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 several graina of salt and evaluated with an ounce or more 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.

Need info on dog 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)
• 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 
  
• Whole Dog Journal
  

Clicker Training Resources

• Sue Ailsby Training Levels
  
  
• Karen Pryor Clickertraining.com
  
  
• Gary Wilkes 
  

Other Web Resources

• Skunked?  Forget the Tomato Juice 
  

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

I am very pleased to be a Dogwise.com affiliate!  Click on the logo and shop in the most complete collection of dog training books and videos on the web.  Most of the books on my reading and video lists can be found at Dogwise.

New books and videos on my shelf

• Terrible Teens - Canine Adolescence (video) by Trish King
• Behavior Adjustment Training (video) by Grisha Stewart
• Cujo Meets Pavlov (video) by Kathy Sdao
• Smellorama - Nose Games for Dogs by Viviane Theby
• Building Blocks for Performance, 2nd Edition by Bobbie Anderson with Tracy Libby
• Fun Nosework for Dogs, 2nd Edition by Roy Hunter
  

Books and videos from my 2011 study list

• Train Your Dog Like A Pro (book +video) by Jean Donaldson
• Step Up To Platform Training (video) by Michele Pouliot
• Rhythmic Paws (video) by Attila Szkukalek
• Do Over Dogs by Pat Miller
• How Many Dogs?! by Debby McMullen
• Training the Whistle Recall (video) by Pamela Dennison

Books from my fall 2010 reading list

• Reaching the Animal Mind by Karen Pryor 
• Clicker Dances With Dogs by Kay Laurence
• Get Connected with Your Dog by Brenda Aloff (2nd reading!)
• Bringing Light to Shadow, Civilizing the City Dog and How to Right a Dog Gone Wrong by Pamela Dennison
• Crate Games (video) by Susan Garrett

Books from summer 2010's reading list

• 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 2009'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
• 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