Dog Training: What Is Dog Training?
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Woo hoo! Glad you're adopting, and definitely glad you don't want any of Cesar's crap.
These are all great:
Parenting Your Dog by Trish King
Family Dog Training by Patricia McConnell
Complete Guide to Dog Care by the HSUS
Don't Shoot the Dog! by Karen Pryor
The Power of Positive Training by Pat Miller
Clicker Training for Obedience by Morgan Spector
If you get a pup, Before and After Getting Your Puppy by Ian Dunbar is a must. Actually, the info can be helpful even if you get an adult who needs a bit of work on basic housemanners such as chewing or housebreaking.
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- Hey there. You'll love _The Culture Clash_ by Jean Donaldson. Also Pat Miller's _Positive Perspectives 2_, available here:
http://www.dogwise.com/itemdetails.cfm?I…
Those are my 2 big faves right now. I also recommend:
Patricia McConnell
Susan Garrett
Suzanne Clothier
Turid Rugaas
Karen Pryor
Melissa Alexander
Bob Bailey
Leslie McDevitt
Brenda Aloff
....just to name a few. The _Complete Idiot's Guide to Positive Training_ is excellent. Good luck! - The Art of Raising a Puppy by the Monks of New Skete...they have other books I think, but I've read this one and personally love it. It has all your basic commands that would work for an older dog as well.
Thumbs down for what? Come on people, you're killing me? Did you not like the book? Jeez!
Thanks Rachel...too lazy to look it up =) - If you are going to be training those methods please be sure you adopt a dog that can be trained with those methods, not all can.
My favorite link: http://www.dragonflyllama.com/%20DOGS/%2… Tons and tons to read on that site. I like Stitch's blog when things aren't progressing- it reassures me there are plateaus in training. - "How to be your dog's best friend"....also by the Monks of New Skeete. Best book I've ever read, and I recommend it to any potential dog owner. Features more than just basic training tips. Also touches on dog psychology, and references body language. Great read.
- Well I know you don't want "Dog training for dummies" but I highly recommend the book :
"Idiots guide to Positive Dog Training"
This book includes clicker training, and it's so easy to understand the step-by-step instructions. I love this book! - Just to make it easy. I havent read the book but according to these how-to videos.. The Amazing Dog Training Man looks like he know what he doing. Plus it might be good to see how they doing it.
http://www.teachme.tv/category/72/dog_tr… - If you already know the basics, I'd recommend anything by Jan Fennell or Stanley Coren. All their stuff is brilliant.
Best of luck and BTW, no dog book is a "bad" book. There is always something to be learned. - Good Owners, Great Dogs by Brian Kilcommons is a really good book. I don't know any books that deal with clicker training. But I think you can buy magazines about it at petstores.
- Anything by Patricia McConnell! She's my favorite!
- Dr. Ian Dunbar is probably the "father" of positive training. His very informative book " BEFORE You Get Your Puppy". It is now available FREE in a download. Highly recommend this book. Download free, no membership etc at this site: http://www.jamesandkenneth.com/new_puppy…
I am a behaviorist, have read 100's of books and tried to boil down the essentials into a book my dog acutally wrote:
SIT, DOWN, STAY: DOG TRAINING SO EASY A HUMAN CAN DO IT. By Dozer Kingsbury
(Find it at Amazon, Ebay etc.)
I would recommend this book a few weeks after you get your dog, when your bonding is complete.
You can go to my website: http://www.pawsitivethinking.com/
and find links to both books.
This is a list of excellent books/ DVD in the order I would recommend reading:
Dr. Ian Dunbar
VCR: Training the Companion Dog 1, 2, 3, and 4
Before & After Getting your Puppy: The Positive Approach
Dr. Dunbar's Good Little Dog Book
How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks
Dog Behavior: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
Jean Donaldson
Culture Clash
Dogs Are from Neptune
Patricia McConnell
How to Be the Leader of the Pack
The Cautious Canine
Feeling Outnumbered? with Karen London
The Other End of the Leash
Karen Pryer
Don't Shoot the Dog
Clicker Training for Dogs
Pamela Reid
Excel-erated Learning
Turid Rugaas
DVD: Calming Signals
On Talking Terms with Dogs
My Dog Pulls. What do I do?
Brenda Aloff
Canine Body Language
Emma Parson
Click to Calm
D. Caroline Colie
Beyond Fetch
Stanley Coren
How to Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication
Jana Murphy
The Secret Lives of Dogs: The Real Reasons Behind 52 Mysterious Canine Behaviors
Bruce Fogle and Anne B. Wilson
The Dog's Mind: Understanding Your Dog's Behavior
Roger Abrantes, Alice Rasmussen, and Sarah Whitehead
Dog Language: An Encyclopedia of Canine Behavior
Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
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