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At Home Behavior Training Courses All our courses have been used successfully in the real world with both group behavior classes and one-on-one behavior clients. All At Home Behavior Training Courses show you how you can transform your dog by yourself from the comfort of your home. Each course offers step-by-step solutions with pictures of others doing each exercise. The courses cover barking, separation anxiety, potty problems, aggression management, problems with walking on a leash, separation anxiety and phobias. The At Home courses also cover all you need to know about dog psychology. Each course has 100 to 150 pages of written materials and four to ten pictures per "section". Each "section" corresponds to a weeks worth of activities to do with your dog. Each course has eight weeks of training and activities. All courses are $115 and includes the ability to download all your materials, view them on the web or request a CD ($4.95 extra for shipping).
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Rehabilitating The Fearful Dog
Some dogs will respond aggressively to whatever it is that frightens them. If your dog displays any aggressive behavior, such as growling, snarling, snapping or baring his teeth, stop all behavior modification procedures and seek professional help from an animal behavior specialist as soon as possible. |
Handling The Aggressive Dog
Most obedience professionals (and even some behavior consultants) believe aggressive dogs should be euthanized without a chance. They believe that even one bite and the dog will never learn to co-exist with other dogs or humans. Most of my clients with aggressive dogs are totally flabergasted when in less then 3 hours they have a compliant, happy dog who does everything you tell him to. |
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Calming The Reactive Dog
Dogs use a different language to tell us when they are feeling worried or nervous, so we must learn to observe their specific body language and more subtle communication signals. Dogs use "calming signals" that other dogs see as a non-threatening intent to say "I'm not going to hurt you" or "please let me have some space". Posture and balance reflect emotional states. Recognizing these visual cues and responding to the dog's need to feel safe is the first step in building trust. |
Treating Separation Anxiety
Many owners who have dogs with separation anxiety are unable to leave their pets unattended for any length of time because their home will be destroyed. Many of these dogs will tear up (or dig up) objects or urinate on items in the home as a way of dealing with the anxiety of the separation. Other dogs may excessively howl, bark or scratch at walls and doors, causing further damage, until their owner returns. |
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Taming The Hyperactive Dog
Living with an over active dog can be extremely challenging and many young dogs can be particularly testing during this phase. It is important to understand that there are many things you can do to reduce over activity. |
Focusing The Uncontrolled Dog
The main problem with this type of behavior issue is total boredom, no physical or mental challenge and a store of pent up energy that one good exhausting workout would release. Rules, boundaries and limitations are missing in this dog's relationship with his owner. If the owner stepped up to the plate and actually said "NO!" this dog would stop dead in it's tracks and start thinking about what he's doing. |
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Fine-tuning Your Canine Relationship
Living with an over active dog can be extremely challenging and many young dogs can be particularly testing during this phase. It is important to understand that there are many things you can do to reduce over activity. |
Canine Communication
The reality is that your dog is never going to fully understand human language but the great news is you can learn theirs. |
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Determining why your dog is fearful is not always essential to treating the fearful behavior, although the reason for his fear will dictate the relative success of the treatment. A dog that is genetically predisposed to general fearfulness, or a dog that was improperly socialized during a critical stage in his development, will probably not respond as well to treatment as a dog that has developed a specific fear in response to a specific experience. It is essential, however, to first rule out any medical causes for your dog’s fearful behavior
The most common behavior problem is the Aggressive Dog who bites people and other dogs, growls at, lunges at and generally scares the pants off humans and other dogs. He is unpredictable and does things seemingly without warning. He is the dog that drags his owner down the street when he sees another dog - intent only on killing that dog. He is also the dog that will attack the other dogs in the household when he is frustrated and releases that frustrated energy on the nearest target.
Whether your dog's fear include a vacuum cleaner, men in hats, or the stranger at the door, you have a reactive dog. A dog usually displays aggression based on confidence, while a reactive dog displays actions based in fear. Aggression is a natural response, and occurs in many circumstances, including territorial protection, resource guarding, and protection of pups. While a reactive dog 'can' be aggressive, he will only likely do so if placed in a situation where he feels that there is no escape.
You get up in the morning, fix breakfast or down a cup of coffee Throw some food in the dogs bowl, pick up your keys and your purse. Pat the dog and tell him to be a good boy and shove him back as you try to squeeze out the door to prevent him from getting out. He/she does not know you are going to work or that you have gone shopping. He doesn't know if you're ever going to come back ! 
Hyperactivity is a common complaint among dog owners, especially those who own herding and sporting breeds. Dogs that are often accused of being hyperactive are actually dogs that have high energy and not enough outlets for that energy. Many owners are caught unawares by the excessive energy that their dogs display. Sadly, this can be such that many dogs find themselves in animal shelters simply because their owners are unable to cope. 
A dog's adolescence is the time when everything starts to fall apart, unless you make a concerted effort to see it through to the stability of adulthood. Your dog's adolescence is a critical time. If you ignore your dog's education now, you will soon find yourself living with an ill-mannered, under-socialized, hyperactive animal.
Hyperactivity is a common complaint among dog owners, especially those who own herding and sporting breeds. Dogs that are often accused of being hyperactive are actually dogs that have high energy and not enough outlets for that energy. Many owners are caught unawares by the excessive energy that their dogs display. Sadly, this can be such that many dogs find themselves in animal shelters simply because their owners are unable to cope. 
Dog communication comes in a variety of forms, and is part of the foundation of dog social behavior. Dogs use certain movements of their bodies and body parts and different vocalizations to send signals. There are a number of basic ways a dog can communicate. These are movements of the ears, eyes, eyebrows, mouth, head, tail, and entire body, as well as barks,growls, whines and whimpers, and howls.