Sarah Fisher - Unlock Your Dogs Potential: How to Achieve a Calm and Happy Canine

Sarah Fisher is the UKs highest qualified Equine and Companion Animal Instructor. She trained with Linda Tellington Jones and Robyn Hood and now runs the UK office for TTEAM & TTouch International. Sarah makes regular TV appearances in the UK, writes for national magazines and also teaches one- and two-day workshops

I wish every dog owner could meet Sarah Fisher. As this is, unfortunately, never going to happen, shes done the next best thing and written a book about dogs as she sees them. Ive been on at her for years to do it, and shes finally documented her ideas, which are readable, radical and compassionate in the extreme. I particularly love reading her case reports, which reveal how she has transformed animals that are beyond ordinary rehabilitation techniques.

Assessing behaviour, body tension and pain patterns is difficult. Doing something creative about them can be daunting. In almost imperceptible steps, Sarahs work bridges the gap between being just a passive dog owner to becoming an observant, understanding, pro-active dog guardian. By reading this book you could take this journey with your dog.

In a hundred years from now, Im convinced that people will look back on this sort of book as we do now on the work of early social reformers. They had compassion where previously there was none. They sought to understand the downtrodden. They spoke up for the disenfranchised, urging more fortunate people to honour and respect them as fellow beings. Sarah does this for our animal companions.

Sarah is pioneering a new awareness of our dogs subtle intelligence, both of mind and body. By opening the eyes of dog owners she is rekindling a dialogue that dogs began with us thousands of years ago, when they first cautiously stepped out of the forest to take their place by the prehistoric human fire. As she says in the book A mind that has been expanded by new experiences cannot go back to its old dimensions.

This book will save lives human and canine. It is an incredible distillation of Sarahs unique ability to perceive and understand dogs. If you can glean even a morsel of what she is saying, you and your dog will be greatly enriched.

Nick Thompson BSc (Hons), BVMBS, VetMFHom, MRCVS

Sharing our lives with a dog should be an enriching and rewarding experience. For the majority of trainers and owners, the harmonious relationship they have with their canine companions is based on co-operation, appreciation, trust and loyalty. If you already enjoy this sort of bond, you can further enhance the partnership by working through this book, which will give you a greater awareness and a deeper understanding of your dog. You can use the information provided to help him lead a longer, happier and healthier life by improving his sense of wellbeing and by reducing unwanted behaviours such as leash pulling, spinning, hyperactivity, excessive barking, chewing and so on, while also deepening the rapport between you.

The book guides you through kind, gentle and effective techniques to enable your dog to overcome any specific concerns he may have, such as fear of the vet, timidity, noise sensitivity, noise phobias, including fear of thunder and fireworks, separation anxiety, or issues around grooming or toe nail trimming. Using these techniques in conjunction with appropriate veterinary care can help your dog cope more easily with niggling health concerns such as arthritis, hip displasia or spondylosis or enable him to recover more quickly from injury, disease or surgery. You can also reduce the effects that old age has upon his body. The book explains how, by studying your dogs coat pattern and posture, you can spot physical and emotional changes more quickly and take the necessary steps to prevent them from becoming a problem in the future.