
Unlock Your Dog's Potential
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The renowned animal trainer shares her unique behavior management techniques to get your dog happier, healthier, less stressed, and more obedient. Animal trainer Sarah Fisher is known for transforming the behavior of dogs who are beyond ordinary rehabilitation techniques. She also helps dog owners go beyond passive dog ownership to become observant, understanding, and pro-active dog guardians. In Unlock Your Dog's Potential, Fisher offers step-by step instructions to using her methods at home. With simple exercises and invaluable training advice, you can safely and effectively reduce unwanted behaviors such as leash pulling, barking, and chewing, You will also learn to recognize symptoms of stress or concern in your dog, and how you can alleviate these tensions to improve your dog's well-being and strengthen your bond. Unlock Your Dog's Potential covers a wide range of unique dog management techniques, including handling and bodywork exercises to improve movement and trainability. Case studies of dogs Fisher has worked with appear throughout the book to show how her techniques relate to real-life situations.
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Sarah Fisher trained with Linda Tellington Jones and Robyn Hood and is the UK's highest qualified Equine and Companion Instructor. She runs the UK office for TTEAM & TTouch International, writes for national magazines and teaches one- and two-day workshops.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- IMPROVE YOUR DOG'S LIFE
- Different challenges
- The Tellington TTouch
- UNDERSTAND THE BASICS
- The relationship between physical and behavioural problems
- The nervous system
- Balance and proprioception
- Fear and pain and pain memory
- Sensory integration
- Body language and communication
- 'Shouting'
- Punishment is not the answer
- Labelling of dogs
- Archie's story
- Children and dogs
- Puppies
- Development of habitual postures
- Collars, mouthing and containment
- Older dogs
- Posture, behaviour and tension patterns
- What are tension patterns?
- Why do tension patterns occur?
- ASSESS YOUR DOG
- Look - postural observations
- Sitting or lying down
- The tail
- On the move
- On the lead
- Standing still
- Face-on
- Toes and skin
- The coat
- Other observations
- Listen
- Feel
- Flat-hand assessment
- What to do next
- The muzzle
- The effects of muzzle tension
- The eyes, ears and head
- Eyes
- Ears
- Head
- The neck
- The forequarters
- The back
- The ribs, barrel and flanks
- The hindquarters and tail
- Tail carriage
- The feet
- TAKING STEPS TO HELP YOUR DOG
- Training and behaviour
- Understanding your dog
- Enjoying your dog
- Muzzles
- Positive v. negative
- Reactive behaviour towards dogs and people
- Training methods
- Selecting a trainer or training method
- The exercises - bodywork and groundwork
- KEY SKILLS
- Leash work
- Two-point contact
- Handler posture
- Stroking the lead
- Balance leash
- Balance leash plus
- Homing pigeon
- Exercises for balance, proprioception and sensory integration
- Teeter totter
- Walk-over board
- Half body wrap
- TTouches
- Circular TTouches
- WORKING ON SPECIFIC AREAS
- THE MUZZLE
- Mouth work
- Calming band/Face elastic
- EYES, HEAD AND EARS
- TTouch work
- Ear work
- THE NECK
- TTouches and Python Lifts
- Weaving through cones
- THE FOREQUARTERS
- Defining the shoulder
- TTouches around the chest
- Rocking the withers
- Lifts with a wrap
- Front leg circles
- Uneven poles
- THE BACK
- TTouch work
- Hair slides
- Back lifts
- Raised poles
- THE RIBS, BARREL AND FLANKS
- Rib softening
- Belly lifts and rolls
- Abalone TTouches
- Star
- THE HINDQUARTERS AND TAIL
- Python Lifts
- Hind leg circles
- Tail work
- Labyrinth
- THE FEET
- Foot work
- Different surfaces
- Pick up sticks/ladder
- HOLISTIC DOG CARE
- Know the whole dog
- Exercise
- Equipment
- House training
- Patting and grooming
- Bedtime
- Cleaning products
- Diet
- Useful Addresses and Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
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