Fearful Dogs

Help For You & Your Dog

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Helping A Fearful Dog

Is your dog shy? Nervous? Anxious or Protective? Would you like your dog to behave calmly around people and other dogs? Are you looking for ways to help your dog learn to be happier and more confident?

A Guide To Living & Working With A Fearful Dog is an eBook containing training advice and activities compiled by Sunny's owner including games, how to begin when working with a fearful dog, how dogs learn and how to help any dog with fears. It is an informative resource for owners and rescuers.

Here's what readers have had to say:

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everything you wrote resonated in some way with me and my dog."

"I am writing an all around general care guide for canines one of my sections is about shy/fearful canines..when I read your BRILLIANT article I was thinking it would be amazing to have that in the guide along with your website."

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"Loved the book!!!! Very good reading, you need to get published in hard copy."

"I find myself feeling a bit more hopeful after reading through your site. I am so grateful to have this information."

Don't be misled by training techniques that scare or hurt your dog. Be your dog's best friend and learn how to effectively change your dog's behavior by changing how he feels. You CAN help your dog!

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Look for the latest articles written by Debbie in:

The Yankee Dog

West County News, MA

Websites of Interest to Fearful Dog Owners

Here are some links to websites that you might enjoy visiting.

• Articles by Dr. Karen Overall 2001-5. Many of these articles deal with fearful and aggressive dogs.
  
• Pharmacology and Behavior: Review of Commonly Used Drugs by Dr. Overall
  
• Calming signals that your dog uses and you can learn to communicate with your dog and understand what s/he is trying to tell you with its body language.
  
• Suzanne Clothier’s website with articles about training.
  
• Babe’s story. This is a truly inspirational collection of journal entries kept by the owner of a fearful collie. I emailed the author and was told that the dog had made so much progress over the years she hardly remembers that the dog wasn’t always ‘normal’.
  
• Beyond the Dominance Paradigm by Patricia McConnell PhD.
  
• Myrna Milani’s website. She’s a behavioral veterinarian and author on the human-animal bond.
  
• The Whole Dog Journal. A monthly for dog lovers. No advertising, I read it cover to cover.
  
• Sunny’s start. This is a link to my fearful dog’s background.
  
• Shy-K9s group. This is a yahoo hosted group and is one of the best resources for owners and trainers with questions about how to handle their fearful/shy dogs. This group helped keep me sane while working with Sunny early on. Membership required.
  
• Clicker Support. Another yahoo hosted group for folks using or wanting to learn how to use a clicker for training their dog. Membership required.
  
• Dogwise Books. The ultimate source for books about dogs. They also have a yahoo group book club where you can read and discuss different books each month. The author often is available for questions and comments.
  
• Drs. Foster & Smith. All kinds of Dog Supplies .
  
• K9 Sports. Really good frisbee selection.