The Dog Aggression Workbook

The Dog Aggression Workbook is an interactive guide for guardians of dogs who behave aggressively. The workbook presents a systematic and highly efficient and effective, positive reinforcement-based approach to understanding, assessing and changing aggressive behaviors in dogs. Strategies and techniques are described clearly and completely in a conversational style that is easy to read and understand. Guardians will be armed with the tools they need to address all kinds of aggressive behavior problems, while avoiding harsh punitive techniques. The workbook utilizes a behavioral approach, focusing on identifying specific problem behaviors, what evokes them and what consequences are maintaining them. It explains how to implement desensitization and behavior replacement procedures to change emotional responses and the aggressive behaviors they motivate. Taking a global and comprehensive approach, it addresses the whole context in which aggressive behaviors are performed.

James O'Heare, CABC, is the President of The Companion Animal Sciences Institute (www.CASInstitute.com), Director of the International Institute for Applied Companion Animal Behavior (www.IIACAB.com), editor of the Journal of Applied Companion Animal Behavior, and owner of DogPsych Publishing (www.DogPsych.com). His personal web site is at www.JamesOHeare.com. James has studied psychology and animal behavior extensively, with an emphasis on behavior analysis. His books. The Canine Aggression Workbook. Aggressive Behavior in Dogs, The Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook, Dominance Theory and Dogs, Raw Meat Diets for Cats and Dogs?, and Canine Neuropsychology, are translated into multiple languages and sold throughout the world. James has been helping companion animal guardians resolve problem behavior since the early 1990's.