For such a vision to come to fulfillment, the invisible, ineffable current we call life must be the object of our love. Just as we ourselves share in it, so do other creatures, and herein lies great mystery. We now know that the responsibility for nurturing it falls to us. We humans alone can work out the delicate harmonies in this symphony, melodies composed in the key of life. If and when we do, we will indeed renew and enrich ourselves and the earth, even if we still fall short of fully regaining that golden age of perfect harmony.
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The number of books on dogs, canids, and subjects relating to them are legion. Through the years we have benefited from the insights and experience of authors and trainers from many different perspectives. The following is a sampling of books we've found valuable.
GENERAL BOOKS
American Kennel Club. The Complete Dog Book. New York: Howell, 1998.
Bergler, Reinhold. Man and Dog. New York: Howell, 1988.
Bergman, Goran. Why Does Your Dog Do That? New York: Howell, 1971.
Boone, J. Allen. Kinship with All Life. New York: Harper and Row, 1954.
Budniansky, Stephen. The Truth About Dogs. New York: Viking, 2000.
Buytendijk, F. C. The Mind of the Dog. New York: Arno Press, 1973.
Caras, Roger. A Dog Is Listening. New York: Summit Books, 1992.
Donaldson, Jean. The Culture Clash. Oakland, Calif.: James and Kenneth Publishers, 1997.
Fox, Michael W. Understanding Your Dog. New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1976.
Hearne, Vicki. Adam's Task. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
Hoffman, Matthew, ed. Dogs: The Ultimate Guide. Emmaus, Penn.: Rodale Press, 1998.
Lorenz, Konrad. Man Meets Dog. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1953.
Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff. Dogs Never Lie About Love. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997.
McSoley, Ray. Dog Tales. New York: Warner Books, 1988.
Morris, Desmond. Dogwatching. New York: Crown, 1986.
Pfaffenberger, Clarence. The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior. New York: Howell, 1968.
Sheldrake, Rupert. Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1999.
Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall. The Hidden Life of Dogs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
Trumler, Eberhard. Your Dog and You. New York: Seabury Press, 1973.
BOOKS ABOUT WOLVES AND OTHER WILD CANIDS
Bass, Rick. The Ninemile Wolves. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.
Fox, Michael W. The Behavior of Wolves, Dogs, and Related Canids. New York: Harper and Row, 1970.
Lopez, Barry H. Of Wolves and Men. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978.
Mech, David. The Arctic Wolf: Ten Years with the Pack. New York: Voyageur Press, 1997.
———. The Way of the Wolf. New York: Voyageur Press, 1995.
———. The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1981.
BOOKS ON SELECTING A DOG
Caras, Roger. The Roger Caras Dog Book. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980.
Hart, Benjamin L. and Lynette A. The Perfect Puppy: How to Choose Your Dog and Its Behavior. New York: W. C. Freeman, 1988.
Kilcommons, Brian, and Sarah Wilson. Paws to Consider. New York: Warner Books, 1999.
Kilcommons, Brian, Sarah Wilson, and Michael Capuzzo. Mutts: America's Dogs. New York: Warner Books, 1996.
Siegal, Mordecai. A Dog for the Kids. Boston: Little, Brown, 1984.
Tortora, Daniel. The Right Dog for You. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980.
PUPPY CARE AND TRAINING
Monks of New Skete. The Art of Raising a Puppy. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991.
Pinkwater, Jill and Manus. Superpuppy. New York: Seabury Press, 1977.
Ross, John, and Barbara McKinney. Puppy Preschool. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
Rutherford, Clarice, and David H. Neil. How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With. Loveland, Colo.: Alpine Publications, 1981.
OBEDIENCE TRAINING
Barwig, Susan, and Stewart Hilliard. Schutzhund. New York: Howell, 1991.
Bauman, Diane. Beyond Basic Dog Training. New York: Howell, 1987.
Benjamin, Carol Lea. Mother Knows Best. New York: Howell, 1987.
Booth, Sheila. Purely Positive Training. Ridgefield, Conn.: Podium Publications, 1998.
Burnham, Patricia. Playtraining Your Dog. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
Frankel, Cis. Urban Dog. Minocqua, Wisc.: Willow Creek Press, 2000.
Frost, April. Beyond Obedience. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998.
Kilcommons, Brian, with Sarah Wilson. Good Owners, Great Dogs. New York: Warner Books, 1992.
Koehler, W. R. The Koehler Method of Dog Training. New York: Howell, 1969.
Most, Konrad. Training Dogs. London: Popular Dogs, 1974.
Pryor, Karen. Don't Shoot the Dog. New York: Bantam Books, 1985.
Ross, John, and Barbara McKinney. Dog Talk. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Spector, Morgan. Clicker Training for Obedience. Waltham, Mass.: Sunshine Books, 1999.
Strickland, Winifred. Expert Obedience Training for Dogs. New York: MacMillan, 1987.
Tucker, Michael. Dog Training Made Easy. Adelaide: Rigby Publishers, 1980.
Volhard, Joachim, and Gail Tarmases Fisher. Training Your Dog. New York: Howell, 1983.
Volhard, Joachim and Wendy. The Canine Good Citizen. New York: Howell, 1997.
———. The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Well-Trained Dog. New York: Alpha Books, 1999.
Woodhouse, Barbara. No Bad Dogs. New York: Summit Books, 1982.
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
Benjamin, Carol Lea. Dog Problems. New York: Doubleday, 1981.
Campbell, William E. Behavior Problems in Dogs. 3d rev. Grants Pass, Ore.: BehavioRx Systems, 1999.
Carlson, Jeanne, and Ranny Green. Good Dogs, Bad Habits. New York: Fireside, 1995.
Dodman, Nicholas. The Dog Who Loved Too Much. New York: Bantam, 1996.
———. Dogs Behaving Badly. New York: Bantam, 2000.
Siegal, Mordecai, and Matthew Margolis. When Good Dogs Do Bad Things. Boston: Little, Brown, 1986.
Tortora, Daniel. Help! This Animal Is Driving Me Crazy. New York: Wideview, 1978.
BOOKS OF A MORE TECHNICAL OR SPECIALIZED NATURE THAT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN
Burch, Mary, and Jon Bailey. How Dogs Learn. New York: Howell, 1999.
Coppinger, Raymond and Lorna. Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Evolution and Behavior. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.
Fiennes, Richard and Alice. The Natural History of Dogs. New York: Bonanza, 1968.
Fogle, Bruce. The Dog's Mind. New York: Howell, 1992.
Fox, Michael. Integrative Development of Brain and Behavior in the Dog. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971.
Milani, Myrna. The Body Language and Emotions of Dogs. New York: Quill, 1986.
Scott, Jonn Paul, and John L. Fuller. Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
Serpell, James, ed. The Domestic Dog. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Volhard, Wendy, and Kerry Brown. The Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog. New York: Howell, 1995.
VIDEOTAPES
Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete (set of three tapes). Available from the monastery through www.newskete.com.
MAGAZINES
AKC Gazette
American Kennel Club
260 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
www.akc.org
Dog World Magazine
500 N. Dearborn, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60610
www.dogworldmag.com
Front & Finish
/> The Dog Trainer's News
P.O. Box 333
Galesburg, IL 61402-0333
www.frontfinish.com
Off-Lead Magazine
The Dog Training Instructors Magazine
Barkleigh Productions, Inc.
6 State Road #113
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
WHERE TO GET TRAINING EQUIPMENT
Handcraft Collars, Inc.
4875 Camp Creek Road
Pell City, AL 35125
(800) 837-2033
www.handcraftcollars.com
This is where we obtain the Volhard collars described in the chapter on
equipment.
J-B Wholesale
5 Raritan Road
Oakland, NJ 07436
(800) 526-0388
Appendix
AKC Titles and Abbreviations
AS A PREFIX
Conformation
Ch.: Champion
Obedience
NOC: National Obedience Champion
OTCH: Obedience Trial Champion
Tracking
CT: Champion Tracker (TD, TDX, and VST)
Agility
MACH: Master Agility Champion
MACH2, MACH3, MACH4, etc. MACH may be followed by a
number designation to indicate the quantity of times the dog
has met the requirements of the MACH title.
Field Trials
FC: Field Champion
AFC: Amateur Field Champion
NFC: National Field Champion
NAFC: National Amateur Field Champion
NOGDC: National Open Gun Dog Champion
AKC GDSC: AKC Gun Dog Stake Champion
AKC RGDSC: AKC Retrieving Gun Dog Stake Champion
Herding
HC: Herding Champion
Dual
DC: Dual Champion (Ch. and FC)
Triple
TC: Triple Champion (Ch., FC, and OTCH)
Coonhounds
NCH: Nite Champion
GNCH: Grand Nite Champion
SGNCH: Senior Grand Nite Champion
GCH: Grand Champion
SGCH: Senior Grand Champion
GFC: Grand Field Champion
SGFC: Senior Grand Field Champion
WCH: Water Race Champion
GWCH: Grand Water Race Champion
SGWCH: Senior Grand Water Race Champion
AS A SUFFIX
Obedience
CD: Companion Dog
CDX: Companion Dog Excellent
UD: Utility Dog
UDX: Utility Dog Excellent
VCD1: Versatile Companion Dog 1
VCD2: Versatile Companion Dog 2
VCD3: Versatile Companion Dog 3
VCD4: Versatile Companion Dog 4
VCCH: Versatile Companion Champion
Lure Coursing
JC: Junior Courser
SC: Senior Courser
MC: Master Courser
Tracking
ID: Tracking Dog
TDX: Tracking Dog Excellent
VST: Variable Surface Tracker
Agility
NA: Novice Agility
OA: Open Agility
AX: Agility Excellent
MX: Master Agility Excellent
NAJ: Novice Jumpers with Weaves
OAJ: Open Jumpers with Weaves
AXJ: Excellent Jumpers with Weaves
MXJ: Master Excellent Jumpers with Weaves
Hunting Test
JH: Junior Hunter
SH: Senior Hunter
MH: Master Hunter
Herding Test
HT: Herding Tested
PT: Pre-Trial Tested
HS: Herding Started
HI: Herding Intermediate
HX: Herding Excellent
Lure Coursing
JC: Junior Courser
SC: Senior Courser
MC: Master Courser
Earthdog
JE: Junior Earthdog
SE: Senior Earthdog
ME: Master Earthdog
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TITLES AWARDED BY USA JUDGES*
SchHA: Introduction to Schutzhund work without the tracking
Bh: Basic companion dog
WH: Watch dog test for basic alertness
AD: Endurance test for fundamental fitness
SchH 1: The preliminary Schutzhund qualification in tracking, obedience, and protection
SchH 2: More challenging Schutzhund work in tracking, obedience, and protection
SchH 3: The competition level of the three phases of Schutzhund. Masters level.
FH 1: Advanced tracking
FH 2: Greater tracking challenges. Placement of articles determined by judge.
IPO 1: International trial rules similar to the Schutzhund test, but with some variations.
IPO 2: More challenging Schutzhund work in tracking, obedience, and protection.
IPO 3: The competition level of IPO.
ADDITIONAL SV TITLES RECOGNIZED BY USA
(U.S. SCHUTZHUND CLUB)
BpDH 1 & 2: Railway Police Dog
BIH: Blind Leader Dog
DH: Service Dog
DPH: Service Police Dog
HGH: Herding Dog
IPO 1, 2, 3: International Rules (same as USA)
LwH: Avalanche dog
PFP 1 & 2: Police Tracking Dog
PH: Police Dog
PSP 1, 2, 3: Police Guard Dog
RtH: Rescue Dog
SchH 1, 2, 3: Schutzhund titles (same as USA)
ZFH: Customs Tracking Dog
ZH 1, 2, & 3: Customs Dog
*D. T. Suzuki, The Zen Monk's Life (New York: Olympia Press, 1965), p. 25.
*Maria Leach, God Had a Dog (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1971).
*The Monks of New Skete, The Art of Raising a Puppy (Boston: Little, Brown, 1991).
**The Monks of New Skete, Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete (Atmosphere Entertainment, 1998).
*J. Allen Boone, Kinship with All Life (New York: Harper and Row, 1954), p. 44.
*P.O. Box 37902, Raleigh, NC 27627. This information can also be accessed through the AKC website: www.AKC.org.
**Stanley Coren's The Intelligence of Dogs: A Guide to the Thoughts, Emotions, and Inner Lives of Our Canine Companions (New York: Bantam Books, 1995) is a particularly balanced and articulate example.
*See also our discussion of this in The Art of Raising a Puppy, pp. 81–83.
*An expanded pedigree includes all the information provided by an AKCcertified pedigree, plus Special Breed Parent Club degrees and titles as well as foreign degrees. For this reason, it is actually preferable for your breeder to provide you with this instead of an AKC-certified pedigree. The sample here is a pedigree of a fictitious breeding. We are using it solely for the purpose of illustrating and interpreting information contained in a normal pedigree. It does not pretend to showcase real dogs.
*Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Dogs Behaving Badly (New York: Bantam Books, 1999), p. 50.
*William E. Campbell, Behavior Problems in Dogs, chapter 5, "Nutrition and Behavior" (Grants Pass, Ore.: BehavioRx Systems, 1999).
*Brian Kilcommons with Sarah Wilson, Good Owners, Great Dogs (New York: Warner Books, 1992), p. 220.
*See Alan M. Beck, "The Ecology of 'Feral' and Free-Roving Dogs in Baltimore," in The Wild Canid: Their Systematics, Behavioral Ecology and Evolution, ed. Michael W. Fox (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975). Mr. Beck estimates that "there is one free-roving dog for every nine humans in Baltimore."
*Dr. Benjamin Hart, quoted in Associated Press dispatch, Boston Globe, August 1977.
**Dr. Michael Fox, Integrative Development of Brain and Behavior in the Dog (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971).
†James L. Lynch, The Broken Heart: The Medical Consequences of Loneliness (New York: Basic Books, 1977).
‡Rupert Sheldrake, Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1999).
*Karen Pryor, Clicker Training for Dogs (Waltham, Mass.: Sunshine Books, 1999), p. 1.
*Morgan Spector, Clicker Training for Obedience (Waltham, Mass.: Sunshine Books, 1999), p. 45.
*I. P. Pavlov, Conditioned Reflexes, trans. G. V. Anrep (London: Oxford University Press, 1927).
*See pages 219–20.
*Cis Frankel, Urban Dog (Minocqua, Wis.: Willow Creek Press, 2000), pp. 152–53.
*"A Puppy Obstacle Course" by Brother Job Evans in the May 1977 issue of Off Lead training magazine is still relevant.
*See Lynette A. Hart, "Dogs As Human Companions: A Review of the Relationship," in The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People, ed. James Serpell (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp. 166–68.
**Ibid.
*Mordecai Siegel, A Dog for the Kids (Boston: Little, Brown, 1984), pp. 7, 8.
*In the following section we are indebted to the insights of Dr. Nicholas Dodman in his book The Dog Who Loved Too Much (New York: Bantam, 1996), pp. 85–101, which we have incorporated with our own.
*For a fuller discussion, see The Monks of New Skete, The Art of Raising a Puppy (Boston: Little, Brown, 1991), pp. 21–60. Subsequent references are to more detailed discussions found in that book.
**Ibid., pp. 61–70, 262–65.
*Ibid., p. 70.
**Ibid., pp. 71, 72.
*William E. Campbell, Behavior Problems in Dogs (Grants Pass, Ore.: BehavioRx Systems, 1999), p. 172.
*See The Art of Raising a Puppy, p. 212.
*Ibid., pp. 201–05.
**Ibid., pp. 206–08.
*These questions are adapted from "A Checklist for Potential Pet Owners" put out by the Humane Society of the United States before this book was first published. They are as relevant today as they were in 1978.
*If this is not the case, see pp. 239–40 for instructions on teaching an older dog the stationary sit.
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