For a very good guide to all sorts of dog training processes and dog behavior challenges, I use and recommend Clickertraining ...that link goes to the description of this terrific ebook you download immediately, wherever you are! -- Rosana

Secrets to Dog Training is the new name of the popular Sit Stay Fetch ebook, by Daniel Stevenson.  I reviewed Sit Stay Fetch before I had this blog, on my main site… that link takes you to my review.

Sit Stay Fetch… oops, I mean Secrets to Dog Training… may be the best-selling dog training ebook on the internet. And with good reason: Read the rest of this entry

I love the dog training revolution that is bringing more and more dog trainers and dog owners to use positive, pain-free methods. This is part of a movement that can be traced back over twenty years to several innovative dog trainers. One of them is Dr. Ian Dunbar, veterinarian, dog behavior researcher, creator of numerous dog training books and programs, founder of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, and more. I often quote him on this site.

Not today. This time, it’s his wife, top trainer Kelly Dunbar, who I am going to quote.

One of my favorite positive dog training sites to browse is Dog Star Daily, where Kelly Dunbar is the executive editor. It has blogs by a lot of really top trainers, where you get a sense of their lives working with all sorts of dogs and dog behaviors. I also like the huge selection of free dog videos, mostly on training, made by anyone who wants to submit one. Someone there does review them before they go up; you can see my video on how I make dog food using Dr. Pitcairn’s recipes there.

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Here is my list of the best dog training ebooks. I’m not calling it the “top ten” or any other number, because over time I intend to keep adding to it. Who knows? Maybe someday it will be the top 100! These downloadable products are typically in PDF format, and the free software you need to read them — the Adobe Acrobat reader — is probably already on your computer. If not, get it at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Okay, they are, listed loosely in terms of much I like them and my opinion of value for the price:

Before You Get Your Puppy, by Ian Dunbar, is a popular paperback by a foremost dog trainer now available as a free download from the publishers. It “covers the first three developmental deadlines covering the period of puppy selection until your puppy’s first week at home,” according to the site. They offer it as a public service. If you haven’t read anything by Dr. Dunbar, he writes extremely well.

The A1 Dog Training Collection, by Silvia Kent. The link takes you to my page reviewing this collection, which can be purchased individually or as a group at a good discount. Individual ebooks are: Dynamic Dog Training, Overcoming Dog Behaviour Problems, Your Dog and Your Baby, The Harmony Program, and Take the Class: The Dog Obedience Instructor’s Handbook. (I have separate pages reviewing each ebook, all linked to from this link.) I really like how much love and respect she shows to dogs. Read the rest of this entry

Have you read any dog training ebooks? I have read dozens of them, and the majority have been forgettable. Ebooks are Read the rest of this entry