Before you get your puppy

• Breeds approved for HDB

• Fate of a Dog in an Atlanta Shelter

After you get your puppy

• Survival Skills for Pups, Gary Wilkes

• How to choose a trainer

Clicker Training

• Karen Pryor's Center for Clicker Training

• Clicker Train

• Clicker Solutions

• Clicker Training Lessons

Training Articles

• Positive reinforcement: training your dog or cat with treats and praise - Dumb Friends League

• Training articles - ClickerSolutions

• Gary Wilkes' Pet Care and Behaviour Articles

Equipment - use them with care

• A Pain in the Neck, PETA

• New collar curbs dogs, with memories of mom - Gentle Leader head collar in NY Times, Premier

Understand Your Dog

• Talking dog: body language, understand what dogs are "saying", Stacy Braslau-Schneck

To Neuter or Not

• Understanding the Effects of Neutering on Problem Behaviors in Male Dogs - Benjamin Hart, DVM, PhD

Problem Behaviours

• Stool Eating (Coprophagy), Holly Frisby, PetEducation.com

Recommended Reading

Many good books are available in our local libraries. Check out these books.

Most of these books are available at Borders and Kinokuniya. Otherwise available at Amazon and Dogwise.