Teach Your Pet

There is lots of information on animal training and behavior available to everyone through books, videos and the internet.  All info must be read with a grain of salt and evaluated with an ounce of common sense (don't believe anything that claims easy, instant training results; all good training takes patience and practice), but on the whole it is amazing how much worthwhile material is published just to help you learn to communicate, bond and perform with your pets.

Little by little THIS page will grow to have links to all my favorite sites and a list of my favorite books and videos.  Consider this page a work in progress - we'll update our listings monthly.

My Articles and Help Handouts (pdf format)

• About House Training 
• Importance of Play
• Dogs, Kids, Biting
• Say Please
  

Need info on breeds or help finding a purebred or mixed breed dog?

• Dogtime.com
• Petfinder.com
• AKC.org

Local Dog Activities

• Pawsitive Canine Training Center (host location for my group classes as well as classes in agility and flyball)
• West Michigan Therapy Dogs
• Shaggy Pines Dog Park
• Hillcrest Park Off Lead Area (Grand Rapids)
• The Animal Hospital of Lowell Dog Park
• Grand Rapids Agility Club
• Paws Unlimited

Puppy and Family Dog Training & Behavior

• Dogstardaily.com
• ASPCA Animal Behavior Center
• Open Paw

Clicker Training Resources

• Sue Ailsby
• Karen Pryor
• Gary Wilkes 

Rally Obedience Rules and Regs

• Association of Pet Dog Trainers
• American Kennel Club
• United Kennel Club

Interesting Research

Dog's Intelligence on Par With Two Year Old Human

Why We Learn More From Success Than Failure

What Really Prompts The Dog's Guilty Look

Survey of the use and outcome of confrontational and non-confrontational training methods

Training dogs with help of the shock collar: short and long term behavioural effects

Dog Training Books and Videos

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Books I'm reading & videos I'm watching this summer

• The Thinking Dog Crossover to Clicker Training by Gail Fisher 
• Tales of Two Species by Patricia McConnell
• Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin
  
• Control Unleashed (video) by Leslie McDevitt
• Am I Safe (video) by Sarah Kalnajs
• Chill Out Fido! by Nan Kene Arthur
  

Books from March and April's reading list

• Scaredy Dog by Ali Brown
• Changing People Changing Dogs: Positive Solutions for Difficult Dogs by Dee Ganley
• Positive Perspectives 2 by Pat Miller
  

Books from January and February's reading list

• Living With Blind Dogs by Caroline Levin, RN
  
• Click Your Way to Rally Obedience by Pamela Dennison
• Peak Performance Coaching the Canine Athlete by M. Christine Zink, DVM

Books from December's reading list

• Clicker Training for Obedience by Morgan Spector
• Success is in the Proofing by Debby Quigley & Judy Ramsey
• Help for Your Fearful Dog by Nicole Wilde

Books from November's reading list

• Get Connected With Your Dog by Brenda Aloff
• Getting A Grip on Agression Cases by Nicole Wilde,
• Play With Your Dog by Pat Miller