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Bark! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog

The must-have guide to addressing anxious, fearful, or reactive behaviors in your dog through positive reinforcement, from certified dog trainer and animal behaviorist Zazie Todd.

Is your dog showing signs of fear, anxiety, or reactivity, such as biting, food guarding, shyness, or aggressive barking? You’re not alone. Close to 75% of dogs struggle with fear-based behaviors, and require our support and understanding to feel safe and secure.

In Bark!, Zazie Todd provides solutions for these behaviors. Decoding the latest canine science, she shows readers how to address the root cause of your dog’s fears, with expert advice and practical tips on:

How to tackle common canine fears, such as loud noises, the vet, separation anxiety, and other dogs.
How to manage a dog’s natural fear responses through positive reinforcement.
How to keep your dog, yourself, and others safe when they are fearful or reactive.
How to create safe havens for your dog, and make yourself a secure base for them no matter where they are.

Compassionate, practical, and rooted in science, Bark! helps dog owners understand the many factors that might be causing fear within your dog, and how you can help them lead a safe and happy life.

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Don’t Eat That: Force-Free Food Avoidance Training for Dogs who Love to Scavenge

Living with a dog who relentlessly scavenges food can be exhausting. Instead of enjoying relaxed walks with your dog, you are constantly scanning the environment for discarded food and feel frustrated as you fish something disgusting out of their mouth, yet again. The problem is that scavenging is a deep-rooted,natural behaviour, making it much more challenging to manage than other canine behaviours.

But here is the good news!

Using the proven training protocol provided in this book helps you manage your dog’s scavenging behaviour in a kind, effective way – achieving long-term results without aversive training techniques.

It’s inclusive for everyone, no matter what your situation is! It’s successful with any dog, regardless of their age, breed, or history. Stressful walks will become a thing of the past, and you will find relief knowing your dog is safe from eating something harmful.
If this all sounds too good to be true, believe me, it isn’t! Once you start this training protocol, the only regret you will have is that you didn’t know about it sooner!

IN THIS BOOK YOU WILL LEARN:
Why your dog loves to scavenge.
Ways to prevent your dog from devouring food they come across outside.
Fun training games to keep your dog motivated while they learn.
How to teach your dog to cooperate with you when they find food.
New emergency cues and how to apply them to real-life scenarios.
How to make your walks more enjoyable again!

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How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World’s First Talking Dog

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Christina Hunger trained her puppy to use words in a meaningful way. She was amazed that language learning in her dog was similar to that of a young child. The results speak for themselves. A wonderful book.” —Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation

A revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger on how to teach your dog to talk using simple, paw-sized buttons

When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn’t take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language development and used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to help them communicate. At night, she wondered: If dogs can understand words we say to them, shouldn’t they be able to say words to us? Can dogs use AAC to communicate with humans?

Christina decided to put her theory to the test with Stella and started using a paw-sized button programmed with her voice to say the word “outside” when clicked, whenever she took Stella out of the house. A few years later, Stella now has a bank of more than thirty word buttons, and uses them daily either individually or together to create near-complete sentences.

How Stella Learned to Talk is part memoir and part how-to guide. It chronicles the journey Christina and Stella have taken together, from the day they met, to the day Stella “spoke” her first word, and the other breakthroughs they’ve had since. It also reveals the techniques Christina used to teach Stella, broken down into simple stages and actionable steps any dog owner can use to start communicating with their pets.

Filled with conversations that Stella and Christina have had, as well as the attention to developmental detail that only a speech-language pathologist could know, How Stella Learned to Talk will be the indispensable dog book for the new decade.

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How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves (2nd edition)

Written by one of the leading veterinary behaviorists in the country, this revised and expanded edition of the original bestseller features brand new chapters that provide the most up-to-date science of dog behavior and explains key concepts in clear, straightforward language. How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves takes a scientifically sound yet practical approach to explaining dog behavior and training theory, and then shows you how to apply these concepts so you can train your dog to be well behaved.

See a video documentary of how Dr. Yin developed her dog training techniques and more about the origins of positive-reinforcement training here.

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How to Train a City Dog

How to Train a City Dog: A Practical High-energy Dogs Training Guide in any Urban Environment – From Daily Chaos to Calm and Focus, Even Without a Backyard

Is your dog bursting with energy and unable to stay calm in the chaos of the city?
Pulling on the leash, barking at traffic, jumping at strangers. Every walk through the city feels full of distractions. Your dog reacts to every sound, every movement, and never seems to settle, no matter how long the walk is. And when you finally get home, the energy doesn’t fade. It turns into barking, pacing, or destruction, leaving you tired and frustrated.

Now imagine walking those same busy streets with a calm, focused dog right by your side…
The leash stays loose, your dog looks to you instead of lunging at traffic, and walks become moments of connection instead of stress. At home, that restless energy flows into games and routines that build focus and balance, leaving you with a dog who can finally relax. This book shows you exactly how to transform this chaos into connection, one simple step at a time.

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Hunting Together: Harnessing Predatory Chasing in Family Dogs through Motivation-Based Training

Do you wish your dog would listen to you on walks, rather than running after squirrels?
Tired of getting left in the dust if a cat shows up nearby?
Concerned that your dog’s prey drive is coming between the two of you?

Conventional training protocols stifle your dog’s natural predatory behaviours through punishing or constantly forcing them to return. These restrictive protocols work against your dog’s nature and against what they want most: to go for a hunt!
Predation is an inner need that makes your dog happy. Suppressing those natural urges is like putting an airtight lid on a boiling pot. Eventually, that pressure needs to escape, and without a proper outlet, it’s probably going to get messy. Wouldn’t you rather use your dog’s predation motivation to improve your training and even grow your relationship with your dog?

Predation Substitute Training (PST) is a motivation-based and need-oriented training program, designed to stop uncontrolled predatory chasing and to provide safe outlets for your dog’s natural drive. Instead of making discipline the nagging factor that spoils the fun, this training system will help you grow as a team and go hunting together!

In this training program, you’ll learn:
What is predation?
Why does your dog love to hunt?
Why is predatory behaviour so hard to interrupt?

To stop your dog’s predatory chasing and see real-life results, just follow the step-by-step instructions:
Prevention: Structure your walks to set your dog up for success
Predation Substitute Tools: Help your dog control their urge to chase in a healthy way when you meet wildlife
Predation Substitute Games: Discover new ways to express predatory energy in a safe, controlled environment
Safety net: Build a strong “emergency cue” to immediately interrupt predatory chasing.

Is hunting your dog’s favourite hobby? Don’t spoil the fun – go hunting together!

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Team Dog: How to Train Your Dog the Navy SEAL Way

Dog owners can experience the close relationship and exceptional training of combat dogs with this New York Times bestselling dog training book from a former Navy SEAL.

In Team Dog, Ritland taps into fifteen years’ worth of experience and shares, explaining in accessible and direct language, the science behind the importance of gaining a dog’s trust and then offering invaluable steps for how to achieve any level of obedience. His unique approach uses entertaining examples and anecdotes from his work with dogs on and off the battlefield and direct tips from the Navy SEAL guidebook to teach dog owners how to: choose the perfect dog for their household, establish themselves as the “team leader,” master “command and control,” employ “situational awareness,” and to solidify their dog’s position as the family’s ultimate best friend.

Team Dog introduces pet owners everywhere to the new and distinctive authority on how to train your dog…the Navy SEAL way.

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Training the Best Dog Ever: A 5-Week Program Using the Power of Positive Reinforcement

Training the Best Dog Ever relies on trust and treats, not choke collars; on bonding, not leash-yanking or reprimanding. The five-week training program takes only 10 to 20 minutes of practice a day and works both for puppies and for adult dogs that need to be trained out of bad habits. Be sure to check out DogHeirs’ section “Dog Care” for more tips and videos for training your dog.

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