Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Alpha 1 Leader of the Pack/Leadership Program
BARF 17 Will Raw Meat Cause My Wolfdog to Eat Grandmothers?/Elk-Burger, Hold the Fries!/Eat Your Veggies!/Fruits & More/One Woman’s BARF
Clicker Training 33 The Trick’s in the Click/Getting Started/Touch the Stick, Earn a Click: Targeting/The Shape of Things to Come/Adding Cues
Dominance Challenges (And Other Not-So-Fun Stuff) 45 Testing, One, Two/What To Do/Challenging Circumstances
Enrichment 55 Find a Friend/Exercise/Mental Stimulation/Lupine Lookie-Loos/Let’s Play a Game/Agility/While You’re Away/The Great Outdoors
Fear Issues 69 The Face of Fear/Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Human/The Terrible Two--Things Not To Do/A Little at a Time is Effective and Kind/So Far Away/What’s That Sound?/Other Fears/It’s Only Natural--Remedies
Guarding 81 Growling: Not All Bad/Object Guarding/I’ll Swap Ya/Changing of the Guard/Food Guarding/Location, Location, Location
“Huh? You Talkin’ To Me?” Training Attention 91 The Face of Love...Or at least Treats/Loook Eeen to My Eyyys/Take It On the Road Wolfdogs A-Z
“I Just Want Him To Come When I Call Him!” 95 “Cookie” and Other Magical Words/Don’t Let “Come” End the Fun/ Let’s Get To It!/Woofer in the Middle/Restrained Recalls/Hide and Seek/Where’s the Proof?
Jumping and Digging and Chewing, Oh My! 105 Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Ignore the Boor/Chew on This/Can Ya Dig It?/ Nipping: Help for Human Chew Toys
Kongs and Other Sanity Preservers 119 Kongs are King/Meal-in-a-Kong/Suggestions from the Kong Company/ No Bones About It/The Great Rag Wrap/Food Cubes and Balls
Loose Leash Walking 125 Don’t Be a Jerk!/Pack Leaders, Meet the Gentle Leader/Follow the Leader/Round and Round We Go/Keep it Loose/Be a Tree/A Word About Rewards/Follow Me!/Look Who’s Walking
Management 137 Limited Access and Time Outs/Keep ’Em Busy!/Crates are Great/More Management Magic
“No, They Won’t Turn On You” - Responses To Myths 143 Will Turn on You/Never Bark/Untrainable/Howl at Full Moon/Make Excellent Watchdogs/Can’t Live in House/Will Kill Children/Are Great With Children/Doesn’t Know Whether He’s Wolf or Dog
“Off” (Or “Leave It”) 149 Back Off, Balto!/The Street Beat/The Chair Dare/Child’s Play/ Generalize Those Jaws
Principles Of Positive Training 153 10 Basic Principles of Positive Training Table of Contents
Questions and Answers 163 Keep-Away/Invisible Fence/Scent-Rolling/Howling/One Pup or Two/ “I Know He’s Wolf Because...”/Wolfing Food/Submissive Urination
Resources 173 Books, Videos, Products & More
Socialization 179 Don’t Put Off Tomorrow.../It’s Never Too Late/Have a Little Class/ Who Are You?/C’mon, C’mon Now Touch Me...
Training Sit, Down and Stay 187 Sit Happens/Down, Boy!/Won’t You Stay Just a Little Bit Longer/The Looong Down-Stay
Understanding Body Language and Signals 197 Feelings, Aaarooo Feelings/Just When You Think You Have the Answers/Calming Signals
Veterinary Care 209 Immunity/Diseases Preventable by Vaccination/Vaccination Schedules/ Rabies and Wolfdogs/Vet Visits/Home Care and First Aid/Spaying and Neutering/Signs of Disease/Bloat/Worms/Coccidia/Giardia
Winter Wolf Syndrome 237 Winter Wolf Syndrome/A Learning Experience
X Marks The Spot: Housebreaking (& Xtra Stuff!) 241 Great Crates, Batman!/The Routine/Xtra Stuff/Training Treats/Gentle Mouth/Carsickness/Bottlefeeding
You Know Your Wolfdogs Have Taken Over... 253
Zees Ees Zee End 255