The Dog Listener: Learn How To Communicate With Your Dog For Willing Cooperation

The Dog Listener Learn How to Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation Jan Fennell Caution I t is important to say here that my method cannot remove the aggressive tendencies of any dog. Certain breeds have been raised specifically for the purpose of fighting, and my methods will never be able to alter their potentially savage nature. What my method can do is allow people to manage their dogs so that this aggressive instinct is never called upon. Please exercise the greatest of caution when working with such dogs. For my son Tony Contents Caution Photographs Foreword by Monty Roberts xiii The Dog Listener Introduction 1 The Lost Language 3 9 2 A Life with Dogs 16 3 Listening and Learning 26 4 Taking the Lead 34 5 The First Test 46 6 Amichien Bonding: Establishing Leadership of the Pack 7 Separate Lives: Dealing with Separation Anxiety 53 76 8 Mean and Moody: Dealing with Nervous Aggression 9 Peacemaking: Dogs That Bite 84 89 10 The Bodyguards: Overprotective Dogs 101 11 The Up-and-Down Game: Dogs That Jump Up 109 12 Non-Total Recall: Dogs That Run Wild off the Lead 114 13 Dog v. Dog: Taking the Heat Out of Canine Contents x Confrontations 14 Tales of the Unexpected: Fear of Noises 120 130 15 New Dogs, Old Tricks: Introducing Puppies to the Home 138 16 Gremlins: Dealing with Problem Puppies 145 17 The House on Pooh Corner: Soiling in the Home 152 18 Situations Vacant: The Problems of Extended Packs 19 Biting the Hand That Feeds: Problem Eaters 158 163 20 Have Dog, Won’t Travel: Dealing with Car Chaos 169 21 Feet-Chewers and Tail-Chasers: Nervous Wrecks and How to Salvage Them 173 22 The Yo-Yo Effect: Overcoming the Problems of Rescue Dogs 177 23 Toys Not Trophies: The Power of Play 182 24 “How’ve Ya Done That, Lady?” 187 The 30-Day Training Guide Introduction 199 Part One: Day 1: A Reintroduction to Dog Listening 203 Part Two: The First 48 Hours: New Horizons: Settling a New Dog in Its Environment 227 Part Three: Days 3–7: Why There’s No Place Like Home 281 xi Contents Part Four: Days 8–14: Home and Away 316 Part Five: Days 15–21: Off the Leash 325 Part Six: Days 22–30: The Counter-Revolutionaries: Leadership Challenges 343 Part Seven: Days 31 Onward . . . : Keep an Open Mind 354 Acknowledgments 367 Searchable Terms 371 About the Author Credits Cover Coyright About the Publisher Foreword D ogs have played an import