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Books, DVDs, Audio,
Visual, TV programs ... WOW, it's overwhelming how many ways you can
google positive training for dogs these days. Historically, it is an
evolutionary process, that has not always been pleasant for the DOG.
Kept in perspective, we recommend that you educate yourself, listen to
your intuition and do what's best for your dog! Everyone's situation
is different. Each dog is an individual. Over 20 years of
researching, reading and living with dogs has gifted us with some
robust learning experiences.
The following are the best of the best books and sites (including ours) on
training/behavior/well-being. Enjoy the Journey!
We welcome you to view excerpts
of our book,
Train your Dog, Change your Life, Howell Book House, 2001 at
www.amazon.com,
www.dogwise.com
or
www.wiley.com.
TYDCYL
is an Interactive Training Program for Individuals, Families, and their Dogs
by Maureen Ross, MA, NBCC, RYT and Gary Ross, M.E., LTI,
Howell Book house, 2001 (Wiley, Inc. www.wiley.com:
1-800-225-5945 for discount quantities.
Genetics may load the gun,
environment may pull the trigger
We can make informed choices about our (and our pet's) health and
well-being
Our Passion:
Bringing People & Pets Together to Enhance Well-Being and Education!
This forward-looking training book provides an accessible, positive
reward-based training approach to replace, or consider as a adjunct, to
obedience methods of the past. As with everything in life, we
evolve. It's about time we evolve in our way of training our dogs
too!
If you know your dog's top 5 life
rewards (motivators), training is easy and fun!
Welcome to a
whole new way of thinking about training—one that is as much about you
(and relationships) as it is about your puppy or dog. Train Your
Dog, Change Your Life is a family focused, interactive training
approach. If you want to share a peaceful and enjoyable life with
dogs, training and socialization is essential for dogs in a human pack.
It saves dog's lives. Over 10,000,000 are euthanized every year in
the USA. If you're
a dog owner who wants a lifetime relationship with your canine companion,
while being a respected - trusted pack leader, then you'll appreciate that
we emphasize tools that will enhance abilities not only in training our
dogs, but in everyday living: listening, observing, learning, relaxation
and self- awareness. Dogs embrace change differently then humans.
They do it in the present moment and in context. Association
is EVERYTHING to dogs, through THEIR OWN EYES.
Chapters cover
well-being and the family dog, lifestyle management, body language and attitude,
Calming Signals®, socialization, housetraining, nutrition and exercise, grooming for health
and self-esteem, relaxation, focused training (that goes beyond the
positive), creativity and games, clicker training, and other more! Learn
how dogs can teach us about how we intereact in our everyday relationships
(family, career, pleasure, contentment)!
You'll be Amazed By
the Results you get!
Dogs are
extremely sensitive to the signals we give them. How we behave
affects how they behave. All dogs need a respected, trusted leader that they can rely
on. All dogs rely on life rewards that we manage for them. If
you want to raise your puppy well or put your dog on the fast track to
good manners, while understanding your role in the process, then this book
is a must! But
relax. It's a
journey, a way of finding out what really turns you (and your
dogs) on. Know your dogs motivators, life rewards and making your canine companion and more responsive
and eager to learn. Embrace relationships, different cultures (canis
lupus familiaris) and change, not fear them. Enjoy the Journey!
"In
spite of us, our dogs do amazingly well at adapting to our human world.
If you could imagine looking through their eyes and feeling what they feel
for just one moment, what would you see, hear, feel? If you could
imagine yourself being parachuted into a foreign country, not knowing the
language or culture, what would it be like?" ~ Maureen ~
"…A
delightful, sensitive, loving book."
Dr. Jane Goodall,
animal behaviorist, author, and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute.
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*****Must
Read, July 12, 2006, Reviewer:
Lynda Kelly, Home,
Health, Hospice, Merrimack, NH |
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A great combination of canine behavior principles and definitive
training techniques. In addition to providing the basics of why dogs
do what they do, and how what owner's do influces their dog's
behavior, Train Your Dog, Change Your Life provides practical training
'lesson plans' to help shape your dog's behavior and give you the
canine companion you've always dreamed of. It's the canine version of
relationship-building that every dog owner should read. |
"...This
book is not just about dog training - it's a self help book.
It helps you enhance your relationship with your dog by teaching you how
to understand and appreciated him.... This book covers more than canine
body language: the authors discuss two-way communication and urges you to
actively listen to your dog. It's fascinating stuff...For those who
find self-help books appealing, this book provides a solid, practical
foundation for building a great dog-owner relationship."
Dog World Magazine, Paws in Review, August
2004
"…Train Your Dog,
Change Your Life focuses on the very heart of dog training--
relationships and interactions within the family, and awareness about
yourself and in relationship to your dog. The Ross’ philosophy is a simple
one, but the best. I know because I recommended their manuscript to
the Publisher and wrote the foreword with a smile. Dogs live in
families and/or with humans. As I've always said, it makes perfect
sense to look at the "whole family system" when training dogs. To
change anyone's behavior we first have to explore changing our own or at
the very least, take a look at what part we play in reinforcing behaviors
in our dogs. Assessment is a big part of this and they are excellent
at this. I enjoy their bigger message, a passionate one; take
time to savor life; take time to enjoy yourself, your family and your dog,
and take time to learn from the experiences".
Dr. Ian Dunbar, Ph.D., M.R.C.V.S.,
author, lecturer, BBC
television personality.
"Read this
book for a really great relationship with your dog! Readers all over
the world are better off because they can benefit from Maureen and Gary's
gentle, but meaningful approach that looks at how we are involved more
than we think on our dog's responses to our training. They offer
great dog training advice in a easy to read way". Joel Walton,
CPDT
author of
"Labrador Retrievers for Dummies" and "Positive Puppy Training
Works."
"…The nice
thing about this book is that it provides sufficient solid information
on the behavior of both species to do some effective problem solving.
In the best tradition of solution focused counseling the emphasis
throughout is small, easily implemented, positive interactions that have
far reaching consequences for the behavior of the dog and the humans in
the household… This information is like
having a personal chat with some knowledgeable dog folks who have ‘all
their stuff together’ and are willing to help educate all of us who share
a passion for healthy, positive interactive relationships. Be sure this
book is part of your "stuff"." Mary Lee
Nitschke, Ph.D.,
Pet Behavior Consultant, Professor of Psychology, Linfield College,
Portland, Oregon.
Train Your Dog, Change Your Life,
by Maureen and Gary Ross, is a “must read” for any dog lover,
behaviorist or trainer. This
book is written in easy-to-follow steps with emphasis on the
positive
interactions between the animal/human
relationship.
There is something for everyone in this book. The weekly lesson plans are extremely useful for those who
like step-by-step directions, while chapters such as “Relationship
Training” and “Understanding Canine Body Language” will appeal to those
who enjoy learning more about overall companion dog behavior.
This book is a real asset to any dog lover’s library.
–Christine M. McNiff, Licensed Mental
Health Counselor and Animal Assisted Therapist
BEHAVIOR / TRAINING / WELL-BEING
No-one gets to write
a book, be on TV, be successful or learn anything without the help of
mentors and teachers. These inquisitive pioneers carve pathways, AND
admittedly, learn from others. Historically, paradoxically and
through paradigm (evolving) we all learn from others, then process it in
our own unique ways. Mentors recognize a "spark" and are
confident enough to share their wisdom. When the student is ready,
the teacher will appear. The teacher opens a window of
opportunity. The student needs to decide whether to accept this
gift.
Many have opened
windows for us over the years and continue to daily. Researchers, teachers, behaviorists and authors learn from their mistakes.
Good ones admit this as human beings, and make changes as they evolve.
As you explore, if it speaks to you, absorb it with all your gusto.
If it does not, form your own opinion and creative style, write your own
book, or produce a dvd, and let the flow of the universe guide you.
The following
recommendations are a path on which to begin your journey!
Books
Focus not Fear &
Scaredy Dog! ~ Ali Brown
Get Connected with Your
Dog ~ Brenda
Aloff
Before you Get Your
Puppy and After You get your Puppy,
Dr. Ian Dunbar, www.siriuspup.com.
Dr. Dunbar / founder of The Association
of Pet
Dog Trainers, Sirius Puppy Training and mentor who wrote the
foreword for Train Your Dog, Change Your Life.
Barking:
The Language of Dogs ~ Turid Rugaas
On Talking Terms with
Dogs (body
language) ~ Turid Rugaas
Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of
Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution ~ Dr. Raymond Coppinger
Reason for Hope
~ Dr. Jane Goodall (Mentor, Excerpt in "Train Your Dog, Change Your Life").
Pleasurable Kingdom
~ Jonathan Balcombe,
www.pleasurablekingdom.com
Mindful Dog Training by Claudeen McAuliffe, M.Ed.
Don't Shoot the Dog ~
Karen Pryor:
www.clickertraining.co
Thinking in Pictures
and Animals in Translation ~ Dr. Temple Grandin
Purely Positive
Training ~
Shirley Booth.
Culture Class,
Predation in Family Dogs: Predation, Predatory Drift and
Preparedness Seminar DVD, by Jean Donaldson
Exel-lerated Learning
~ Dr. Pam Reid
The Other End of the
Leash / Family Friendly Dog Training ~
Dr. Pat McConnell
The Dog Whisperer
~ by Paul Cohen
How Dogs Learn ~ Mary Burch, Ph.D
Second Start
(on adoption) by Jacqueline O'Neil
Second Hand Dog &
Mother Knows Best ~
Carol Lea Benjamin
Great Dog Adoptions:
Guide for
Shelters ~ Sue Sternberg,
www.suesternberg.com
Click to Calm:
Healing the Aggressive Dog
~ Emma Parsons (go to www.clickertraining.com) for more at Karen Pryor's site.
Power of Positive
Training ~ Pat
Miller
The Dog Trainers
Resource APDT Chronicle of the Dog Collection
Coaching for
Instructors ~
Terry Ryan www.legacycanine.com
It's not just about the Horse ~ Wyatt Webb (Miravel Resort, Arizona --- conducts corporate training with horses).
The Well-Connected
Canine ~ Amy
Snow & Nancy Zidonas ~
www.animalacupressure.com
TTouch
~ Linda Tellington-Jones ~
www.lindatellington-jones.com
Dog Massage ~ A Whiskers-to-Tail Guide to Your Dog's Ultimate Petting Experience ~ MaryJean Ballner
When Elephants Weep ~ Jeffrey Mousalef Masson
PET-ASSISTED ACTIVITIES & THERAPY
Reading about or taking an
online or college
course in Psychology, Ethology, Evolutionary Psychology (family systems
and pack dynamics in any species) is empowering. Watching dvds or
programs especially on wolves and dogs in packs, and/or family systems is
an invaluable experience.
Leaning from nature, pets and mentors in
observation and relationship = priceless!
To become a registered Pet Partner® or Reading Education Assistance Dog Team, you MUST go through a process that requires a training
manual and/or workshop. Journey to www.deltasociety.org or www.therapyanimals.org (R.E.A.D.®).
Journey to www.deltasociety.org for extensive research and books on animal-assistet activities and animal-assisted therapy
Therapy Pets: The Animal-Human Healing Partnership ~ Jacqueline J. Crawford & Karen A. Pomerinke
Volunteering with your Pet ~ Mary Burch, Ph.D.
Therapy Dogs ~ Kathy Diamond Davis
K-9 Therapy Group ~ Jacqueline P. Root
Love on a Leash ~ Liz Palika
Pets and the Elderly ~ Odean Cusack and Elaine Smith
A Cry Unheard ~ Dr. James Lynch (Research on Children and R.E.A.D.ing with dogs.
The Four-Footed Therapist ~ Dr. Janet Ruckert
Good for Your Animals, Good for You ~ David Waltner-Toews and Andreas Ellis
Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of your Pet ~ Moira Anderson, M.Ed.
NUTRITION:
Genetics loads the gun, Environment pulls the trigger
We can make informed
choices about health and well-being for us and our pets!
Optimal Nutrition-Raw
and Cooked Canine Diets:
The Next Level ~ Monical Segal / K9 Kitchen
www.monicasegal.ca
Whole Health for Happy
Dogs ~ Jill
Elliot and Kim Blommer.
Natural Nutrition for
Dogs and Cats & Natural Nutrition No-Cook Book
~ Kymythy Schultz ~ www.kymythy.com
Give your Dog a Bone
(BARK Diet) ~ Dr.
Ian Billinghurst - www.barfworld.com
Natural Dog and Cat
~ Dr. Pitcairn
WHOLE DOG JOURNAL
- www.whole-dog-journal.com
Animal Wellness
Magazine ~
www.animalwellnessmagazine.com
OTHER MEANINGFUL BOOKS ON
WELL-BEING
Friends to the End
~ Bradley Trevor
Greive
Reflections in the
Light & Awakening
~ Shakti Gawain
Meditations from the
Mat ~ Rolf Gates
& Katrina Kenison
Daily Om
~ Madisyn Taylor
The Places that Scare
You, Don't Bite
the Hook (audio), Getting Unstuck (audio), Comfortable with Uncertainy or anything by Pema Chodrin
The Power of Now
~ Eckhart Tolle
A Path with Heart
~ Jack Kornfield
Peace in Every Step
~ Thick Nhat Hahn (anything by Thick Nhat Hahn)
The Four Agreements
~ Don Miguel Ruiz
Your Body Speaks Your
Mind ~ Deb
Shapiro
Permission to Succeed
~ Noah St. John
Anything by Oprah
Winfrey, Jane Goodall, Martha Beck, other self-help explorers/leaders
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Yoga and anything
that will help ease you into the present moment, to breathe, center and
focus on what is important for you ...
               
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