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  • luzmery928L

    Does anyone have experience with a home self training using books, videos. If so please help us out find good sources.

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  • QuercusQ

    Tool Box for Remodeling your Problem Dog, by Terry Ryan
    So Your Dog is Not Lassie, by Betty Fisher
    Anything by Patricia McConnell PhD, or Brenda Aloff, or Terry Ryan. I haven't read it, but I have heard good things about Parenting your Dog, by Trish King.
    Also, anything by Ian Dunbar PhD

    Andrea Walters

    Quercus Basenjis

    NW Ohio

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  • jys1011J

    Check out www.dogwise.com

    Anything by Patricia McConnell PhD, or Brenda Aloff, or Terry Ryan.

    I was going to recommend the same thing. These are great & knowledgeable authors.

    I also like Turid Rugaas…she's got great cheap pamphlets on the basics that for me was absolutely priceless. Her method for resolving the pulling problem seems to be working for my dogs. I will be forever indebted to this woman if I manage to have any success with this. :)

    Basenji Mom of C3PO & TOPAZ

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  • luzmery928L

    thank you thank you thank you..

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