Volume Two: Jumping, Barking and Biting

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Need help with chaotic greetings, door barking, or fear biting. Many dogs feel overwhelmed when people enter the home. This book gives you specific step-by-step directions to create calm, confident greetings and prevent setbacks.

Your Dog Training Challenges

This book can fix the following problems and more. 

  • Your dog jumps on guests at the door or in the living room.
  • Your dog barks or growls when people arrive or stand up to move.
  • Your dog nips or bites visitors out of fear or discomfort.
  • Your dog races to windows and barks at delivery drivers or neighbors.
  • Your dog becomes tense when the doorbell rings or when someone knocks.
  • Your dog settles with one person but reacts when more people come over.
  • Your dog gets excited with family yet struggles to calm down with guests.
  • You avoid inviting people over because it feels stressful and risky.

You will learn how to read early stress signals, set up safe practice sessions, and use movement, management, recall, and desensitization to change how your dog feels. The methods are humane, effective, and designed for real homes.

Did You Know?

There are many simple strategies that you can implement today to fix your dog's reactivity and aggression today. 

  • Obedience alone doesn't solve reactivity problems.
  • Start with quiet practice and increase difficulty only when your dog is calm.
  • Use movement to lower stress when your dog is stuck or fixated.
  • Pair door sounds with treats to build a positive emotional response.
  • Use leashes, gates, and tethers to prevent rehearsal of problem behavior.
  • Measure comfort by how quickly your dog can take a treat.
  • Stop a session the moment stress rises, then restart at an easier level.

Jeff's Experience

Jeff has been training professionally since 2002 and studied with Jean Donaldson at her highly regarded Academy for Dog Trainers in San Francisco, CA. He was fortunate to study in-person with her. 

  • Over twenty-three years of experience
  • Trained thousands of dogs
  • Specializes in barking and aggression
  • Has attended numerous conferences 
  • Besides an extensive dog training background, he majored in Journalism and was an internet consultant 

Purchase the Book in Paperback 

Purchase the book today and start fixing your dog's reactivity today. Have a calmer, quieter, happier dog. Take longer walks. Have less guilt. 

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Purchase today and learn from the best dog trainer to solve your dog's anxiety and aggression. 

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Interviews

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I was featured on Companion Animal Psychology's podcast with Zazi Todd, PhD and Kristi Benson to discuss why dog's do things and how to humanely change their behavior. 

March 18th, 2026

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Steve Dale is a respected authority in pet health and behavior. I’ve joined him on his nationally syndicated radio program three times to talk about dog training and behavior.

Open the following links and scroll down to the audio player, then press ▶ play.

Dog trainer Jeff Millman is back, and talks about his second book Triggers and Reactions: A Guide to Fixing Dog Behavior Problems: Volume Two: Jumping, Barking and Biting.

December 21, 2025

Dog trainer Jeff Millman on a new way to think about dog bite prevention

May 18, 2025

Dog trainer Jeff Millman agrees on Steve Dale’s Pet World, one of the most common problems is on-leash aggression. 

July 14, 2024

Media Requests

For media inquiries and interview requests,  please fill out this form and Jeff will get back to you. 

DOG BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

STOP DOG AGGRESSION

STOP DOG AGGRESSION

 Dog aggression is a complex topic that requires experience and skill to address it successfully. I have years of experience treating all forms of aggression and will show you logical, effective and humane specific strategies to help assess your dog's aggression and devise a treatment plan that you...

STOP DOG BARKING

STOP DOG BARKING

Barking can be a very instrusive, annoying, and frustrating problem. All dogs bark sometimes, but if a dog barks excessively, it is helpful to know how to change this behavior. I can help stop barking. 
STOP DOG SEPARATION ANXIETY

STOP DOG SEPARATION ANXIETY

Separation anxiety in dogs can result in barking, destruction, housetraining issues and can even result in a dog hurting himself after prolonged attempts at escape. I have worked with two separate cases involving dogs that were so panicked they pushed through window screens and jumped out of...