Recommended Reading

Citizen Canine: Practical advice on living with dogs in the real world  

A great new book by Kathryn Harvey of The Agility Farm and Gillian Ridgeway, Director of Training at Who's Walking Who .

Discover how to appreciate what makes your dog special and how to work with him in ways he can understand. Learn positive, practical ways to build a relationship based on mutual trust and awareness. You'll be surprised at how simple changes in the way you interact with your dog can dramatically affect the harmony in your household. Buy it here!

More Great Reads

The AAC Rule Book!  Get it by becoming a member.  Check out www.aac.ca.

DogSport Magazine.  The best all-around dog sport magazine on the market! Get it at www.dogsportmagazine.com.

Clean Run magazine:  A monthly bonanza of agility information.  Subscribe at www.cleanrun.com.  Tell 'em The Agility Farm sent you!

Also worth a read are all of the books available for sale at the DogSport and Clean Run web sites.  Every one of them has something to offer.

Particular favourites of ours include:

Shaping Success: The education of an unlikely champion by Susan Garrett

Agility Tricks for Improved Attention, Flexibility and Confidence by Donna Duford

Purely Positive Training by Sheila Booth

Agility Success by Angelica Steinker

Go the Distance by Stacy Peardot and Bud Houston

Peak Performance: Coaching the Canine Athlete by Christine Zink

 

To learn about how best to choose a dog from a shelter, 

check out the booklets available at www.suesternberg.com.

 

For more information on how dogs think and how training works, check out:

The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

The Power of Positive Dog Training by Pat Miller

Don't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor

The Dog's Mind by Bruce Fogle

On Talking Terms with Dogs by Turid Rugaas

The Evolution of Canine Social Behaviour by Roger Abrantes

The Truth About Dogs by Stephen Budiansky

Click for Joy! by Melissa Alexander