by Sophia Yin
It’s a geeky way to learn about puppies and dogs. With 176 pages and over 400 photos, Dr. Yin explains why puppies do what they do, how even minor modifications in their environment and your inter-actions can dramatically affect their behavior, and how quickly they can learn when you set them up for success. This visual guide provides readers with a step-by-step plan for bonding with their pup, learning to communicate clearly, and providing the pup with essential life skills.
Doggie Language: A Dog Lover’s Guide to Understanding Your Best Friend
by Lili Chin
This small but mighty book is a perfect illustrated guide to seeing and understanding the subtle visual cues and interpreting the behaviors used by your beloved pup to express how they’re feeling. The more we notice and listen to what our dogs are trying to tell us, the more we can improve our relationship with our best friends, helping them to feel safe and happy.
On Talking Terms With Dogs – Calming Signals
by Turid Rugaas
It is an invaluable book on understanding dogs. Turid Rugaas’s insightful observations can help us have a deeper and more meaningful relationship with our dogs. This beautifully illustrated book belongs in the homes of dog lovers everywhere.
The Culture Clash
by Jean Donaldson
The most thought provoking book ever written on dog behavior and training
Generations of dogs have been labeled training-lemons for requiring actual motivation when all along they were perfectly normal. Numerous other completely and utterly normal dogs have been branded as canine misfits simply because they grew up to act like dogs. Barking, chewing, sniffing, licking, jumping up and occasionally, (just like people), having arguments, is as normal and natural for dogs as wagging tails and burying bones. However, all dogs need to be taught how to modify their normal and natural behaviors to adjust to human culture. Sadly, all to often, when the dog’s way of life conflicts with human rules and standards, many dogs are discarded and summarily put to death.
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Don’t Shoot the Dog
by Karen Pryor
Now Pryor clearly explains the underlying principles of behavioral training and reveals how this art can be applied to virtually any common situation. And best of all, she tells how to do it without yelling threats, force, punishment, guilt trips—or shooting the dog. From the eight methods for putting an end to all kinds of undesirable behavior to the ten laws of “shaping” behavior, Pryor helps you combat your own addictions and deal with such difficult problems as a moody spouse, an impossible teen, or an aged parent. Plus, there’s also incredibly helpful information on house training the dog, improving your tennis game, keeping the cat off the table, and much more!
Fired Up, Frantic and Freaked Out: Training The Crazy Dog From Over The Top To Under Control
by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
Some dogs need a little help. Some dogs are afraid, or excited, or reactive. Dogs that don’t listen and go crazy don’t live the lives we – or they – want.
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Canine Enrichment for the Real World
by Allie Bender and Emily Strong
In the world of dogs, there is now more awareness than ever of the need to provide enrichment, especially in shelters. But what exactly is enrichment? The concept is pretty straightforward: learn your dog’s needs and then structure an environment and routine that allows them to engage in behaviors they find enriching. To enrich your dog’s life, you should offer them opportunities to engage in natural or instinctual behaviors. Aside from the limitations we have to place on a dog in today’s modern, busy world, the biggest constraint to enriching your dog’s life is your imagination!
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Behavior Adjustment Training 2.0
by Grisha Stewart
BAT 2.0 is a training tool for the fearful, anxious, and frustrated dogs. This tool builds resilience and self-reliance by giving dogs safe opportunities to learn about people, dogs, or other triggers. Clear enough for all readers to follow, this book also includes technical tips and bonus chapters just for dog behavior professionals.
There is an updated version of BAT 3.0. On Grisha Stewart website
Separation Anxiety in Dogs: Next Generation Treatment Protocols and Practices
by Malena DeMartini-Price
This book is packed with new information, new insights about the principles involved, and backed by solid data. To quote from the final sentence in her book, “…separation anxiety is fixable…” and Malena brilliantly demonstrates how!
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Hunting Together: Harnessing Predatory Chasing in Family Dogs through Motivation-Based Training
by Simone Mueller
Predation Substitute Training (PST) is a motivation-based and need-oriented training program, designed to stop uncontrolled predatory chasing and to provide safe outlets for your dog’s natural drive. Instead of making discipline the nagging factor that spoils the fun, this training system will help you grow as a team and go hunting together!
Don’t Eat That: Force-Free Food Avoidance Training for Dogs who Love to Scavenge
by Simone Mueller
Using the proven training protocol provided in this book helps you manage your dog’s scavenging behaviour in a kind, effective way – achieving long-term results without aversive training techniques. It’s inclusive for everyone, no matter what your situation is! It’s successful with any dog, regardless of their age, breed, or history. Stressful walks will become a thing of the past, and you will find relief knowing your dog is safe from eating something harmful.
If this all sounds too good to be true, believe me, it isn’t! Once you start this training protocol, the only regret you will have is that you didn’t know about it sooner!
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From Fearful to Fear Free: A Positive Program to Free Your Dog from Anxiety, Fears, and Phobias
by Marty Becker, Mikkel Becker, Lisa Radosta
Almost every dog owner has a pet who suffers from fear, anxiety, and stress (FAS). They are the underlying cause of many concerning behaviors such as excessive barking, aggression, destructive behaviors, and house-soiling. They are also the source for deterioration of the human-animal bond, and can make a trip to the veterinarian, pet groomer, or boarding facility miserable for pet and owner alike. Left untreated, these negative experiences can lead to devastating consequences and permanent damage. Unfortunately, many well-meaning owners misinterpret or overlook the often subtle signs of emotional injury and turmoil, or think that the pet will simply “outgrow” it. This leads to unnecessary trauma and suffering.
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The Stress Factors in Dogs
by Kristina Spaulding
This thoroughly comprehensive book provides detailed insight on how stress affects the health and well-being of our dogs at all stages of development. By analyzing how stress is connected to problem behaviors, such as aggression and reactivity, Dr. Spaulding can offer solutions to dog owners, trainers, veterinarians, and shelter staff who desire to reduce stress and increase resiliency in dogs.
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Urban Sheepdog: A guide to understanding herding breed dogs in pet homes
by Emily Priestley
In Urban Sheepdog, Emily will help you understand why they do what they do and the common issues in our homes when we live with herding breeds. From genetics to puppy raising, adulthood, breed behaviours and everything in between, Emily will help you get to know your dog again!
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