Silver Award Winner, 2011 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards

Finally, a comprehensive guide for owners, trainers, rescuers, and anyone who wishes to help dogs with this often challenging problem. This interactive workbook offers creative solutions, cutting-edge therapies, and allows owners to customize a program for each individual dog.

Topics include:

- The role of management, nutrition, and exercise
- Creative management solutions
- Ways to build canine confidence
- Step-by-step behavior modification protocols
- Alternative therapies that can prove invaluable
- Whether pharmacological intervention might help
- How to put it all together in a customized plan

Also included are real-life stories from experts telling how they handled separation issues in their clients' dogs and their own dogs.

Testimonials:

"Yet another beautifully written book by Nicole Wilde. Nicole combines her expertise in behavior modification with easy to follow guidelines, useful resources, and alternative remedies. This book will be extremely helpful to any owner of a dog with separation issues.” - Ian Dunbar, Founder of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers

“As someone who (long ago) dealt first hand with a dog who had severe separation anxiety, I wish that way back then I'd had the information contained in Nicole Wilde's gentle and compassionate book, 'Don't Leave Me!' Holistic, thoughtful and clear, 'Don't Leave Me!' offers solid practical information for owners struggling with how best to help a dog suffering from separation anxiety. Wilde's own experience with S/A, combined with her professional expertise, is behind her understanding of all she discusses and recommends. Options range from time proven behavioral modification to psychotherapeutics to some promising new nutraceuticals and even pressure wraps, and how best to decide which combination of options may be most effective. Highly recommended, this book is a gift for those trying to help the dogs." - Suzanne Clothier, author, And Bones Would Rain from the Sky