Ian Dunbar -- and his Dog Training Programs and Books

 

Veterinarian and animal behaviorist Ian Dunbar once had a Malamute puppy.

And it's a good thing for the rest of us that he did....

When he couldn't find a training class for young puppies anywhere in the San Francisco bay area, he created the Sirius Puppy Training classes.

And a new era in puppy training began: Ian Dunbar's emphasis on kind, positive approaches -- based on what dogs are really like -- has revolutionized the field.

His work extends to every aspect of dog training. He's created many dog training books and videos. I describe some of the best ones below. He has given hundreds of workshops, hosted TV shows, and won numerous awards.

Dr. Dunbar is the Director of the Center for Applied Animal Behavior in Berkeley, California. He once ran a behavior clinic for biting and fighting dogs, and he was a founder of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, an organization with thousands of members.

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All these credentials are impressive, but what strikes me so much in his videos is the warm, caring, and humorous person he is. There is a moment in the Sirius Puppy Training program where he says to a young child that he's a kid too. She doesn't think so, but I do!

Some Dog Training Programs with Ian Dunbar

Sirius Puppy Training -- click on the title to go to my rave review of this best-selling program.

Cover of Dog Training for Children, video with Ian DunbarDog Training For Children
We adults may not want to admit it, but children are sometimes even better dog trainers than we are! They are more playful and often more patient. This DVD has helped many kids (and their parents) to train dogs.

Adapted from a television program, it includes:

  • Taking on a new puppy
  • Housetraining
  • Early lead training
  • Teaching sit and down
  • Developing a rapport
  • Focusing attention
  • Improving off-leash control
  • Training a fast recall
  • Training as a family
  • Family competitions
  • Improving the sit stay
  • Teaching with toys
  • Playing training games

Highly recommended if there are children in your family! DVD format.

Dog Training for Children is available from:

Dogwise.

Training the Companion Dog Series
This set of four DVDs is based on a popular TV show, Dogs with Dunbar. It won the Dog Writers Association of America Maxwell Award for best dog training program.

The set is on the list of Top Ten Videos for Pet Dog Owners -- and also a list of the top ten videos for dog trainers -- put out by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. (It was originally a video, now is a DVD.)

Here's a bit from their review: "As always, Ian Dunbar is highly informative and highly entertaining!"

The four 60 minute programs show many dogs and their owners learning a lot! Here are the specific topics each video covers...

Volume One, Socialization and Beginning Obedience

  • Socialization
  • Fearful and/or aggressive pups
  • Handling
  • Communication
  • Sit, down, and stay

Volume Two, Behavior Problems and Household Etiquette

  • Settle down
  • Crate training
  • Housetraining
  • Chewing
  • Digging
  • Barking
  • Biting

Volume Three, Walking on Leash and Heeling:

  • Following
  • Teaching heel position
  • Leash training (preventing pulling)
  • Leash walking and heeling
  • Preventing jumping up

Volume Four, Recalls and Stays

  • Recalls from play
  • Teaching "off" (not to mouth and paw)
  • Teaching and proofing "stay"
  • Introducing distance control

This set, or the individual DVDs,can be found at:

Dogwise

Dog training books by Dr. Ian Dunbar

How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks. Click on the title to go to my full-page review of this outstanding book on training puppies and dogs.

Canine Behavior Booklets, by Ian DunbarCanine Behavior Booklets

There's got to be a reason that over 250,000 copies have been sold worldwide...

The nine booklets are:

  • Preventing Aggression -- Biting

  • Housetraining

  • Housetraining Supplement

  • Chewing

  • Digging

  • Barking

  • Shyness and Fearfulness -- Towards People

  • Fighting

  • Socialization

They vary in size and price, and are available, individually or as a set of nine, from

Dogwise.com

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You could immerse yourself in the works of Ian Dunbar, and it would be totally to the good!

Every time I dip into a book of his or watch a program again, I learn something... and get more inspired! There are few people -- if any -- who have had a more beneficial effect on dog training than Dr. Ian Dunbar.
 
 
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