 | Control Unleashed - Creating a Focused and Confident Dog by Leslie McDevitt
Buy used from: $25.95 This book outlines a fabulous training program for easily overstimulated, anxious, nervous, or reactive dogs. Most dog and owner teams will experience many positive results in a few weeks or less, which only gets better when it's completed. Definitely in my top ten favorites and is always highly recommended in private/professional dog trainers' forums.
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 | Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog (Karen Pryor Clicker Book) by Emma Parsons
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.49 A must read for clicker training a dog with mild to moderate aggression issues. Great for owners with little or no clicker experience too. Note: If your dog has severe aggression (e.g. has a bite history with major injuries involved) it would be best to seek assistance from a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB) to engage in a behavior mod. program tailored to your dog's specific needs.
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 | The Power of Positive Dog Training by Pat Miller
Buy new: $12.34 / Used from: $11.16 A great place to start for "cross-over" dog trainers or dog owners that want to stop struggling with traditional obedience methods and want to use scientifically-proven training methods!
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 | Family Friendly Dog Training: A Six Week Program for You and Your Dog by Patricia B McConnell Ph.D.
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.91 Don't want to hire a private trainer or join a generic dog training class? Don't! Save yourself the money and buy this book. It's a relatively quick read and if you train accordingly, you will be perfectly on-track with the basic training of your dog!
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 | How to be the Leader of the Pack...And have Your Dog Love You For It. by Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D.
Buy new: $3.95 / Used from: $1.45 The perfect short-read that hits on some of the most important things you should do with your dog to change the dynamic in the home when you start a training program with them. It takes 20 minutes cover to cover; I include this in a packet that I give to all of my new clients at the basic level of training.
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 | The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia B. McConnell
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $4.75 A wonderful, wonderful book that will have you sighing, smiling, teary-eyed, and much more! As a lifelong dog-lover, you will be able to relate to Patricia's emotional connection to her dogs as well as understand in a whole new way the reasons for the profound influence our dogs have on us and vise versa. You must get this book!
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 | It's Me or the Dog: How to Have the Perfect Pet by Victoria Stilwell
Buy new: $14.39 / Used from: $8.00 Victoria is fantasic! She doesn't promote a "Victoria's Way" like other trainers do-she's simply promoting scientifically-proven, modern positive-reinforcement methods of training in a way that isn't science mumbo-jumbo. This book will guide you through the most important aspects of training your dog to his/her potential. Get this book-your dog will thank you later!
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