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An expansive source for dog books
& videos is General Labrador Interests How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With, by Clarice Rutherford & David Neil. Now available in book or video Covers planning for the new puppy, selecting a breeder, house training, where to sleep at night, bonding with your new puppy, socialization, discipline, simple commands and leash training. Learn the stages of development and what to expect as the puppy grows. Note: Available through Dogwise The Art of Raising a Puppy, by Monks of New Skete. Tells you everything you need to know about the first months of your puppy's life, from the decision to adopt a puppy through the practical first steps of choosing the right breed, preparing your home, caring for the new family member, and getting started with basic obedience training. This unique program is designed by the Monks to enhance the bond between dog and owner and leads to a loving, life-long companionship! Note: Available through Dogwise How to be Your Dogs Best Friend, by Monks of New Skete. Advocates the philosophy that understanding is the key to communication, compassion and communion with your dog. Will tell you how to select a dog to fit your life-style and where to find it, how to read a pedigree, how and when to train, about the proper use of praise and discipline, how to feed and care for your dog, about dogs and protection, and about dog behavior problems and how to correct them. Includes a complete obedience course, and there are specific chapters on city, suburban, and country dogs. Note: Available through Dogwise Labrador Retriever: Dog that Does it All, by Lisa Weiss and Emily Biegel Gives potential owners, new converts and veteran Lab lovers all they need to know about this perennial favorite. There are chapters on buying a dog, grooming, temperament, understanding the breed standard, breeding, health concerns and more. Dog shows, hunting and obedience competitions, service dogs and all the other activities Labs can participate in are discussed. Includes useful resources, important pedigrees and top dogs in the breed. Note: Available through Dogwise An Owner's Guide to the Pet Labrador Retriever by Lisa Weiss. Learn how to feed, groom and keep your pet healthy, breed-specific traits and how to enjoy your pet through training and activities you can do together. Written by a breed expert and includes a special chapter on training by Ian Dunbar. Loads of full color pictures! Note: Available through Dogwise Bones Would Rain from the Sky, by Suzanne Clothier. Suzanne talks about her childhood with dogs and her relationship with them, and the differences between training and having a real relationship with your dog. She talks about specific dogs and situations, what she learned from them, and how they have changed her attitude towards dogs and towards training. The dogs you'll meet and the lessons they teach may make you want to start over with your dogs and develop a better relationship. At the very least you will come away from this special book with a different attitude towards your canine companions and a new understanding of training and relationships. Note: Available through Dogwise The Official Book of the Labrador Retriever Compiled by the Labrador Retriever Club, Dr. Bernard Ziessow, editor. Comprehensive guide to the Labrador. Covers breeding, genetics, and hereditary problems; showing; hunting and field trials; influential kennels; Labs in Canada; famous dogs; judging the Lab; official standard; LRC by-laws; LRC working certificate program; Labs in the community. A tremendous amount of breed and club information! MANY color photos, some black & white. Note: Available through Dogwise Hunting Interests Tri-Tronics Retriever Training, by Jim and Phillis Dobbs with Alice Woodyard. Takes the reader through their step-by-step program for retriever training which emphasizes, above all, "making it easy for dogs to learn.". Included are sections on how to select a pup with good working potential and how to get started early with "puppy head start" training that awakens the pup's desire to learn. The reader is then carefully educated on the proper introduction of the Tri-Tronics collar. The collar introduction program utilizes Jim and Phyllis' highly successful techniques for teaching reliable responses to commands, while not impairing the dog's enthusiasm and style. The book covers in detail how to proceed with the young retriever's field work, develop its marking skills, prepare it for hunting situations and finally advance it through a handling program. The important question of when and how to use the Tri-Tronics collar and when not to use it is answered for each stage of training. Over 200 photographs, together with detailed diagrams of the handling drills, are also included. This book is written particularly for the retriever owner who wants to train his own dog for hunting, hunting tests and field trials. In addition, anyone interested in knowing more about how electronic training collars can be used to enhance effective dog training will want to take advantage of this book. Note: Available through Gun Dog Supply Training Retrievers to Handle, by DL and Ann Walters. Whether you're training for serious field trial competition or you just want a first class hunting dog, you'll find this invaluable. Create good habits and prevent bad ones. Step-by-step instructions with clear photos and diagrams. Note: Available through Dogwise and Gun Dog Supply Working Retrievers, by Tom Quinn. Training, care, and handling of retrievers for hunting and field trials. Contents includes: selection of a dog, training and gear, Derby training, force-fetch training and steadying, more Derby training, hunting and the qualifying stake, blinds and line running, hunting versus trailing, training for advanced competition, health and general care, and more. Extensively illustrated with black & white photos, line drawings, and a large group of full color paintings by author Thomas Quinn, of dogs and game birds. Note: Available through Dogwise and Gun Dog Supply Retriever Training Drills for Marking, by James B. Spencer. A comprehensive collection of drills compiled into book form - techniques that formerly have been spread primarily by word of mouth. Throughout Spencer keeps in mind the limitations under which most amateurs train. Each drill is diagrammed with a careful explanation of the purpose, prerequisites, necessary equipment and pitfalls to avoid. The exercises are limited to field work and oriented to amateurs training their own dogs for hunting or hunt tests. Only you can turn them into drills - by running your dog through them repetitively. This book is a supplement to a complete training manual. It focuses on how to set up effective drills and why you should use them. Note: Available through Dogwise and Gun Dog Supply Retriever Training Drills for Blind Retrieves, by James B. Spencer. Nothing in a retriever's genes inclines him to do blind retrieves. We must drill it into the dog until it becomes a conditioned response. In this book, Spencer has compiled an extensive collection of drills that have, for the most part, been developed by professional field trial trainers and spread by word of mouth. Now, for the first time, they are available in book form for use by amateurs and professionals alike. Each drill is diagrammed, plus Spencer carefully explains the purpose, prerequisites, necessary equipment, and pitfalls to avoid. Note: Available through Dogwise and Gun Dog Supply Retriever Training Tests, by James Spencer. Now you and your dog can do better in field trials, working certificate tests, and in actual hunting! Understand the environmental factors that may affect a dog's performance, get training and handling tips from a respected retriever trainer and hunting test judge. Note: Available through Dogwise and Gun Dog Supply Water Dog, by Richard Wolters. Written for the person with limited time who wants to train a working retriever fast and by himself. Includes new scientific information on the mental development of the dog, and covers everything from the day you get your puppy to the finished dog. Step-by-step training procedures are covered in photographs, covers what to expect from your dog and what your dog can expect of you! Easy to read, user-friendly! Note: Available through Dogwise and Gun Dog Supply Training Your Retriever, by
James Lamb Free. This classic guide - unanimously regarded by
experts as the definitive book about retrievers and how to select,
train, and care for them - is now reissued in its most recent updated
edition. This book was written by an impatient man, for impatient
people; it is a complete and eminently useful volume that tells all
duck hunters and upland-game gunners how to go about finding and training
their own dog quickly and easily. Every step in the training
of a retriever is carefully set down, from simple citizenship, obedience,
and housebreaking, to the basic single-marked retrieves, to advanced
work on blind retrieves. Instructions are given for preparing a retriever
for field trials, and there is a vivid description of exactly what
goes on at the trials. Many of the long-accepted myths about retrievers
are laid to rest as James Lamb Free explains how you can determine
whether your dog is worth training - or how you can get one that is.
Free takes the position that you need no patience - and very little
time - to train any of the retriever breeds, and in this most readable
and practical of training manuals, he provided a step-by-step course
for taking your retriever from "kindergarten" through "college"
skills. Note: Available through Gun
Dog Supply
Raising A Champion, A Beginners Guide to Showing Dogs by A. Meredith John and Carole L. Richards. Want to enter the world of dog shows and don't know how to begin? Learn the basics for showing your dog successfully: how to train your puppy to be a show dog, how to handle your own dog in the show ring, how dog shows are judged, how to enter dog shows, how to read premium lists, how to read judging programs, how to count championship points, and how to have FUN showing your dog. Over 250 photos and figures, will take you from your puppy's earliest training to his first show and on to earning his championship. Note: Available through Dogwise Winning with Purebred Dogs, by Dr. Alvin Grossman and Beverly Grossman. Information that can take you from a beginning novice to a successful breeder/exhibitor. How to buy the right first show dog, how to train your dog to win, understanding how dog shows really work, using a handler to your best advantage, proper presentation of your dog in the ring, what to look for in a mentor, campaigning a specials dog, money, money and where it goes, straight facts about judges, how to breed top winning dogs, raising your litters properly, and picking the best puppies. Note: Available through Dogwise
The Dual-Purpose Labrador, by Mary Roslin-Williams. Out of print, but sometimes available on used book sites, this is a cherished Labrador book. Written for newcomers, it is a particular value to those who enter the breed with the serious intention of founding a good kennel. Note: Out of Print, Limited Availability, sometimes through Amazon. (also known as Reach for the Stars) Reaching for the Stars (formerly Advanced Labrador Breeding), by Mary Roslin-Williams. Expanded version of Advanced Labrador Breeding. A classic work on becoming a top breeder of ANY breed! How to recognize and breed for the hallmarks of a champion; what qualities make a good breeder and the problems they have reaching the top of their field; why a top breeder stays at the top of the field; dual purpose breeding, color breeding, faults, failings and virtues in the ring. Extremely valuable for the serious breeder of any breed!! Author: Mary Roslin Williams. (Author was a well-known international judge and breeder of Labs. New additions to the book are by her daughter, Ann Roslin Williams. Note: Available through Dogwise Born to Win, Breed to Succeed, by Patricia Craige. The philosophy and experiences of a breeder-exhibitor having some practical ideas based on a lifetime in dogs. For the breeder, just breeding a good animal is not enough. The puppy must be nourished properly long before the dam is bred, the litter born into the absolute ultimate environment and the puppies raised, trained and conditioned like Olympic athletes! Contents: Winning Takes a Plan--genetics, breeding programs; Winning Means Putting Your Plan into Action-- breeding stock, writing a pedigree; Winning Means Hard Work --kenneling, picking and raising puppies, conditioning, time management, record; Winning Means Having Fun--dog shows, handling, sportsmanship, Westminster KC; Winning Means Special People--mentors, families; Winning Means Factoring in the Future--breed changes, tomorrow's breeders. Note: Out of Print, Limited Availability, sometimes through Amazon or Dogwise Canine Reproduction, the Breeders Guide, by Phyllis A. Holst, MS, DVM. One of the most important books a dog breeder can have on the shelf! Answers your questions about anatomy, breeding behavior, genetics, pregnancy, whelping, rearing a litter, reproductive and whelping problems, even artificial insemination. A must-have book! Has been updated very slightly to reflect current changes, i.e. use of ultrasound in detecting pregnancy. Note: Available through Dogwise The Whelping and Rearing of Puppies, by Muriel P. Lee. Are you expecting a first litter, and you've never even seen a litter whelped before? Don't worry! "Whelping" is almost like having an experienced canine midwife at your side! It will guide you through the whelping process, covering possible problems and how to deal with them. Includes details for tube feeding puppies, early socialization, weaning, and possible problems with older puppies. A popular (and complete) book on this subject, designed (spiral bound) to keep at your side by the whelping box. Color. Note: Available through Dogwise The Standard Book of Dog Breeding, a New Look, by Alvin Grossman. The art and science of breeding top dogs made easy. Once the despair of every breeder, the science of breeding better dogs is at last brought down to the point of 'Easy Understanding' and the breeding of top dogs is made immensely easier by the introduction of this new and fascinating book. Learn how to recognize potential behavior problems and how important it is to be able to select for temperament. Note: Available through Amazon Breeding Better Dogs, by Carmelo L. Battaglia, PhD. If you are trying to develop a breeding program, here's a technique that works. Includes all the information needed to set up, has a clear, concise approach to the principles of breeding, with a basic color chart pedigree system that's practical. Dr. Battaglia has been active in breeding and canine research for more than 25 years. Note: Available through Dogwise Genetics, an Introduction for Dog Breeders, by Jackie Isabell. While many dog breeders admit they rely on intuition to produce an extraordinarily successful litter, the role of genetics in the production of a quality litter cannot be overlooked. Yet wrapping one's brain around genetics is an overwhelming prospect and not one most breeders take to. By not embracing key genetic concepts and principles, some breeders unfortunately continue to pass on common hereditary problems, such as eye and skeletal disorders, from generation to generation. The author hopes to reverse this trend by providing breeders with a comprehensive yet easy to understand guide to the nature of heredity, the application of genetics to specific breeds, how to control genetic disorders, and the art of breed selection. This book is incredibly thorough, but understandable by the average dog breeder. A must-have for any breeder's library! Note: Available through Dogwise Control of Canine Genetic Diseases, by George Padgett. The issue of genetic diseases in dogs is a matter of major concern for every dog breeder, every companion dog owner and every serious dog enthusiast. How to understand the mechanics of inheritance, how to deal with percentages, predictability of outcome and how to breed away from such scourges as canine hip dysplasia, progressive retinal atrophy and other debilitating conditions are all covered in this important new book by one of the scientific community's most respected authorities on the subject. The text is augmented with charts, graphs, tables and all the data needed to help the dog breeder take a positive role in enhancing the genetic health of his or her own dogs and the health of entire breed populations. Many practical issues are included such as ethical dealings with buyers of puppies showing late onset conditions, test mating and much more. Destined to become a classic on this vital subject. Was recently reviewed in the AKC Gazette. Note: Available through Dogwise Genetics for Dog Breeders, by Roy Robinson. Basic principles of heredity, illustrated by examples for the dogs. Modern methods of animal improvement and descriptive summaries of genetic abnormalities, substantially documented, make this book a useful reference source for identification of known genetic anomalies. Note: Out of Print, Limited Availability, sometimes through Amazon
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