Mine! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs

This book is small but mighty! It helped me identify quite a few problems in my pup beyond resource guarding, allowing me to learn ways to work through some issues of extreme puppy biting (way beyond normal biting) and not wanting to be held ever or touched much. I think without the principles I learned, I would have been clueless about how related resource guarding is related to overall behavior and how to methodically work through things. Highly recommend!

This is essential reading for anyone who owns a dog that guards resources. It could prevent a child from being bitten. It could save your dog's life. The procedures in the book are based on sound theory, and they work. I do not know of any other book on the subject, so it's a good thing that this one gets it right.I adopted two strays that were aggressive resource-guarders. I worked the plan in this book, and now I think they would give up anything. I caught one of my dogs swallowing a "mystery lump" in the living room. I casually opened his jaws and removed it from the back of his throat. No complaints. It turned out to be only a cheese cube that I had dropped when making myself a sandwich. So I gave the dog a third of a weenie, and then I gave him back the cheese. I swear he looked at me like I was crazy, but he was happy with the exchange.It is a very thin book, but all the info you need is there. Buy it.

This book was recommended to me by a training organization. It was written in a rather technical style, like other reviewers said, but I didn't find it hard to get through. It's a short book - just over 100 pages - but I felt it covered a lot. It lays out a plan of attack for most resource guarding types. Unfortunately for me, it did little more than aknowledge that the resource can be the owner(s). I'm sure this book would be a great tool for other owners/trainers, but my rescue pup's prized resource is my husband and me.

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.

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.

Switching between professional and owner related commentary was not very organized. While there was a lot of great information, the title doesn't suggest that there will be so much information directed at professional handing compared to owner handing, and it's not broken out in a way to make it easy to move from the skills for owner versus professional. Lots of good resources and recommendations within the book.

Good practical book, but it is definitely written more for trainners than the average dog owner. If you are going to use this book you need a pretty good understanding of current learning theory and should be comfortable with desensitization and counterconditioning before applying the methods in this book.

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!

Was very happy to find this practical book for my one furkid - very helpful.

Muy bueno. Los libros de Patricia M son fáciles de entender. Pero si es recomendable trabajar con etólogos o educadores caninos

As a newcomer to dog behaviour and training, I found it informative. It provided valuable insights into managing resource guarding in dogs with practical tips and strategies. It was also helpful as a reference for my studies in becoming a dog behaviourist. In general, the book is easy to read and digest, making it a great choice for beginners.

Apparently, that goes for people, too. Being able to remove objects and take away prize possessions is often something a dog owner has to work for.I found the advice and clear step-by-step instructions in this book extremely helpful. It is well written and contains a wealth of information. But be warned. There are no quick fixes. Reforming a resource guarding dog is work, it may not be difficult but it definitely requires commitment. If you're up for the challenge and truly want to change things, I would consider this book an essential companion. (Of course, the book cannot replace a trainer or behavioral specialist for difficult or dangerous cases.)

Excelente libro. Más orientado a entrenadores que a propietarios de mascota, aunque estos últimos también pueden sacar gran provecho del libro. Es conciso y al grano, no le falta ni le sobra nada.Lo recomiendo encarecidamente.