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Reactive Dog Classes -- On the Road to Reality

Scaredy Dog Understanding and Rehabilitating Your Reactive Dog

Reactive Dog Classes DVD - On The Road To Reality

From Reactive Dog Classes DVD -- example from Perpendicular Calming Curves

This website is devoted to providing information to help reactive dogs using simple, safe, non-force, positive reinforcement methods. You’ll find video and photos of actual ongoing reactive dog classes in our blog, and lots of training hints in our “About” pages. This is also the site for Tanacacia Press, Publisher of Books and DVDs for owners and trainers of shy, fearful, and reactive dogs.

Help for owners and trainers of reactive dogs

The Bing Blogs. Ali Brown's book about successes with her difficult dog.

The Bing Blogs book

Dog anxiety problems? That was Bing’s issue and it didn’t make life easy for him or us. He couldn’t relax in the car. He shredded almost anything in his crate. He’d snap at any hand that reached out to pet him.

Scaredy Dog! book

When dogs growl at other dogs, lunge at people and bark at everything it’s often mislabeled as “aggression.” But behavior that looks like aggression is often fear-based and should be treated as such. The term for this is reactivity.

Reactive Dog Exercises

Whether you are working on your own, teaching a reactive class or a student in one, this DVD will show how to use positive reinforcement, shaping, and classical conditioning to help your dog learn to tolerate the world around him.

Focus Not Fear book

This book illustrates the work that Ali Brown does in her reactive dog group classes at Great Companions. It outlines specific training techniques and the reasoning behind them.

Scaredy Dog! Seminar DVD

A two hour program, including special instructions, video clips and images showing you how to help your reactive dog. Bonus DVD is shows scenes from actual reactive dog classes.

Reactive Dog Webinar

Evaluation of Reactive Dogs

This webinar aims to assist trainers and experienced dog owners in understanding the origins of reactivity in dogs. You can watch this program live or download and view on your own schedule.

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Great Companions' facilities seen from above

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Latest Reactive Class Blogs

Jane, Ali and Sharon tossing treats to Chopper as he walks by, so he sees that good things come from people. But he has to check in with Donna for rewards before moving on to the next person

People are OK

Imag of Tosh and Archer show off their reactive nature as they pass one another on the way back to their cars.

No Progress Without Focus

Three people brave the cold March morning to help their dogs.

From Hands Come Good Things

Scaredy Dog! reviews

Scaredy Dog! truly offers a lifeline to let reactive dog owners know they are not alone and that, step by step, progress can be made and may be that much sweeter all along the way for the bond that develops between us and our wonderful dogs. Kudos to you! All best, Jessica Swaim

Jessica Swaim
I saw the title, thought, I don’t have any scaredy dogs, then saw the subtitle–“reactive dog” and I KNOW I have at least one of those. And I’ve learned a lot, about my dogs and about myself. Brown recommends, if you have a dog that barks all the time, giving her a reward if she is BLESSEDLY QUIET for three seconds. It does have to be three seconds. And she tells us to notice all the stress signs (that I have read about elsewhere but never noticed with the barker. They are there). I think she puts a whole lot of information in front of us. You may get almost instant results if you don’t fight her ideas, because they’re too easy.

Amanda Peck
from Amazon.com
A MUST HAVE book for understanding and rehabilitating problem dogs. I have worked with so many trainers, behaviorists, etc. and this book is common sense, an extremely easy read and in my opinion, right on the money from what I have observed with my dog. He was abused as a pup and to this day he’s leery of men because of the man that abused him. But with the help of many kind, knowledgeable people along the way, and now Ali’s book, we’re making excellent progress. I could not more highly recommend this book. IT MAKES SENSE. Her writing style is great, her approach is great.

Susan Kennedy “Sheyviolet”
from Amazon.com
It has been nearly a year since I read this book, and I have been implementing the techniques. My dog is by no means cured, but he is definitely much more well-behaved! You can learn enough good tips, techniques, and basic information on WHY your dog is reacting to make great progress with your pup.

Pseudonymic
from Amazon.com
Not only Scared Dogs. My opinion is that nearly all dog owners can benefit from reading this book. What is normal human behavior can be stressful for a dog in a household. This was certainly helpful for all looking at each of my dogs and identifying areas where I may need to tweak things for them. So even though there were many things I did already know there was a lot of information that I did not know or that I had not thought of in this particular context. Very helpful.

GSDRobin
from Amazon.com

The books and dvds featured here will help if you're teaching the Reactive Dog Class or participating in one. Or have Ali Brown run a seminar to help students and trainers in your area deal with canine reactivity.

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Help for owners and trainers of reactive dogs

Evaluation of Reactive Dogs

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