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DOG TRAINING FOR THE REACTIVE DOG IBD

READERS FIRST PUBLISHING LTD
09 / 2026
9781804285039
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Sinopsis

The barking everyone hears is not the problem-it?s the signal that the problem has already arrived, and mostinterventions start three steps too late. Part of the Dog Training for the Reactive Dog series, Julian Fairweather?sinsightful book explores the emotional overwhelm driving reactive behavior and why managing symptomswithout addressing the underlying fear keeps you trapped in the same cycle.When your dog encounters a trigger, the reaction isn?t about dominance or defiance-it?s a nervous system inoverdrive, unable to regulate itself. Dog Training for the Reactive Dog: The Reactive Mind is not a quick-fixtraining manual, a dominance-based program, or a collection of suppression techniques. Instead, it reveals theemotional mechanisms beneath the lunging and barking, showing you how to help your dog feel safe enough tochoose calm.Through real training scenarios and clear behavioral analysis, you will explore the hidden patterns thatperpetuate reactivity:- The Lock-Up Before the Explosion: Why the freeze you see seconds before the bark is your dog?s lastattempt to regulate, and what happens when that system fails.- Symptom Management vs. Root Cause: Why less than 20% of reactivity interventions address theunderlying emotional state, leaving the behavior destined to resurface.- Flooding Disguised as Exposure: How well-intentioned 'real world' practice can traumatize rather thandesensitize when the dog?s threshold is ignored.- The Inadvertent Trigger: What your own tension, timing, or anticipatory anxiety communicates to yourdog before the trigger even appears.Every chapter delivers actionable strategies to shift your dog?s emotional state, not just suppress the behavior.Start reading today and help your dog choose calm over reactivity.

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