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When dogs growl at other dogs, lunge at people, and bark at everything it's often mislabeled as "aggression." But most aggression is fear-based and should be treated as such. The appropriate term for this constellation of behaviors is "reactivity."

This book helps the trainer and dedicated dog owner to understand the reactive dog and help him change for the better. The process is not an easy one, but once the changes begin to take shape, owners become so encouraged that the rest of the process suddenly becomes easy!

All training methods and classroom techniques are based on fun and on the development of a ‘working relationship’ with your dog. 125 pages, with over 50 photographs and illustrations to help you recognize and solve problems..
Price: $16.61 [Notify me when price goes down.]

How to Right a Dog Gone Wrong will help anyone with a dog that has aggressive tendencies, whether it is a young dog that shows aggression when you remove the food bowl, a dog-aggressive dog that you are afraid to walk in the park, or a dog that is aggressive towards family and friends Readers will gain an understanding of the causes of aggression and the various ways of dealing with it. Finally, they will learn a step by step program of rehabilitation that has been used successfully on hundreds of dogs, large and small, in all breeds..
Price: $12.21 [Notify me when price goes down.]

"By far one of the best books on the market addressing this highly specialized group of youth . . . This book belongs on the shelf of all professionals and others who come in contact or work with adolescents with sexual behavior problems."
-Robert E. Longo, MRC, LPC, Corporate Director of Special Programming and Clinical Training, New Hope Treatment Centers, Summerville, South Carolina

"A balanced, thoughtful, and well-documented and conceived text . . . This book is a highly useful overview text that is ideal for the new professional wanting to understand this specialized field . . . as well as the advanced practitioner."
-Steven Bengis, EdD, LCSW, Executive Director, New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc.

"This book represents a landmark in our understanding of sexual behavior problems in children. Dr. Rich has integrated theories of child development and sexual aggression into a cohesive whole. From assessment to treatment, he offers clear explanations of theory followed by specific suggestions for practice."
-Craig Latham, PhD, Natick, Massachusetts

Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders guides mental health professionals through the breadth of assessment and treatment methods available for working with this special population, providing a succinct yet complete survey of the field and a reliable resource for assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation.

Through exploring fundamental beliefs about juvenile sexual offenders, Phil Rich gives insight into the underlying problems, behaviors, and factors that contribute to sexual offending, while encouraging practitioners to develop new ideas and methods to meet their specific clinical orientations and experiences. Going beyond prevalent interventions, Rich presents treatment methods that marry psychoeducational, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic treatments into a single model, which incorporates individual, group, and family treatment into an approach that treats the whole child, not just the sexual offending behaviors.

Complete with informative examples, Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders is an essential book for everyone working with this unique group of clients..
Price: $40.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]

This book seeks to bridge the traditional divide between scholarship and practice in the field of law. It introduces the interdisciplinary perspective of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) and then, largely through the thoughtful and informative essays of practitioners and clinical law professors, shows how criminal law practice can be enriched -- and how clients can benefit -- from lawyers looking at their practice with a TJ lens. Lawyers can be positive change agents for many of their clients, and will find that this approach can markedly increase their own professional satisfaction and enhance their professional image..
Price: $44.71 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles: Vol. 1 collects the first 140 comic strips of everyone's favorite pill-popping, trash-talking, living room-defecating teddy bear. This 80 page bundle of pure bliss collects all your favorite Mr. Wiggles comics that have appeared in such illustrious venues as The Daily Orange, The NY Press, Real Detroit Weekly, Gear Magazine, and Basta 2003, as well as online. Representing a skewed humor that is just left of center, slightly over the top, and dangerously close to the edge. Suggested for mature audiences..
Price: $9.74 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Residing in a large, congested city presents special problems to city dwellers who own aggressive dogs. There are few places to escape the constant stream of people, automobiles, dogs and other circumstances that may trigger an aggressive or reactive dog. Just walking out the door of the apartment can be a challenge.

Realizing the city dog is presented with constant action, with no room to avoid threatening situations, Pamela S. Dennison and Jolanta Benal have written a book addressing those very issues that make training an aggressive or reactive dog in a large city unique. With clarity, the authors guide the reader down the path to rehabilitation. They begin with recommending dry runs and having a helper, training indoors and working to prevent reactive behavior. Advice is included on what to do if the dog goes over the threshold or if a real catastrophe strikes, and how to become inventive in sticky situations. The authors also focus on teaching the owner/handler to learn how to handle their own anxieties or fears.

Although at times the authors refer to Dennison s previous book, How to Right a Dog Gone Wrong, this book is very capable of standing on its own. It is full of solid, well-thought-out information that the owner of an aggressive or reactive dog can put into use. With time, patience and dedication, readers will soon be walking their dog down a crowded street with confidence..
Price: $6.14 [Notify me when price goes down.]