Easy Walks With Reactive Dogs

by Sally Gutteridge, Dayle Smith (Illustrator)

Welcome! I suspect you’re here because your dog walks are not as enjoyable as you would like them to be. Perhaps your dog is really distracted and never interacts with you? Maybe he’s looking for something in the distance all the time? Classically, the description of a reactive dog is one of lunging and barking, but seeing our dogs scared and internalising is just as distressing. We seem to be within an era of canine reactive behaviour. Our dogs can’t cope socially and we don’t know how to help them, so walks become difficult to go on. We might dread taking our dog out because of the responses others give to his behaviour, or how worried it makes him. We might sneak out, cartoon like, at 3am every day when the rest of the world is in bed. We have reached a point in our dog guardian evolution where we descriptively state “I have a reactive dog” to a sympathetic listener, who truly understands what we mean. Within this book we will look deeper at reactive behaviour and cover the coaching steps that can help you to overcome the internal response that causes the observable reaction. We go through the learning theory steps that educated professionals use to coach dogs who react. It’s not all about your dog though, we also consider how you can shift your perspective, to make walking easier all round.

Genres: Nonfiction, Dogs

81 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 30, 2019

Reviews

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice to see someone thinking about positive reinforcement instead of trying to beat/scare the dog into submission. I love my dog, I want to build his confidence and have him still love me at the end of the day.

[Lisa Kitteridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great insight into how to achieve better walks with a reactive dog

This book gives lots of great and realistic tips on how to work with your dog to help them become less reactive on walks. It helps build both owner and dog confidence, which is crucial for success. Its easy to understand, simple to follow and will hopefully work wonders with my rescue Golden Retriever Luca from Bosnia.

[cristie edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very clear, simple and effective methods to help reactive dog

Have read many books after rescuing a very reactive dog and Sally's have by far been the most useful books. Have re-read them and used the techniques over the last year and the dog's safety bubble is decreasing in size and she is getting less reactive to all her triggers