"Click to calm, retrain the aggressive or reactive dog" by Emma Parsons
The management of aggressive behavior and the desensitization of reactive dogs are the issues addressed in this practical and innovative work, thanks to rehabilitation strategies based on positive reinforcement and the clicker-training method.
Drawing on her personal story, Emma Parsons expresses in this book all the solutions to implement when faced with the problem of owners confronted with the aggressive or reactive behavior of their dog.
Click to Calm provides owners and trainers with valuable answers to:
• desensitize the reactive dog;
• grab the dog's collar in an emergency without getting bitten;
• promote the appearance of calming signals;
• transform your own manifestations of stress into incentives for calm;
and many other applications as creative as they are effective in managing aggressive behavior, through positive reinforcement and clicker work.
Translation: Cynthia Edelman-Rota
Preface by the author
Original title: Click To Calm - Healing the Aggressive DogISBN: 978-2-9528095-6-6 - Editions du Génie canin
2014 - 128 pages - 22 euros - 15.5×21 cm - without photos
Click to Calm, Emma Parsons
Emma Parsons is an American trainer who has built a reputation for rehabilitating dogs with aggression issues towards other dogs, through positive reinforcement and clicker training. She has been training dogs for over thirty years. A certified behavior consultant with VCA Rotherwood Animal Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, USA, her training services - under the label "Creative Canine" - specialize in the management and rehabilitation of reactive and aggressive dogs. She is a faculty member of the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training & Behavior as well as the Karen Pryor Conferences.
1. Daily management with the clicker
2. Lay the foundation: basic behaviors
3. Click the aggressive dog
4. Canine interactions: a foreign language
5. Daily clicker management.
How to deal with multiple dogs in your home
6. The dog aggressive towards humans