REACTIVE: From Chaos to Control: The Practical Guide Understanding, Managing & Training a Reactive Dog

Does your dog bark, lunge, freeze, stare or completely lose control when another dog or person appears?REACTIVE: From Chaos to Control is a practical, real-world guide for owners who want to understand what is happening before the explosion at the end of the lead and learn what to do about it.Dog trainer Lee Jones breaks reactive behaviour down into the things owners can actually work with, body language, triggers, thresholds, engagement, marker training, reinforcement, lead handling, management and controlled exposure.Inside you'll discover how to recognise the early warning signs of reactivity, reduce unwanted behaviour before it escalates, improve communication with your dog and build greater control in everyday situations.You'll learn about dog to dog reactivity, reactivity towards people, lead handling, unexpected off lead dogs, managing dogs with a bite history and progressing from controlled training into the real world.This book also includes a practical 30 Day Reactive Dog Training Plan, training worksheets, trigger tracking and progress assessments so you can turn the information into an actual training programme.Practical. Real world. No fluff. Just results.