BE RIGHT BACK: How to Overcome Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety and Regain Your Freedom
Julie Naismith
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Does your dog freak when you leave?
Be Right Back is a proven, evidence-based approach to bring relief to your anxious dog. A step-by-step program that lets you gently move your dog from a place of fear to a brave new world of happy home alone confidence. Commonly misunderstood and frequently dismissed as ‘naughty’ behaviour or owners who are ‘too soft’, a dog with separation anxiety is in genuine distress, and needs careful training to overcome it.
In the past four decades, separation anxiety has been the most commonly discussed disorder in the fields of veterinary and applied animal behaviour and expert studies estimate that as many as 20% of all dogs have separation anxiety.
Of all the treatment methods that people have tried, by far the most successful is gradual exposure training, which is what experienced, certified dog trainer Julie Naismith teaches in Be Right Back. She has helped hundreds of stressed owners get their dogs past separation anxiety, having guided her own dog Percy through it, and the book is full of training exercises that can even be completed in quarantine or lockdown.
The impact of the pandemic, however, has made this number even higher and experts are warning that we must now prepare for a whole new generation of dogs with separation anxiety. Lockdown has led to a surge in dog ownership, with rescues and shelters being emptied and Puppy-Farm puppies flooding the market. It has also meant that it’s been impossible to socialise puppies in the outside world - something essential to them learning independence, which can’t be done when they’re with their owners 24/7. The result of this puppy pandemic are dogs who are statistically more likely to get separation anxiety in the hands of inexperienced owners who have spent 6 months stuck like glue to their humans.
BE RIGHT BACK! PUPPY SEPARATION ANXIETY EDITION: Your Simple Step-by-Step Guide to Raising an Easy-Going, Independent, Happy-Home-Alone Puppy
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Are you struggling to return to the office because your puppy freaks when you leave? Trying to put them at ease when they’re left alone? Tired of coming home to chewed-up shoes and destroyed furniture? Globally respected trainer, behavior consultant, and separation anxiety expert Julie Naismith has helped thousands of caregivers provide the best for their canine fur babies. And now she’s here to share her strategies for reclaiming your freedom while giving your precious puppy a leg up on life.
Be Right Back: Puppy Separation Anxiety Edition is a humane, relatable, and fact-based guide to reducing stress and instilling your new family member with independence. With a tested and empathic approach, Naismith uses simple explanations, step-by-step plans, and detailed training exercises to mentor readers toward a rewarding and robust bonding experience. Whether you’re a first-time puppy owner, short on time, or simply overwhelmed by an especially jittery adolescent, you’ll soon unleash your companion’s sense of calm.
In Be Right Back: Puppy Separation Anxiety Edition, you’ll discover:
What you can do to prevent home-alone issues, even before your puppy comes home.
Ways to tell whether your puppy’s home-alone behavior is normal and what to do if not.
Practical advice that shows it’s never too late to teach a puppy alone-time confidence, even if he’s already developed a fear of being left.
Clues to detect whether your puppy’s behavior is is driven by anxiety and what to do even if it is just regular puppy frustration.
Approaches for dealing with a puppy who’s glued to your side.
Help with responding to criticism from family and friends and dodging the judgment
Actionable supplementary resources, helpful videos, myth-busting, and much, much more!
Be Right Back: Puppy Separation Anxiety Edition is a down-to-earth handbook for anyone looking to regain control of their lives and foster an enriching upbringing for their little tail-wagger. If you like non-judgmental guidance, upbeat support, and results-focused direction, then you’ll love Julie Naismith’s comprehensive tuition.
Julie Naismith is a British dog trainer, based in North America who runs Subthreshold Training specifically to work with dogs that have SA, and to train other dog trainers in her methods. She supports over 20,000 global dog owners in her FB group and through her paid membership. In November 2019 Julie self-published Be Right Back and has to-date sold 5,000 copies through word-of-mouth alone to her own community and other dog- owner online communities where she repeatedly gets recommended as the go-to expert in SA. The self-published edition has over 200 5 star reviews on amazon with 30% of sales in the US.
“If you have a dog with SA or suspect a friends or family dog may have it then this book is your bible! Julie's training methods are by far the best I have come across and thankful for such a great book that covers everything you need to know and more! With this book you can work towards your freedom again!” - 5 Star Amazon review