Recommended Reading for Adults

 

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The Art of Raising a Puppy
New Skete Monks
Little Brown & Company (March 1991)
Available from Amazon.com

Barron's Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds
D. Caroline Coile, Michele Earle-Bridges (Illustrator)
Barrons Educational Series (October 1998)
Available from Amazon.com

Behavior, Development and Training of the Dog
Frederic J. Sautter
Arco Pub (0668043369)
Currently out of Print

The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People
James Serpell (Editor)
Cambridge Univ Press (January 1996)
Available from Amazon.com

Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog
John Paul Scott (Editor), John L. Fuller (Editor)
University of Chicago Press (February 1998)
Available from Amazon.com

How Dogs Learn
Mary R. Burch and Jon S. Bailey
John Wiley & Sons (May 1999)
Available from Amazon.com

How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend: The Classic Training Manual for Dog Owners (Revised & Updated Edition)
Monks of New Skete
Little Brown & Company (September 2002)
Available from Amazon.com

If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You: True Portraits of Dogs
Valerie Shaff
Bulfinch Press (May 1998)
Available from Amazon.com

Jelly Bean versus Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
C.W. Meisterfeld
MRK Publishing (1989)
Available from Amazon.com

The Other End of the Leash
Patricia McConnell
Ballantine Books ( June 4, 2002 )
Available from Amazon.com