recommended books
Before Choosing a Dog | Training | Behavior Issues | Understanding Your Dog | Exercise and Recreation
Before Choosing a Dog:
- Paws to Consider: Choosing the Right Dog for You and Your Family by Brian Kilcommons and
Sarah Wilson
- Mutts - America's Dogs: A Guide to Choosing, Loving, and Living With Our Most Popular Canine by Brian Kilcommons and
Michael Capuzzo
- Successful Dog Adoption by Sue Sternberg
- Choosing and Caring for a
Shelter Dog: A Complete Guide to Help You Rescue and Rehome A Dog
by Bob Christiansen
- Adopt the Perfect Dog: A Practical Guide to
Choosing and Training an Adult Dog by Gwen Bailey
Training:
- The Power of Positive Dog
Training by
Pat Miller
- Dog-Friendly Dog Training by Andrea Arden
- Don’t Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching
and Training by Karen Pryor
- After You Get Your Puppy by Ian Dunbar
- Your Outta Control Puppy: How
to Turn Your Precocious Pup into the Perfect Pet by Teoti Anderson
- Way to Go! How to Housetrain a
Dog of Any Age
by Patricia McConnell and Karen London
Behavior
Issues:
- I'll Be Home Soon: How to
Prevent and Treat Separation Anxiety by Patricia McConnell
- Control Unleashed - Creating a Focused and Confident Dog by Leslie McDevitt
- The Bark Stops Here by Terry Ryan (for
excessive barkers)
- Mine! A Guide to Resource
Guarding in Dogs by Jean Donaldson
- Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog by Emma
Parsons
- The Cautious Canine: How to
Help Dogs Conquer Their Fears by Patricia McConnell
- Feisty Fido: Help for the Leash-Aggressive Dog by
Patricia McConnell and Karen London
- Scaredy Dog: Understanding and
Rehabilitating Your Reactive Dog by Ali Brown
- How to Right a Dog Gone Wrong:
A Roadmap for Rehabilitating Aggressive Dogs by Pamela Dennison
- FIGHT! by Jean Donaldson(dog-on-dog
aggression)
Understanding Your Dog:
- Canine Body Language : A
Photographic Guide by Brenda Aloff
- The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia McConnell
- For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and
Your Best Friend by Patricia McConnell
- The Culture Clash by Jean Donaldson
- On Talking Term With Dogs: Calming Signals by Turid Rugaas
- Off-Leash Dog Play: A Complete Guide to Safety and Fun by Robin Bennett and Susan Briggs (body language of dogs)
- Living With Kids and Dogs…Without Losing Your Mind by Colleen Pelar
- Raising Puppies and Kids Together: A Guide for Parents by Pia Silvani and Lynn Eckhardt
- What Your Dog is Trying to Tell You: A Head-To-Tail Guide to Your Dog's Symptoms – And Their
Solutionsby John M. Simon, DVM
Exercise and Recreation:
- Fitness Unleashed: A Dog and
Owner’s Guide to Losing Weight and Gaining Health Together by Marty Becker, DVM and
Robert Kushner, MD
- Canine Adventures: Fun Thing
to Do With Your Dog by Cynthia D. Miller
- The Dog Lover's Companion: The
Inside Scoop on Where To Take Your Dog (available at dogloverscompanion.com or from
Avalon Travel)
- Traveling with Your Pet: The
AAA PetBook (lodgings and campgrounds rated by the American Automobile
Association)
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