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Resources

These books can all be found on


Before You Get a Dog

Different Breeds Have Different Needs by Trish King
Before You Get Your Puppy -Ian Dunbar

Puppy
After You Get Your Puppy-Ian Dunbar

Average Training
Parenting Your Dog-Trish King
Power of Positive Dog  Training-Pat Miller
Oh  Behave! Dogs from  Pavlov to Premack to Pinker by Jean Donaldson
Positive Perspectives: Love your dog, train you dog-by Pat Miller

Books on Why  dogs do what they do
Culture Clash-Jean Donaldson
The Other End of the Leash -Patricia McConnell
Don't Shoot the Doggy Karen Pryor


Aggression
Aggression In Dogs: Practical management, prevention and behavior modification- Brenda Aloff
Multi-Dog Household
Feisty Fido: Help for the leash aggressive dogs by Patricia McConnell and Karen London
Click to Calm -Emma Parsons

Websites

Want to see what your puppy is capable of?  www.puppyprodigies.org
Great site for all things dog!  Full of videos, books and articles from top dog trainers.  www.dogstardaily.com
For information on clicker training.  www.clickertraining.com

Becoming a Dog Trainer-This is not something that should be taken lightly.  Figure at least one year of being an apprentice in addition to any formal training.

SFSPCA dog training Academy

Pat Miller week long courses


Articles

A few articles on National Geographic Ceasar Millan
From Jean Donaldson of the SFSPCA
From Esquire magazine
By Mark Derr
Review of Book
From Steve Dale, the pet guy
Veterinary Behaviorists speak out against

Help with dog Management
Kongs
Leash Walking
Attention Exercises
Dog Body Language
Doorbell Issues
Puppies

 About Clicker Training
Why Use a Clicker and not just your voice

Scientific Proof That clicker is more effective than voice

Where to get a dog from
ABC report

Why we don't promote shock collars

Can Aggression in Dogs Be Elicited Through the Use of Electronic Pet Containment Systems? - http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15327604JAWS0304_6;jsessionid=nFup

Training dogs with help of the shock collar: short and long term behavioral effects - http://www.ust.is/media/ljosmyndir/dyralif/Trainingdogswithshockcollar.pdf

Vets on Behavior Proclaim: Never Use A Shock Collar – How to Choose A Dog Trainer - http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/pet/choosetrainer.htm

Association of Pet Behavior Counselors Press Release on Shock Collars - http://www.apbc.org.uk/article2.htm

Kennel Club Call to Ban Shock Collars - http://207.126.53.54/v1/?section=stories&no=3444&area=trade&page=0

Shock Collars – The Dogs Trust - http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/information/poppysopinions/shockcollars/

Choke & Shock Collars: Obedience Training or Physical Punishment? - SFSPCA - http://www.sfspca.org/behavior/dog_library/choke.pdf

Pressure Necrosis/Burns from shock collar used with underground fence system - http://experts.about.com/q/Ask-Veterinarian-700/Pressure-Necrosis.htm

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