I am not specifically interested in obedience, but more in general dog-human relationships and communication. Also information on agility, tracking and curbing and working with dog aggression interest me. So put your dog thinking caps on and dig through your libraries!! Thanks
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Good, you have McConnell, ... search out Turid Rugaas... hard to find, but very gentle. And Karen Pryor, the originator of clicker training.
Katz is interesting.
Ray & Lorna Coppinger are respected and controversial.
And William Koehler - The Koehler Method Of Dog Training
One of the first books, harsh, unenlightened, and wrong... but you can learn a lot, if you get around the punishment methods. I worked with someone trained by Koehler. He was very harsh with aggressive dogs - It was painful to watch.
But with normal, family pets, he was a natural and as gentle as any modern methods, with an intuitive gift of reading what are now called calming signals.
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- I'd check your local library. I know mine has several. Read many and decide what works best/makes sense to you. I liked "Cesar's Way" personally.
- Guard dog training by Bill Koehler and Monks of new skeet are good training books.
- If you go to Borders or Barnes and Noble they always have a ton of books exactly like what you're looking for. They have a lot of fun books too (for instance I've picked up a Dog Treat Baking Book to bake your own healthy treats and Dog Training for Dummies). There's a large dog book section that I would definitely look through.
- I have read several books. The One by Patricia McConnell, I believe was "The Other End of the Leash," I know I read it, but don't remember it. I also read Culture Clash, which is ok, but I didn't agree with too much. The is also "The Dog Whisperer" and this one isn't by Cesar, "The Dog Listener," but some of the best are by the Monks of New Skete. They have three books out based on the German Shepherds that they breed and the training that is done by Brother Christopher at there monistary in Cambridge, NY. "How to be Your Dog's Best Friend," "The Art of Raising a Puppy," and "I & Dog." The only book I did not agree with was Culture Clash, and the only reason for this is because at the beginning of the book he states that the old saying "There is no such thing as a bad dog, just bad owners" is nothing more than a myth. I have worked with several different dogs while I was in rescue, aggressive, timid, and hyper. The only problem I have is with the owners of these dogs. Check out these books and let me knwo what you think.
- The Koehler Method of Dog Training by
William R. Koehler
It does deal with training aggressive or problem dogs and his methods makes Cesar look like a wee kitty cat
he also has a book on tracking and guard dog training
http://www.amazon.com/Koehler-Method-Dog…
A few tracking books listed here
http://www.amazon.com/Tracking-Dog-Glen-…
Brian Killcommons books
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Owners-Great-…
his book Childproofing Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Dog for the Children in Your Life is an extremely popular recommendation by greyhound adoption groups
Barbara Woodhouse was on television years ago as a trainer she has a few books
http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Training-Way-B…
Turid Rugaas relates to communication http://www.canis.no/rugaas/
If interested in the physchological then On Aggression and Man meets Dog by Konrad Lorenz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Lore…
canine human bond , a couple books
http://www.mmilani.com/
I am surprised you did not mention
Jean Donaldson the book The Culture Clash
Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the DogIn the event you may be interested courses in animal behaviour http://www.vet.purdue.edu/chab/trainres.…
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