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Index • home • appearance • history • temperament • health • buying • rescue • faq • gallery • breed standard • pet ringworm Site Info about us contact us about amazon about google ads privacy disclaimer links sitemap Useful Ads Feisty Fido | home | all | books | dvd | officeproducts | petsupplies | toys | about Amazon products | Schnauzer Books from Amazon Feisty Fido List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $8.21 Average Customer Rating: (15 reviews) Editorial Review: This booklet is designed for anyone, novice or professional, who works with dogs who are aggressive to other dogs on leash. Chock full of practical solutions to a common problem, the ideas within will help you change an out-of-control barker, lunger and growler into a polite neighborhood citizen. Including plans for handling emergencies such as off-leash dogs who show up out of nowhere, this program can make leash walks fun again, for you and your dog. Customer Reviews: 1 of 1 found this review helpful: These techniques greatly helped our leash aggressive beagle!, 2007-12-18 The book is brief and as it clearly states it only will help a dog that has fear-based aggression while on leash. You'll want to have consulted a professional dog trainer/behaviorist to make sure this is the issue you have. We did, and we were taught to counter-condition our leash aggressive beagle using these techniques. After 3 months of work he's greatly improved. After another 6, the conditioning has become even stronger. Neighbors (we live in a condo) have commented that they've noticed that our beagle is much quieter (as opposed to the daily outbursts we'd have as our beagle would flip out at the sight of another dog!) At this price point, McConnell's booklet is no-brainer. Check out her others as well. 2 of 3 found this review helpful: My opinion, 2007-10-25 This book is well written document to help individuals gain direction on dealing with dog aggression. I would recommend it as a background for any dog owner dealing with this issue. It is NOT a replacement for seeking qualified help from a professional behaviorist, which the author is. I have read most of her publications and find them useful tools in learning to manage my dogs. 0 of 0 found this review helpful: very good book!, 2007-10-01 I like the very friendly work with dogs, and Patricia always looks that the dogs feel great in what he is doing! And besides the happy dog learns faster! very good book! 5 of 5 found this review helpful: Excellent, easy-to-follow and kind techniques, 2007-05-23 I have a rescued dog that is nuts-aggressive on a leash. I have read sooooo many dog training/behavior books, and this one is one of the best. Why? 1) It gets right to the point. 2) There are only 3 main techniques to remember and practice (plus a few "panic button" tactics). 3) It's fewer than 60 pages. This book is easy to understand and doesn't muddy the issues with a lot of extra stuff. The techniques are non-violent but work. I've been through several dog trainers that told me that I wasn't correcting my dog hard enough so he wasn't getting the message. Things were only getting worse. The corrections were only making him more agitated, so that he began aggressing earlier and earlier when he saw another dog. This book helps you train your dog to have a different reaction to whatever sets him off so that his habit is to look at you when another dog (or person) comes around, instead of freaking out. McConnell anticipates that things always don't go as planned; one heading is titled, "Oops! My Dog Looked Away Before I Said Okay." She also gives suggestions for troubleshooting. I highly recommend this booklet! 7 of 12 found this review helpful: Overly simplistic and repetitive, 2007-05-12 The author is overly repetitive and offers only one solution to the problem of dog-dog or dog-human aggression when the subject dog is on-leash. Granted, her solution is an excellent solution that is viable in many cases. Nevertheless, the author does not delve into the origin of the problem. Therefore, she does not eclectically adapt her solution nor provide a more circumspective solution plan when the origin of the behavior is complex. Is the dog aggressive when on leash due to a lack of socialization? A traumatic experience? Fear? Poor handling skills? Anxiety transfered by the handler? Insufficient respect toward the handler/owner? Territoriality? Object guarding? Opposition reflex? Barrier frustration? Excitability? Generalized aggression? Insufficient stimulation and exercise? There is no factfinding to inquire about the preceding issues of causation. In addition, she never asks the reader to contemplate whether the dog's behavior varies depending on which specific human is holding the leash. Whether the dog is social off-leash and exclusively aggressive or excitable when on-leash. Whether the behavior is new or has existed for a prolonged time. Whether the behavior's onset occurred during puppyhood or is a more latent behavior that only manifested itself during adulthood. Whether the behavior is increasing in frequency or severity. Or whether the dog's aggressive, excitable or "feisty" behavior is more generalized than solely manifesting itself when walked on-leash. Thus, the author's solution is overly simplistic and in many cases will be insufficient in it's quest to accomplish goal-level solutions. 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