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Recommended Books on Dog Behavior and Positive Reinforcement and/or Clicker Training

(online places to purchase include the usual Amazon or Barnes & Noble Booksellers or Dogwise.com )


Puppy/New Dog Training Basics

Before and After You Get Your Puppy, Ian Dunbar (available as two individual books or one single volume)


Training Basics

Don't Shoot the Dog, Karen Pryor

Clicker Training for Dogs, Karen Pryor

The Power of Positive Dog Training, Pat Miller

Positive Perspectives: Love Your Dog, Train Your Dog, Pat Miller

How To Behave So Your Dog Behaves, Sophia Yin

Parenting Your Dog, Trish King


Dealing with Challenging Dogs

When Pigs Fly -- Training Success with Difficult Dogs, Jean Killian


Behavior Basics

The Culture Clash, Jean Donaldson

The Other End of the Leash, Patricia McConnell

The Thinking Dog, Gail Fisher

Calming Signals: On Talking Terms with Dogs, Turid Rugaas


Behavior Problems


GENERAL

Dogs Are From Neptune, Jean Donaldson

Outwitting Dogs, Terry Ryan


AGGRESSION

Aggression in Dogs, Brenda Aloff

Mine!, Jean Donaldson (resource guarding)

Fight!, Jean Donaldson (dog-dog aggression)


SEPARATION ANXIETY

I’ll Be Home Soon, Patricia McConnell


FEAR AND OTHER ANXIETIES

Help for Your Fearful Dog: A Step by Step Guide to Helping Your Dog Conquer His Fears, Nicole Wilde, CPDT

Cautious Canine, Patricia McConnell

Help for Your Shy Dog, Deborah Wood


FEISTY, EXCITABLE, REACTIVE ISSUES (a lot of these issues also cross reference the fear/anxiety category above)

Control Unleashed -- Creating a Focused and Confident Dog, Leslie McDevitt

Chill Out Fido!, Nan Arthur

Feisty Fido, Patricia McConnell

Scaredy Dog! Understanding and Rehabilitating Your Reactive Dog, Ali Brown





Recommended Online Resources and Articles


VIDEOS


APDT Award-Winning Training Video by Pam Johnson on training an alternate behavior for inappropriate doorbell/front door greetings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-aS3qmqQw

Pam's Other Training Videos

http://www.pamsdogacademy.com/video.htm

http://www.youtube.com/user/pamelamarxsen

kikopup's YouTube channel

Lots of instructional training videos, including "What is Clicker Training?"

http://www.youtube.com/user/kikopup


ARTICLES

Good Patricia McConnell article on demystifying positive/negative reinforcement and punishment terms

http://www.theotherendoftheleash.com/positives-of-negatives-negatives-of-positives


4PawsU Online Library on all things regarding dog behavior, training (and MORE)!

http://www.4pawsu.com/articles.htm

Karen Pryor Clickertraining

http://www.clickertraining.com

Ian Dunbar's Dog Star Daily

http://www.dogstardaily.com

The "Nothing in Life is Free" (AKA NILIF) Philosophy and Training Tool (use your dog's food in a different way)

http://www.clickertraining.com/node/3180





How DO I Find a Good Positive Trainer or Canine Behaviorist???

http://www.apdt.com

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