I wanted to share a new Pet- Self Help Book called Tender Paws: How Science-Based Parenting Can Transform Our Relationship with Dogs by Wendy Lyons Sunshine (Author, Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) with you. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage off the products you purchase. Before you read my review you might want to check out there Press Release.
Charlie’s dog bear has separation and anxiety if Charlie leaves him at home. Thank the LORD bear doesn’t teach things up but he sits at the door and whines. if we open the door for any reason Bear will sneak out and run off.
With Charlie leaving for a week soon and leaving Bear with me to watch while David is at work I wasn’t sure if I could handle Bear. I knew I didn’t want to be locked inside from the time David leaves for work until the time he gets home.
Nor did I want to lock Bear up in Charlie’s room. Now, I don’t have to worry thanks to Tender Paws I’ve learned new techniques to use with Bear and using these tips Bear isn’t bolting out as much. I’m not afraid to be left at home with her now.
I know one day God willing with the information from Tender Paws that I will be able to walk Bear and she will not slip out of her leash and take up. I even feel safer having her along in the car because now she knows she belongs in the back seat and doesn’t try to climb out of the car windows.
Charlie and my favorite part of the book was reading the three case studies she included in the book. Charlie and I love how the Author included illustrations in the book which kept Charlie interested in the story.
About the Book:
Tender Paws takes a deep dive into the practical benefits of applying therapeutic parenting best practices to dogs in our care.
When Wendy Lyons Sunshine got her first puppy—abandoned behind a gas station, struggling with worms and anemia—she was in over her head. As puppy training guides failed to help her with the out-of-control, traumatized bundle of teeth and claws rescue pup, she turned to her work helping world-class child development experts. Could strategies for raising happy, well-adjusted kids transfer to a puppy?
As it turns out, yes, they can! From the first try, parenting wisdom transformed Sunshine’s relationship with her challenging little one. Soon enough, Sunshine’s view of her puppy shifted from one of adversity to one of compassion and understanding, and she was able to bring patience and therapeutic concepts to meet her dog’s needs.
When Sunshine reached out to experts, they affirmed that science-based principles used with at-risk children align well with best practices of holistic, positive, and progressive dog handling. Exploring parallels between human and canine research, attachment styles, history of trauma, parenting styles, and her own “inner child” proved a mindful path for pet parenting.
Far from a standard dog training manual, Tender Paws explicitly applies parenting wisdom and best practices used with special needs kids to a cross-section of scenarios, from recognizing developmental trauma and unmet core needs, to making decisions about appropriate equipment, to responding to difficult behavior, to understanding the parenting style from which we approach our dogs.
Sunshine empowers you and your dog by offering:
A synthesis of the fields of child development, attachment, trauma, sensory integration, neurobiology, learning, animal behavior, and ethology.
A problem-solving framework that makes dog training decisions clearer and behavior frustrations easier to resolve.
Parenting wisdom to help your dog move beyond trauma and into wellness.
Borrowing the principles of parenting for dogs feels obvious to some people: instinctive and ordinary and inevitable. But that’s not true for everyone, especially those of us who had a less than ideal childhood and bear the scars of early harm, loss, trauma, or deprivation. Tender Paws provides an interdisciplinary, comprehensive, evidence-based guide for listeners who want to honor the needs of—and improve outcomes for—puppies and dogs they care about.
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