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Resources

First Aid & CPR

Would you know how to care for your pet in an emergency? To find a place for Pet First Aid and Wellness classes in your area, try Pet Tech.

All Things Dog

American Kennel Club

Salisbury Maryland Kennel Club

Volumes of insight about dogs!

Videos About Training

From ClickFlicks, a Karen Pryor Clicker Training video: An Introduction To Clicker Training

Articles About Training

Nancy Weller’s Housetraining How-To from The Bay Woof

Finding a Puppy

Breeder Comparison Matrix: Educate yourself about types of breeders with this useful matrix. It was created by the Shiloh Shepherd Dog Club of America, but is relevant to anyone looking for a puppy.

The Humane Society of The United States’s (HSUS) excellent guidelines for How To Find A Good Dog Breeder.

Finding A Responsible Breeder: Myths And Facts, from a dog owner who has first-hand experience with less-than-reputable breeders.

The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals is the place to find out if health tests have been done on the parents of the puppy you are thinking of buying.

The New York Times: The Modern Kennel Conundrum, a long but wonderfully well-written and important article about breeding today.

Recommended Reading

Jean Donaldson, The Culture Clash

Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D., The Puppy Primer

Melissa Alexander, Click For Joy

Vicki Ronchette, Positive Training For Show Dogs

Karen Pryor, Don’t Shoot the Dog

Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D., The Other End of The Leash

Jean Donaldson, Oh Behave! Dogs from Pavlov to Premack to Pinker

Whole Dog Journal, www.whole-dog-journal.com

Why Dominance Is Out

Victoria Stillwell debunks the Pack Theory

American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB): Statement on dominance theory.

Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT): Dominance and Dog Training

Pat Miller, CPDT, founder of Peaceable Paws, in The Bark: Accentuate the Positive—Research Validates Positive Reinforcement

Jean Donaldson, founder of the San Francisco SPCA’s Academy for Dog Trainers, author of Culture Clash and other books, in The Bay Woof: The Alpha Myth

Online Resources

The Pet Professional Guild, an organization of pet professionals sworn to use force-free and pain-free methods, has a wealth of information from puppy socialization to the use of shock. See their position statements here.

The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior’s (AVSAB) position statement on puppy socialization

Karen Pryor Clicker Training: Info and resources from one of the country’s leading experts in positive reinforcement animal training

Thinking of becoming a dog trainer?

Jean Donaldson’s Academy for Dog Trainers

Veronica Boutelle’s dogtec, for dog professionals

Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers

Pat Miller’s Peaceable Paws

CATCH Canine Trainers Academy

Service Dog Information

Service Dog or Therapy Dog? Nancy Weller talks about the differences between the two.

The Americans With Disabilities Act

Assistance Dogs International

International Association of Assistance Dog Partners

Clickin Canines

Therapy Dog Information

Pet Partners

Therapy Dogs International

Therapy Dogs Inc

Furry Friends

Pets on Wheels of Delmarva

 

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