Canine Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide to Rehabilitating Reactive, Aggressive, and High-Needs Dogs - Couverture souple

Mckenzie, Mr Ryan R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1068079320 ISBN 13 : 9781068079320

Editeur : Ryan R. Mckenzie, 2026

Synopsis

A Practical Guide to Rehabilitating Reactive, Aggressive, and High-Needs Dogs

If walks feel like walking on eggshells — lunging on leash, growling at guests, panicking when left alone — you are not failing. You are living with a dog whose coping strategies no longer work in a human world.

And you need more than basic obedience.

Canine Rehabilitation is a clear, owner-first guide to serious behavior work: reactivity, aggression, fear, anxiety, and the high-needs cases that get dogs surrendered, rehomed, or worse. It does not promise a perfect dog. It gives you a framework for safety, real progress, and a life that is manageable again. Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Understand root causes instead of only punishing symptoms
• Put management first — distance, tools, and plans that prevent rehearsal of the problem
• Use classical and operant conditioning the way rehab actually requires
• Work below threshold with desensitization, counterconditioning, and BAT-style protocols
• Address leash reactivity, dog- and human-directed aggression, resource guarding, separation distress, predatory chasing, and trauma-related fear
• Measure progress honestly — improvement and safety over fantasy “cures”
• Know when to involve veterinary behavior support, and when a case is beyond a home plan
• Protect yourself emotionally through the long haul of living with a difficult dog

This book is written for the person who lives with the dog every day — and still useful for professionals who need a clean field manual. The methods are balanced: reinforcement, clear structure, and fairness, with public safety never optional.

Rehabilitation is slow. It is also possible.

Start where you are. Keep your dog safe. Change what you can — and build a life you can both live with.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ryan R. Mckenzie
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1068079320
• ISBN 13: 9781068079320
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 183
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