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Dog Training Books? I am going to the library in a couple hours and would like to know if anyone has recommendations for dog training books. No hitting or shock collars please. Does anyone have suggestions on books worth reading or books not worth reading? Thank You. |
The Art of Raising a Puppy and How to Be Your Dog's Best friend by The Monks of New Skete are my favorite books. I used them to train my German Shepherds and they were amazing. I use the same principals with Lucy although I can't help but truly spoiling her rotten and so far, so good. I'm sure others will have great suggestions also! |
I just bought: My Smart Puppy: Fun, Effective and Easy Puppy Training by Brian Kilcommons for general training. So far, I like it. It's really easy to understand and uses positive training methods. and 101 Dog Tricks: Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Dog by Kyra Sundance for trick training. I love this book. It shows step by step through pictures. |
Dog training books I got the sitstayfetch online line and I love it. I recommended to friends and they also liked it. www.sitstayfetch.com. |
OK #1 - Majors kudos to you for checking your library first. Don't forget about inter-library loan. Sorry that's the library trustee in me that has to say that! Pat Miller's books are to the point dog training. She does the "nice" kind of training, the kind we use and know works. The titles are The Power of Positive Dog Training and Positive Perspectives. One is newer than the other, but both are good. The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell is more of a novel-type read, but it's a wonderful book. Not a how-to book though, but a wonderful book. |
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the only book I've read so far that regards any training/raising a dog (prior to getting my now 3 month old Luigi) was "Yorkshire Terriers for Dummies" ahahha. I never thought i'd get one those silly books, but you know what..it helped so much! Luigi doesn't bark a lot, he's pretty well potty trained (still a puppy,so there's room for improvement), and he can sit, roll over, lie down, crawl on his tummy (i say "soldier" and he does it haha), high fives, and is now learning to fetch! i got all my info from that little book, and i'm not an expert at training or raising, but what i've done so far has worked really well for me. in the future,i'm sure i'll check out more books though. good luck with your search ;) |
I just remembered - there is a book called something like training your "pint-sized companion" that is really good and explains techniques for training tiny dogs. We did have to modify a lot of the techniques we learned in class because Loki was so short, so if you don't have an instructor to help you, that book might help. |
[QUOTE=KathyinCali;1214690]The Art of Raising a Puppy and How to Be Your Dog's Best friend by The Monks of New Skete are my favorite books. I used them to train my German Shepherds and they were amazing. I use the same principals with Lucy although I can't help but truly spoiling her rotten and so far, so good. I have both of these books and highly recommend them. They are awesome:) |
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