Resource Guarding in Dogs EBOOK & PLUS MORE
Understanding with compassion 50 page ebook
Understanding Resource Guarding in Dogs
50 page E- Book
a Guide to Compassionate Training
Unlock a Deeper Understanding of Resource Guarding:
A Guide for Dog Guardians and Trainers Is your dog displaying signs of resource guarding? Are you struggling with managing your dog's behaviour around food, toys, or other valuable items? You’re not alone.
In my comprehensive guide, "Understanding and Addressing Resource Guarding in Dogs", I dive into practical, compassionate, and science-backed strategies to help you and your dog navigate this common behaviour challenge. This book is designed for both dog guardians and trainers who want to take a proactive, fear-free approach to resolving resource guarding.
What You’ll Learn: Root Causes of Resource Guarding: Understand why your dog guards objects and how stress, genetics, and environment play a role.
Practical Solutions: Step-by-step methods to manage and modify guarding behaviours, with real-world examples.
Behaviour Modification Techniques: Explore techniques like the Calmness Triad, boundary setting, and stress bucket management to foster a more harmonious relationship.
Preventing Resource Guarding: Get ahead of the issue by learning how to prevent guarding from developing in puppies and adolescent dogs.
Multi-Dog Households: Special sections on managing resource guarding dynamics in homes with more than one dog, including how to prevent conflicts and reduce stress.
Why This Book? As a Certified Dog Behaviour Consultant, Fear-Free Professional, and Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer, I bring over 30 years of hands-on experience working with dogs and their families. This guide blends my professional expertise with compassionate, actionable solutions that you can implement right away, helping to strengthen the bond between you and your dog. Ready to Make a Change? Purchase your copy now and start your journey towards a calm, confident dog that feels secure and understood. Together, we can transform your dog's behaviour through trust, predictability, and positive reinforcement.
A hard copy is available on Amazon under the title of - Resource Guarding in Dogs, Understanding with Compassion
Unlock a Deeper Understanding of Resource Guarding:
I love your book! It makes me aware of all the management that we've done for the zillion years that we've had multiple dogs. It also reminds me of all the nonfunctional 'fixes" that are in most books and certainly in the veterinary community. BD
Hi! I just bought your resource guarding ebook. It's awesome! You did such a great job with the e-book and additional tips. KS
You did an incredible job on the book. It's like you wrote it for me. Seriously, it felt like you were talking directly to me. KD
I actually downloaded your resource guarding book on kindle also! So far it’s easier to understand than Jean Donaldson’s MINE! - CL
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Meet Sylvia Koczerzuk
Sylvia is a Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT 2000- 2025) and Certified Dog Behaviour Consultant (IAABC), a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer and Predation Substitute Training - Certified Instructor who helps dogs and their guardians create calmer, more connected lives with ethical and humane, science-based training.
Long before there were as many formal schools, certificates, and degree pathways available in dog behaviour, Sylvia was already committed to learning. Her early education came from following and learning from veterinary behaviourists, applied animal behaviourists, and other respected professionals whose work helped shape her understanding of dogs, behaviour, and humane training.
She attended the prestigious SF SPCA Dog Training Academy ( now knowns the Dog Training Academy) , studied at Behaviour Works with Dr. Susan Friedman in Living and Learning with Animals. Sylvia is also a Fear Free Certified Professional and has completed further education and certifications in scentwork enrichment, canine reactivity, separation anxiety, Dynamic Dog (gait and posture assessment), canine arthritis, and pain-informed learning. Most recently, she is completing her clinical canine behaviour degree (an internationally OFQUAL-qualified CBC).
Sylvia has been helping animals and their people since 1989. Over the years, she has worked in veterinary hospitals, shelters, rescues, a farm sanctuary, and private practice. Her work has included dog walking, grooming, group classes, private training, virtual coaching, and behaviour consulting. She also travelled south to assist Hurricane Katrina animal survivors.
What Sylvia loves most is helping people better understand their dogs and showing them how small, thoughtful changes can lead to meaningful progress. She knows that behaviour is not just about training. It is shaped by health, environment, learning history, emotions, and the unique dog in front of you.
That is why Sylvia takes a whole-dog, whole-picture approach. She combines assessment, understanding dog emotions, behaviour knowledge, and practical coaching to help guardians move forward in a way that feels clear, positive, and achievable.
If you are ready to better understand your dog, build confidence together, and create real-life results, Sylvia would love to help.
Visit the blog to learn more about Sylvia and the difference between a Dog Trainer and a Behaviour Consultant.
