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Family Friendly Dog Training: A Six Week Program for You and Your Dog
Patricia B McConnell; PhD and Aimee M Moore
Dog's Best Friend, Ltd, 2006
Excellent general training book.
+ Love this book!
+ Very helpful
+ Great Training Book
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Outwitting Dogs: Revolutionary Techniques For Dog Training That Work!
Terry Ryan, Kirsten Mortensen
The Lyons Press, 2004
Nice, Solid Intro to Dog Training
+ Wonderful World of Pet (Dog) Ownership
While I have to agree with other reviewers, in that if you are an intermediate or experienced dog trainer, you probably aren't going to find anything new here, I think this is a fabulous book for people who are new to dog training. The techniques are time-tested, and while I was familiar with many ...
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Mine! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs
Jean Donaldson
Kinship Communications, 2002
The only and the best book written on resource guarding
+ Life-saving resource
+ great
+ Excellent
+ Mine!: A practical guide to resource guarding in dogs
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Control Unleashed - Creating a Focused and Confident Dog
MLA, CDBC, CPDT Leslie McDevitt
Clean Run Productions/CRP, 2007
A Must For Your Dog Book Library
+ Probably saved my dog's (and my own) life
+ Build a Better Relationship with your dog and win
+ need an editor! now
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The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs
Patricia B. McConnell
Ballantine Books, 2003
It Was Great
+ A must read for anyone who lives with dogs
+ Dog lover's book
+ Sooo helpful!
+ The Other End of the Leash
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Positive Perspectives 2: Know Your Dog, Train Your Dog
Pat Miller
Dogwise Publishing, 2008
EXCELLENT continuation of Positive Perspectives
+ NOT a 2nd edition, a whole NEW book
One of my biggest pet peeves is 2nd edition books that change a few minor things about the first edition and rename it "2"; this is not the case with PP 2. There are many new things that build on Positives Perspectives. I highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in using positive ...
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Feisty Fido: Help for the Leash-Aggressive Dog
Patricia B. McConnell, Karen B. London
Dog's Best Friend, Ltd., 2003
Excellent, easy-to-follow and kind techniques
+ Great book. Very helpful, but...
+ These techniques greatly helped our leash aggressive beagle!
+ My opinion
+ very good book!
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The Culture Clash: A Revolutionary New Way to Understanding the Relationship Between Humans and Domestic Dogs
Jean Donaldson
James & Kenneth Publishers, 1996
Time to toss the choke collars in the trash...
+ For Anyone That Really Wants To Understand Dog Behavior
+ 2005 UPDATED EDITION is available but not sold on Amazon
I have to begin by saying that when I first started reading the book I was very put off by a writing style that initially came across as a bit choppy, curt, rude and precociously academic... then suddenly, light began to shine and Jean Donaldson began tossing one brilliant idea, suggestion/method ...
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How to Right a Dog Gone Wrong: A Road Map for Rehabilitating Aggressive Dogs
Pamela S. Dennison
Alpine Blue Ribbon Books, 2005
The Guide to Dog Survival
+ For People with dog/dog and dog/people aggressive dogs
+ Some other books that might help, too
This is a no nonsense concise guide for training and rehabilitating an agressive dog and also their owner. Pam Dennison gives precise step by step positive training techniques that will create a lasting bond between human and dog. It is a must read for the agressive dog owner, but is also common ...
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Clicking With Your Dog: Step-By-Step in Pictures (Karen Pryor Clicker Books)
Peggy Tillman
Sunshine Books, Inc., 2000
Insightful, Great Book
+ Clicker training at a glimpse
+ Very usable guide, but don't use raisins or grapes as treats!
+ A Great Clicker Training Guide
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I'll be Home Soon
Patri B. McConnell
Dog's Best Friend, Ltd, 2000
Another Home Run for McConnell
+ Separation anxiety counter conditioning
+ Great book about separation anxiety
+ Good quick read
+ Helped me
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When Pigs Fly!: Training Success with Impossible Dogs
Jane Killion
Dogwise Publishing, 2007
Aces!
+ When Pigs Fly!
+ When Pigs Fly
+ This book is GREAT!
+ god bog
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Positive Reinforcement: Training Dogs in the Real World (Positive Reinforcement)
Brenda Aloff
TFH Publications, 2001
The Bible for Dog Trainers!
+ Realistic, Thorough and Concise
Fixed action patterns, negative punishers, unpredictable avoidance responses, bridges, and reward marks... OH MY!!!
Do these terms make you dizzy? Do you want to train your dog using the most gentle and effective way, but phrases like successive approximation make you lose interest?
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On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals
Turid Rugaas
Dogwise Publishing, 2005
WOW!
+ excellent information for dog owners
When I saw this online I thought it would be interesting but I underestimated just how good and how helpful this little book is to me! I am using the information to understand my dogs better and to respect their boundaries and needs. They bring so much to my life, it is only fair for me to be more ...
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Positive Perspectives: Love Your Dog, Train Your Dog
Pat B. Miller
Dogwise Publishing, 2003
A must for dog lovers or potential dog owners
+ Excellent starter
+ Wonderful, user friendly book
+ A good beginner's dog-training guide.
+ great starter book
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