Mother loves to read and sometimes she can get quite obsessive. Since she’s got me, she has been trying to devour as many books as possible (this was especially so when I was a pup because she wanted to set the right foundation, up till about 6 months old then she toned down abit). She’s collected a number of books and she’s still adding to that library of hers! She’s not read all of them but is slowly going through each book, one page at a time (with highlighters and post-it flags on hand). I think this is why Mother prefers too eat in in the office – so she can read! She’s also got some DVDs, not many, but I think that will be a growing number too. They have all helped in shaping her relationship with me and her understanding of me and dogs in general, some way or other! Mother gets most of her books from Amazon or Cleanrun. A few from the local bookstores (but they don’t carry many dog books!). She’d like to shop on Dogwise (and spend her entire salary there) but they don’t except Singapore credit cards! She actually reads the reviews and recommendations there then buy them elsewhere! Silly them! She might use that Citibank-DHL service soon to buy from Dogwise soon.
BOOKS
- Canine Body Language – Brenda Aloff
- Aggression in Dogs – Brenda Aloff
- Shaping the Wolf Within Your Dog – Nathan B. Childs
- Learning Games – Kay Laurence
- Dogspeak – Matthew Hoffman
- The Power of Positive Training – Pat Miller
- A Dog Who’s Always Welcome – Lorie Long
- The Dog’s Mind – Dr Bruce Fogle
- The Dog Listener – Jan Fennell
- How To Be Your Dog’s Best Friend – The Monks of New Skete
- Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats – Dr Pitcairn
- 101 Dog Tricks – Kyra Sundance and Chalcy
- Click to Calm – Emma Parsons
- The Other End of the Leash – Patricia McConnell
- For the Love of a Dog – Patricia McConnell
- Dog Owner’s Home Veterinary Handbook - Eldridge, Carlson, Carlson, Griffin & Adelman
- How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With – Clarice Rutherford & David Neil
- Dog Training (old book – published 1984) – Ernest Hart (out of print)
- Excel-erated Learning – Pamela Reid
- Scaredy Dog! – Ali Brown
- The Cautious Canine – Patricia McConnell
- Why Does My Dog Act That Way? – Stanley Coren
- How to Speak Dog – Stanley Coren
- How Dogs Think – Stanley Coren
- Shetland Sheepdogs (old book – published 1990) – Beverly Pisano
- How to Train Your Shetland Sheepdog – Palika
- Clicking with your Dog – Peggy Tillman
- The ABCs of Positive Training – Miriam Fields-Babineau
- On Talking Terms with Dogs (Calming Signals) – Turid Rugaas
- Control Unleashed – Leslie McDevitt (currently reading!)
- After You Get Your Puppy – Ian Dunbar
- Good Little Dog Book – Ian Dunbar
- Raw Meaty Bones – Tom Lonsdale
- First Aid for the Active Dog – Sid Gustafson (shipped! on its way!)
DVDS
- The Language of Dogs (Understanding Canine Body Language and Other Communication Signals) – Sarah Kalnajs
- Am I Safe? (The Art & Science of Canine Behaviour Assessments) – Sarah Kalnajs
- Really Reliable Recall – Leslie Nelson
- The Dog Whisperer (Season 1) – Cesar Millan
- Fighting Dominance in a Dog Whispering World – Jean Donaldson & Ian Dunbar
- Control Unleashed (Foundation Seminar) - Leslie McDevitt (already shipped! yay!)
- Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months – Ed Frawley (Leerburg)
- The How of Bow Wow – Virginia Broitman & Sherri Lippman (bought & downloaded from Internet)
- How to Massage Your Dog – Maria Duthie (shipped! arriving soon!)
“To buy” list:
- Clicker Train Your Own Assistance Dog DVD Set – I think Mother is getting lazier and lazier!
- ABCs of Behaviour Shaping DVD – More training Mother?!
- Tracking DVD - Oh great. Now I must use my nose??
would u like to rent ur books to me? haha…
don’t worry im someone who can take very good care of stuff so it won’t come back dog-eared or anything… heh
My mummy emailed Dogwise before because she wanted to add them as her affiliate. Thus, she found out that they didn’t accept Singapore addresses or credit cards because they have a problem delivering the books over.
Lousy! But mummy still managed to convince them to accept the affiliate. Heh…
Kayla, I will ask Mother and she will email you!
Taylor, what happens when you become an affiliate?
Mummy puts up their link on her website so if people buys books from dogwise, mummy gets a portion of the money.
Shucks! What a shame they don’t they SG credit cards!
Wow Romeo. Your mummy has so many books. Taylor told me about them and I popped by to take a look.
I think I like the book under “to buy” list: Clicker train your own assistance dog.
We are trying to train Taylor to close the door now. Very interesting. LOL.
It is soo not interesting. I’m sure Taylor will tell you how stupid it is! Mother is so lazy, now she’s got me closing doors too. Sigh. I tried to get her to stop training this by pushing really hard and sort of slamming the door, but NOOoo.. all she did was cheer!! “YAY! Romeo! Well done! Good boy!”. Sheesh.
wow…your Mommy sure has a lot of books, Romeo. No wonder you’re such a smart dog!
No no no! It’s not because of the books that I am smart! I am NATURALLY smart!
The style of writing is quite familiar . Did you write guest posts for other bloggers?