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Book Reviews and Suggestions
Here are a few of the books that Jane has in her personal library and hopes will help other dog owners.
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Books for New Puppy Owners
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A new puppy is a joy and a challenge. A good start on training, pays off many times over, instead of having take much more time to retrain at a later date. Part of researching the new puppy should include a investing in good book or two before the pup comes home and is keeping you busy.
Purely Positive Training:Companion to Competition
By Sheila Booth
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This book will give you a wonderful start with your puppy and be helpful throughout the dog's life. Booth explains learning theory extremely well for the beginner as well as an experienced trainer and has many practical suggestions on how to apply theory to every day, real life situations.
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SuperPuppy:How to raise the best dog you'll ever have!
By Peter J. Vollmer
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This is excellent to get off to a good start with your new puppy. New puppy owners with small children will find the practical advise in this book very helpful. If you already have the puppy and need help, this book is a fast read with great behavior modification and training ideas.
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Building Blocks For Performance: Give Your Puppy a Head Start for Competition
By Bobbie Anderson
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While the focus of this book is on competition, the methods presented will give you an outstanding pet. This book has plenty of pictures and much more detail than SuperPuppy
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Books for Advanced Training
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Competition is fun and challenging but a true companion dog is one that is capable of being obedient in any circumstance.
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Genetics Books for Breeders
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Breeding is an art as well as a science. Breeders need to educate themselves as much as possible about their dogs, their breed and the dogs in the pedigrees of their dog. While science does not have all the answers, many health problems are traceable thru genetics and testing. A good breeder does as much research and testing as possible and then makes breeding decisions based on science and the breeder's overall knowledge of the breed and the health and abilities of the dogs to be bred.
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