"Agility is Fun" by Ruth Hobday. Available from Dogwise
"Agility is Fun" Vol. 2" by Ruth Hobday. Available from Dogwise
"Agility Fun the Hobday Way, Vol. 3" by Ruth Hobday. Available from Dogwise
"Choose to Heel" by Dawn Jecs. Available from Dogwise
"The Clean Run Workbooks" by Bud Houston, Linda Mecklenberg and Monica Percival. Available from Clean Run.
"Clicker Training for Dogs" by Karen Pryor. Available from Dogwise
"Don't Shoot the Dog" by Karen Pryor. A classic. Available from Dogwise
For the agility fanatic, the book by Bud Houston and Stacy Peardot "Go the Distance" is absolutely fabulous. Available from Dogwise.
"How Dogs Learn" by Dr. Mary Burch and Jon Bailey provides a clear explanation of operant conditioning and how it works. Available from Amazon.com
"How to be the Leader of the Pack" by Dr. Patricia McConnell. Available from Dogwise
"How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With" by Rutherford and Neil. Available from Dogwise
"On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals" by Turid Rugaas. It's like the canine language equivalent of a German/English dictionary. Ñ Jeanne Saddler. Available from Dogwise
"Play Training Your Dog" by Patricia Gail Burnham. Available from Dogwise
I really enjoyed "Smart Trainers, Brilliant Dogs" by Janet R. Lewis. It promotes a realistic balance of positives and negatives in training since life trains with positives and negatives. It also clarified some aspects of types of conditioning for me. Ñ Rosalie Behnke. Available from Amazon.com
"The Doggie Repair Kit" by Gary Wilkes. Available from Dogwise
"Novice Training" by Anne Marie Silverton. Available from Dogwise
"Positively Fetching" teaches an obedience retrieve using food, by Judy Byron and Adele Yunck. Available from Dogwise and from Jabby Productions.
"The Power of Positive Training" by Turner, Nelson, Ruzzo. Available from Dogwise
"Puppy Training" by Anne Marie Silverton. Available from Dogwise
"Sirius Puppy Training Video" by Dr. Ian Dunbar. Available from Dogwise
"Take A Bow...Wow! Fun and Functional Dog Tricks." Available from Dogwise
"Competition Obedience: A Balancing Act," by Judy Byron and Adele Yunck. Available from Dogwise and from Jabby Productions.
"Competitive Obedience for the Small Dog" by Gerianne Darnell and Barbara Cecil. Available from Dogwise.
"Culture Clash: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding the Relationship Between Humans and Domestic Dogs" by Jean Donaldson. Available from Dogwise
"Dog Who Loved Too Much" by Dr. Nicholas Dodman. Available from Dogwise
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