Embracing the Wild in Your Dog, An understanding of the authors of our dog's behavior-nature and the wolf by Bryan Bailey

Embracing the Wild in Your Dog, An understanding of the authors of our dog's behavior-nature and the wolf by Bryan Bailey

The ontogeny of anthropomorphism, where we attach our human traits to our pets, is the most damaging and paralytic problem associated with dog ownership today. Believing in a fairy tale world where dogs possess the same moral consciousness and a sense of altruism as attributed to humans has led to consequences that include a drastic increase in leash laws, dogs being outlawed in a rising number of city and national parks, some breeds being banned in several states, an alarming escalation of aggression to humans, a rising cost in homeowner and business insurance, and a record number of clinically maladaptive dogs. This book is not a dog obedience book. Rather, it is about developing a deep understanding of the authors of your dog's behavior; nature and the wolf. For all that man has done to carve the wolf from the wild to create a biological doll, today's dog is still a wolf at heart and the accompanying instincts borne from such ancestry defines how the dog approaches its world. In this book, you will come to know the wolf in your dog and the tools that nature gave it to survive and coexist in both the mountains and in your home. You will learn how activating and deactivating the natural wolf impulses and mechanisms in your dog will lead to the harmonious existence and the control you always dreamed of. Most of all, you will come to embrace the wild in your dog and the grace and the peace that is breathed into its acceptance.

Bryan Bailey, a native of Fairbanks, Alaska, grew up appreciating the land's natural beauty and abundance of wildlife. He was particularly fond of the gray wolves that roamed the huge mountain ranges and forests surrounding his house. He spent years researching the social behaviors of wolves in their packs under the supervision of a Special Forces Survival Instructor, and realized who, beyond obvious physical parallels, there were also behavioral connections between the wolves and the sled dogs that were his family's pets. Bryan has been to over thirty nations in Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia's rainforests, and isolated regions above the arctic circle in his quest to understand the habits of hyenas, lions, tigers, and gray wolves, with a focus on how gray wolf instinct has influenced the behavior of our domestic dogs. Bryan is now working on his second book, The Hammer: Canine Aggression in Context.

He hopes that the book will teach readers about Aggression (The Hammer), the most important survival technique in the wolf and dog's arsenal. This tool has allowed wolves to eat, digest, reproduce, and survive in a harsh and competitive world for thousands of years, and it has been passed down to our dogs. Its application by our dogs is sometimes misread and misunderstood, resulting in an increase in preventable assaults against dog owners and their children. Bryan and his wife, Kira, live with their children, dogs, and cats in Memphis, Tennessee.

They own ProTrain Memphis and Taming the Wild together.

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ISBN 13	9781619334717
ISBN 10	1619334712
Title	Embracing the Wild in Your Dog, An understanding of the authors of our dog's behavior-nature and the wolf
Author	Bryan Bailey
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taming the Wild, LLC
Year published	2015-10-02
Number of pages	176
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