Beyond Flight or Fight

A Compassionate Guide for Working with Fearful Dogs

By: Sunny Weber

Narrated by: Richard Rieman

Winner: first place in the 2016 CIPA EVVY Book Awards!

Dog Writers of America Association's Certificate of Excellence in New York City!

Is your dog afraid of noises, objects, or you? See through fearful dog's eyes in anecdotal stories about real saved dogs. Discover how to help dogs that have been neglected, abused, or are genetically timid. Learn unique approaches and how to help your shy companion face life in a human world. Develop the close bond that only trust can bring. Fearful dogs can be saved and have quality lives, free of anxiety. Beyond Flight or Fight will give you practical, easy-to-understand tips that will ease your frustration, guilt, or confusion. This book will help (1) you grow in compassion, (2) your pup find peace, and (3) bring both of you to a warm appreciation for each other.

©2016 Sunny Weber (P)2017 Sunny Weber

Critic reviews

" Beyond Flight or Fight will help you rehabilitate high-fear dogs that may have been neglected or abused. Lots of step-by-step, practical advice." (Temple Grandin PhD, Professor of animal sciences and National Women's Hall of Fame, author, speaker, animal advocate)

Great book!

Frist a shout out to Sunny for all the work she has done with dogs! I wish there was more people out there like her.
She has some great tips, and stories in here. I hope everyone who owns a dog reads this. Even if its just to understand how dogs think if nothing else.


I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

The start

Looking for a book about your shy scared dog. This is it. I’ve listened to audio books and purchased other books. But this book gives examples and all different scenarios. This book allowed me to understand that I do not know what happened to my new shy/scared dog but I shouldn’t expect things, show patience, and go as fast as the dog is comfortable. I’ve tried other books and wasn’t satisfied and frustrated because I wanted to connect to my new shy dog. But this book gave me the confidence to keep going and understand my new dog. Performance is 4 stars because I would prefer Sunny Weber to voice the audio like she did in the introduction.

Compassionate guide for a frightened, furry friend

I fell in love with this book from the title alone, and the content didn't disappoint. The author, Sunny Weber is clearly an expert in helping us humans to understand what's going on in the minds of our furry friends when they act "badly" in our eyes. It's their instincts kicking in, and it's not their fault. Narrator Richard Rieman reads boldly, clearly and kindly to explain the topics in a way that are easy to digest. I'm already a fan of Richard's narration, and this just adds one more to my growing list of works that I've enjoyed by him.

Overall, this book is a great guide to help people first to understand, and then to deal with the issue of unsocialized, abused or abandoned dogs who have trust issues. There's way too much to summarized and I wouldn't do it justice, so if this topic interests you, spend a credit or a few dollars and do yourself a favor and learn about what you can do to help your four legged friends be better behaved and have a better life. I was given a copy of this book for this review.

Great Book

Beyond Flight or Fight: A Compassionate Guide for Working with Fearful Dogs by Sunny Weber was a great read by the author. I loved reading this great book with tips and tricks to working with a dog who is fearful. This is a must read for any dog owner especially if they have anxieties.

❤️

As a proud mamma of 8 rescue dogs I definitely recommend this book. I always seem to end up with the "problem" dogs. From aggression to the severely timid ones it can be very frustrating dealing with them at times. This helps give you the tools needed to help rehabilitate troubled dogs.

The narrator did a great job.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.