Feisty Fido: Help for the Leash-Reactive Dog
by Karen B. London Ph.D., Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D.
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Author: Karen B. London Ph.D., Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D.Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-01
ISBN: 1891767070
Number of pages: 63
Publisher: Mc Connell Publishing, Ltd.
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Book Review: Some good suggestions for fear aggressive dogs
Summary: 3 Stars
This short book is a cheap and cheerful guide to dealing with leash aggression in dogs. The author suggests reasons that dogs may behave in an aggressive manner when on leash, and then goes on to describe three simple and positive exercises that owners can use to manage or change their dog's on-leash behaviour.
The booklet is well written and easy to understand, and the exercises are easy to implement. I imagine the information would be very useful for the owners of fear aggressive dogs - which to be fair, make up the majority of leash aggressive dogs. However, it has several limitations that prevent it being universally relevant.
Most importantly, this book only addresses dogs that attack due to fear or insecurity. Little mention is given to dogs that aggress for other reasons such as medical problems, misdirected prey drive, dominance issues or innate high fight drive. And although the suggestions in the book would probably work very well to desensitise a fear aggressive dog to the presence of other dogs, I know for a fact that they would be less useful to treat the less common dog who actually finds fighting self-reinforcing. No information is provided about how to recognise, or how to treat, a dog that isn't merely fearful of other dogs.
Secondly, although I suppose this short booklet can't be expected to include all relevant information, I feel that leaving out all mention of how to deal with an aggressive dog on a daily basis is a fairly big omission. Information on how to manage an aggressive dog's lifestyle is very important, especially for dogs that display signs of aggression not just to strange dogs, but also towards their human or canine family. There are several "hands off" lifestyle approaches that can really help with aggression, such as the commonly quoted "Nothing in Life is Free" programme, that could easily have been included in this booklet.
Thirdly, the authors are from the "purely positive" school of thought, and claim that any form of punishment (and especially any form of training collar) is of no use at all in dog-dog aggression. This is true as a general principle, and probably universally true for fear aggressive dogs - and for everyone's sake, positive based training is indeed the only type of training you would want to suggest a novice trainer attempt at home with an aggressive animal. However, when used under the guidance of an experienced and skilled trainer, aversive training collars and low-stim e-collar "crittering" can be very useful for SOME non-fearful aggressive dogs. Yet in this booklet no information is given about what to do, or where to go, if the suggested methods don't work for your dog.
In short - if you have a leash aggressive dog you might as well buy this booklet; it is cheap, cheerful and has some useful practical suggestions. But please don't give up on your dog if these methods don't fix him. There's a lot more information out there!
Summary of Feisty Fido: Help for the Leash-Reactive Dog
This second edition of a McConnell/London classic is better than ever! Updated and revised to be even more user-friendly than before, Feisty Fido is designed for anyone (novice or professional) who works with dogs who are overly reactive to other dogs when on leash. Whether your (or your client's) dog reacts by barking, lunging, stiffening or hiding behind your legs, this booklet is full of humane and effective dog training solutions to a common dog problem. It includes new sections on equipment, an expanded section on "Where's the Dog", and revised instructions for teaching "Watch". With plans for handling emergencies such as off-leash dogs who show up out of no where, this dog training program can make leash walks fun again, for you AND your dog.Dogs Books
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