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* Sue Sternberg, Successful Dog Adoption (with some hesitations: I do not agree with all Sternberg's methods or philosophies, and feel that she is excessively alarmist with respect to temperament testing, in particular. But there is nonetheless a lot of good stuff to be mined here, so I've put it on the list) | * Sue Sternberg, Successful Dog Adoption (with some hesitations: I do not agree with all Sternberg's methods or philosophies, and feel that she is excessively alarmist with respect to temperament testing, in particular. But there is nonetheless a lot of good stuff to be mined here, so I've put it on the list) | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:18, 4 February 2012
There are a TON of training books and DVDs out there. Some are excellent, some middling, some abysmal. Here are some of the ones that I think are genuinely helpful and worth the money. They are listed alphabetically by author's last name.
Books
Training
- Jean Donaldson, The Culture Clash
- Jean Donaldson, Train Your Dog Like A Pro
- Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson, My Smart Puppy
- Jane Killion, When Pigs Fly!: Training Success with Impossible Dogs
- Leslie McDevitt, Control Unleashed
- Pat Miller, Do Over Dogs
- Pat Miller, The Power of Positive Dog Training
- Kim Saunders/Petfinder.com, The Adopted Dog Bible
- Sophia Yin, How To Behave So Your Dog Behaves
Understanding Your Dog
- Brenda Aloff, Canine Body Language
- John Bradshaw, Dog Sense
- Suzanne Clothier, Bones Would Rain From the Sky
- Stanley Coren, The Intelligence of Dogs
- Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog
- Patricia McConnell, For the Love of a Dog
- Patricia McConnell, The Other End of the Leash
Specific Issues
- Ali Brown, Scaredy Dog (shyness/fear)
- Jean Donaldson, Fight! (dog-dog aggression)
- Jean Donaldson, Mine! (resource guarding)
- Randy Grim, Don't Dump the Dog! (everything from barking to house soiling to funny rants about dumb reasons people dump their dogs)
- Debbie Jacobs, A Guide to Living With and Training a Fearful Dog (shyness/fear)
- Patricia McConnell, The Cautious Canine (shyness/fear)
- Patricia McConnell, I'll Be Home Soon (separation anxiety)
- Patricia McConnell, Feeling Outnumbered? (running multi-dog households)
- Patricia McConnell, Feisty Fido (leash reactivity)
- Debby McMullen, How Many Dogs?! (running multi-dog households)
- Nicole Wilde, Help for Your Fearful Dog (shyness/fear)
Shelter and Rescue Work
- Sheila Boneham, Rescue Matters
- Elizabeth Hess, Lost and Found
- Diane Leigh and Marilee Geyer, One at a Time
- Melinda Roth, The Man Who Talks To Dogs
- Sue Sternberg, Successful Dog Adoption (with some hesitations: I do not agree with all Sternberg's methods or philosophies, and feel that she is excessively alarmist with respect to temperament testing, in particular. But there is nonetheless a lot of good stuff to be mined here, so I've put it on the list)
DVDs
- Susan Garrett, Crate Games
- Sarah Kalmajs, The Language of Dogs
- Leslie McDevitt, Control Unleashed (read the book first)
- Leslie Nelson, Really Reliable Recall
