CIVILIZING THE CITY DOG
There is help for those living in the city with an aggressive dog. Civilizing the City Dog is a guide to re-training dog aggression specifically designed for densely populated areas. Re-directing the energy and focus of aggressive dogs requires a controlled situation and an atmosphere of calmness for successful behavior modification. Civilizing the City Dogincludes specific exercises and techniques that meet the challenges of an urban setting, creating enough safe, calm and comfortable space between the aggressive dog and the provoking stimuli for successful dog rehabilitation. Using positive rewards, re-training city dogs with aggression problems is possible – even in a highly populated community.
DOG REHABILITATION IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
• A supplement to How To Right a Dog Gone Wrong.
• Focuses on issues inherent to life in the city with an aggressive dog.
• Particular techniques designed to help you work around those limitations to gain the control, calmness and success you need. • Re-training an aggressive dog in an urban environment is possible!
Trade paperback, 6 x 9, 98 pages, illustrated, appendix
AUTHORS PAMELA DENNISON AND JOLANTA BENAL
Involved in training dogs since 1992, Pam Dennison started her own business, Positive Motivation Dog Training, in 1997. Teaching puppy kindergarten, beginners, Canine Good Citizen, musical freestyle, Rally and competition classes, she works with every breed, from Dachshunds to Great Danes. She has become a well-respected authority on canine behavior and re-training with her behavior modification, seminars and Camp R.E.W.A.R.D for aggressive and reactive dogs. Her students have earned a multitude of titles and certificates in obedience, Rally, tracking, sheepherding, Canine Good Citizen and therapy dog programs.
Jolanta Benal became a professional trainer as an outcome of learning how to successfully help her newly adopted dog-aggressive puppy. She discovered that the usual guidelines for working with aggressive dogs didn’t always apply in a dense urban environment like the one she lives in. She now teaches manners classes and works with private behavioral clients in New York City.
CIVILIZING THE CITY DOG CONTENTS
Chapter One: City Basics
Chapter Two: Exercise in the Big City
Chapter Three: Prevention
Chapter Four: Heeling and Loose-Leash Walking in the Big City
Chapter Five: Too Late for Prevention
Chapter Six: Invention Is the Better Part of Valor
REVIEWS OF CIVILIZING THE CITY DOG
“. . . a fine pick for city dwellers who hold aggressive dogs in urban places.. .addresses the special training needs of such animals, offering concrete training tactics and details.”
– Midwest Book Review
“How to handle doorbells and elevators, walking on the street, how to practice with other dogs and much more. Pam also covers those ‘oh oh’ moments that you may not have prepared for too..”
– Reader review
“. . .an excellent job of outlining step-by-step how to work successfully and safely with aggressive dogs in a difficult setting. The best parts of the book are the many excellent photographs that clearly show each technique being executed in the environment. If you have a dog with aggression issues, this is the book for you.”
– Carol Byrnes, CPDT
