Breaking Bad Habits in Dogs

This is a good book for novice dog owners...it is well written with easy to follow advice and good pictures. However, I bought it because it mentioned excessive barking, a problem I am experiencing with my new dog. I don't feel this book is useful for solving his problem as he is a very nervous/hypersensitive dog and the training aid this book generally recommends to curb most issues (including excessive barking) is training discs. These make a noise to startle the dog and interrupt the pattern of behaviour. However, under the glossary of training aids, there is a footnote that states that training discs can be used in all but the most sensitive of dogs. It does not give any recommendation of an alternative for said sensitive dogs, nor does the book offer much advice on training ultra-nervous/hypersensitive dogs outside...it just seems to be aimed at dogs that either bark in the house or bark through excitement or aggression, i.e slightly bolder dogs who would not cower and shake if noise aversion therapy (or even squirting them with water) was carried out. I can find nothing in there that tells me what to do when he barks outside, either in the garden at passers-by or out on a walk when we often encounter noisy people (mainly children) or other dogs. It doesn't help that for all three of these scenario's he is barking for different reasons. In the garden it is defensive/territorial behaviour, on a walk passed noisy people is fear-driven and towards other dogs it is excitement; he just wants to play. Possibly not the book for owners of a dog with such insecurities or issues, and more of a training guide for people with new puppies who want to avoid bad behaviour from the start, or just hone undesirable behaviour that is creeping in rather than that which is already well-established.

Nothing I didn’t already know

Great quality and condition, quick delivery.

Really good book. Very pleased with it. solutions broken down in short easy sections. Not like other books where you have to read 20 pages to find the solution. Everyone should be able to solve their doggy problems with this book

A well written and instructive book.

good reading

Bought this book as my two dogs were getting into some bad habits, but not any more, their bad habits have gone

Well written and imformative