Emma Parsons

 No experience with it but I'm interested in reading about it for my fearful aussie. She's not extremely fearful but she does get nervous and barky around strangers (and things she's never been introduced to before - like a snowman

 Yes, I'm sure she and Sequoyah could have quite a conversation about those Aussie-eating snowmen LOL.

 Yeah, snowman are scary apparently lol.

 Someone built a snowman at our dog park the other day and Lily was just freaking out! At least she entertained the on lookers for a while until I had to go up and sit down next to the snowman to let Lily know that it wasn't going to attack her (or me). Eventually, after circling the thing for a good 10 mins, she approached me and the snowman. I figured she was ok with it when she took a big chunk out of the bottom snowball ;p
 

I have her book, I really enjoy it. Although I actually recommend it for people with all types of dogs, not just fearful ones. Even though it originated being for fearful dogs, it is actually quite useful for a wide variety of personality types.

Saying that, I have used some (a lot) of her ideas, with success. I was a member of her group, although now that I think about it I must have gone no-mail as I haven't received anything from it in a while. I'll have to look into that.

But I tend to take info from a wide variety of sources and put it together in ways that work for the dog in the situation that it's in. So I can't say that I've used "only" CTC protocols, as I usually put different things together to work on an issue.

But she's a very valuable resource IMO.

I have a friend who successfully used the protocol to "fix" her leash-reactive aussie.

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I have a friend who successfully used the protocol to "fix" her leash-reactive aussie.

Glad you used the quotes - brings up a point.  Aussies are known for their reactivity to "strangers", and if you talk to some of the old timers, they'll tell you it isn't a "fault", but rather something that crops up in the breed.  It's one reason why Aussie fanciers will tell you that this isn't the breed for everyone.  Despite extensive socialization, some of them do develop more than a healthy reserve with strangers, and they can decide that anyone, or anything, that approaches is an intruder.  People who are used to seeing the show variety don't sometimes expect it from the working variety, which tend to be a little closer to the original dogs.  Just another reason for always researching your breed thoroughly before buying.

that dog was very educational for all of us. When we first met, the dog was I guess "typical" aussie reactive; we watched the owner over-react to the dog's reactivity, and a horrible six-month feedback loop was set up, dog and owner inciting each other into greater and greater reactivity, until the dog was acting like a seething maniac at the sight of any other dog, and the owner was flipping out and acting like a seething maniac at the sight of her dog acting up. Just helping her to understand what was happening, by reading Click to Calm, was a major factor in breaking the cycle. A lot of it was that aussies are really sensitive to their owners, and tend to want to please their owners- I'm sure this dog thought she was doing what her owner wanted her to do. Since there was no real fear issue the Click to Calm protocol worked rapidly and very well. I know another dog who is reactive because of being attacked once during a puppy fear period, and the owner is working hard to "fix" the issue and it's taking much longer than for the previously-mentioned aussie.

I use the book to help build Kenya's confidence.  She's not necessarily reactive or aggressive, but she is very apprehensive of strangers and if they push hard enough, she will give a "fight or flight" response (it's the flight).  For me, the point of the book is not to use clicking to "train" away those behaviors, but to basically distract the dog and block them until they no longer exist and instead there is a positive association.

Right now someone from our club is using it on her PWD that's very high strung and always wants to train and perform.  He's a very happy, out-going dog but she says he just doesn't seem to know how to relax.  She's using the clicking to take him down a notch.