Mine! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs

I'll agree that the writing style was unnecessarily dry and technical at points, but I would still give this book an enthusiastic five star rating on the basis of its content, ignoring the style. My dog has had very mild dog/dog resource-guarding problems since she was about eight months old. She'd never snap or actively chase a dog off, but she would hunker down over her items and growl like a chainsaw until the other dog went away. Around a month ago, as she neared three years of age, it suddenly intensified. She started charging toward her brother, who became very cautious in her presence.Last week, I watched her as she ate her breakfast. She took not a single bite for thirty minutes because she was too busy death-glaring at her brother, whom she could see from the corner of her crate window. Her brother was not interested in her food or her crate; he wasn't even facing in her direction. But she couldn't take her eyes off him long enough to eat. It just about broke my heart to see her in that much distress. I bought Mine! and read it in a single sitting, then reread it a day later to make sure I'd grasped the specifics (as an added note, I've worked in the pet industry for years and have trained dogs professionally, so most of this was not new material for me). I know that results mid-session after the dog has figured out the game rarely correlate to a "cold trial" at a later point, but it was so incredibly encouraging to see my girl calmly allowing my boy to approach her food bowl, sniff it and back away. As an added bonus, it seems to be really improving their relationship. Their play has always been safe and free of guarding incidents, but there was a pushy tension in it before that has almost disappeared since we started the training described in this book.I definitely intend to continue using these methods on my own dogs until the resource-guarding clears up, and I'm glad to have a book that I can recommend to my training customers when they come to me with guarding-related questions. If you're reading these reviews, you're interested in buying the book. If you're interested in buying the book, you probably need it. It's a small price to pay for peace of mind.

The title kind of says it all - if your pup resource guards food, items, toys, chews, space, the couch, you name it, this book is your guide to helping your pup learn that they do not need to guard items. A huge amount of knowledge for a small price!

I really like the Donaldson series. I didn't specifically need this one for my dog, but I bought it as a resource. It is easy to read and follow. I like that it explains WHY dogs do the things they do, not just tips for working with dogs.

Really good insightful book on the behaviors of your dog and really understanding it from their point point of view so you can become a better dog owner and train your dog easily

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This book is important and informative, but the way the author goes about providing the information is harsh. Even while I agreed with many aspects, I felt like I was slapped in the face with them. Some sentences made me even wonder if she liked dogs. Helpful information if you read the book with a large bottle, yes, bottle of wine. You'll need it to calm yourself.

While this book is clearly written for dog training professionals, as a first time adult dog owner, I was easily able to read it and formulate a training plan for my dog to help with his owner guarding. I found nothing about this book that was all that hard to get through and all animal behavior phrases were explained. I appreciated the background behind where the behavior stems from, other associated behavior problems, and why we train it the way we do. All-in-all, I have found this book extremely helpful. This is resource guarding from humans. If your dog resource guards from other dogs, then you want her book "Fight!" which I also plan to order.

Was recommended this book for my dog's resource guarding. Very informative and has helped me understand my dog a little more.