs safe opportunities to learn about people, dogs, or other “triggers.” Clear enough for all readers to follow, this book also includes technical tips and bonus cha...

Committed trainers and owners can solve this problem!Treating separation anxiety in dogs is not quick or easy—but it can be done. The successful ingredients are cooperation, commitment and time on the part of the dog trainer and the owners. In this important new book, author Malena DeMartini-Price shares her 5 Phase Treatment Protocol and related strategies to help dogs overcome the fear of being left alone and addresses the trauma it can inflict on both the dog and...

“Sometimes human-dog relationships are simple, unrelated to the emotional lives and histories of either species. But often people acquire and love dogs with little awareness that they might have complex and revealing reasons for choosing the dog or pet they choose, loving it the way they do.”Writing about his own dogs in A Dog Year, Jon Katz became immersed in a larger community of dog lovers and came to realize that in an increasingly fragmented ...

**New edition updated for 2022!Develop the tools and understanding you need to be the best trainer for your new puppy or adult dog—it’s never too early or late to start!**Professional dog trainer Kate Perry has seen it all: the secret pee-ers, the delivery-man harassers, the skittish wallflowers, the zippy puppy, the pulling sled dog, the barking door dashers, and the withdrawing senior. If any of these remind you of your dog-or you fear your pup is on their way to developi...

Training that works by harnessing your dog’s instincts.Learn how to:Stimulate your dog’s natural hunting drive for effective SAR training.Start your dog’s training program with an easy, three-step process.Develop skills in a variety of search operations, including wilderness, avalanche and disaster scenarios.Dr. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak have trained search and rescue dogs for more than 30 years and have taken par...

Debbie Jacobs is the author of the popular A Guide To Living With & Training A Fearful Dog. A proponent of force-free and coercion-free training she is the creator of the fearfuldogs.com website. In this book Jacobs explores the challenges many dogs face as they struggle to become pet dogs and the struggles of the people trying to help them. Does My Dog Need Prozac? provides sound advice and compassionate approaches to training special needs dogs.What experts are s...

To train your dog effectively, you must establish more than authority and obedience. You must train the dog to want to please you. You must establish rapport. It is upon this basis that the excellent training regimen given in Dog Logic: Companion Obedience is developed. Understanding your dog's natural behavior and responses to the world he lives in is the key to achieving the training results you want. That key is provided in this book and will result for you in a responsive, obe...

Army veteran Jake Black has a new lease on life, thanks to service dog Felix and his trainer, Marcia Banks. Despite a traumatic brain injury, Jake's able to ride his beloved motorcycle again, with Felix in the sidecar. But his freedom to hit the open road is threatened once more when he and his wife are arrested for robbery.Called in to dog-sit, Marcia can't sit idly by. She and her mentor dog, Buddy, set out to clear the Blacks' name, fighting misconceptions about bikers and the n...

What shelter dogs need is obvious—a home. But how do we find all those homes? That question sends bestselling writer and lifelong dog lover Amy Sutherland on a quest to find the answers in her own volunteer work and beyond. The result is an unforgettable and inspiring trip through the world of homeless dogs and the people who work so hard to save them.Rescuing Penny Jane introduces readers to dogs like Alfred, a loony, gorilla-sized Goldendoodle, intent on jumping on absolutely eve...

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Did you, your family or one of your friends just get a new puppy? Or, have you had a puppy for awhile and have come to realize it's poor manners and lack of training are ruining your relationship with your new pet? Is there a possibility that one of your family members or friends has a puppy and you've noticed it needs some serious training? Or, are you planning to get a new puppy and you need to educate yourself on how you're going to train it? If you answered "yes," to any or more than o...