BOOKS

There are thousands of books on dog training, of these, there may be less then fifty that are really worth reading and from that maybe fifteen or twenty books which you would want as reference. While writing a book takes dedication, some books really weren't worth all the effort. While it might seem that anything of pertinent value has already be written, there still wouldn't be a shortage of new books this year, or the years to come. I've even seen where an author added his own title to a technique invented more then a decade ago and the entire book was centered on that one technique and it still managed to sell copies

The material which does grabs my interest, are the research papers, with topics on scent, scent discrimination or tracking. At first, before the internet became the maga source of information, it was almost impossible to get a hold of the material unless you resided close to a major university. Now, its only a short click away. By starting with the reference notations at the end of the book or an article, such as, Analysis of problems connected with the use and keeping of police dogs in 1998, and pasting the entire sentence into Google search box, chances are you will find it posted somewhere on the internet or know where you can find the book.

While the first novel in this list is not actually training material, it is very good reference. It's by Prof. Samuel Chapman, who examines the concepts for establishing and maintaining police K9 units in the United States, what it takes and why they failed.

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  1. Police Dogs in North America. Samuel G. Chapman
  2. Tracking Dog: Theory and Method. Glen R Johnson
  3. Don't Shoot the Dog. Karen Pyror
  4. Scent and the Scenting Dog. William Syrotuck
  5. The Dogs Mind. Bruce Fogle
  6. Search and Rescue Dogs. American Rescue Dog Association
  7. Behavior Problems in Dogs. William Campbell
  8. The Dog who loved to Much. Nicholas Dodman
  9. Dog Behavior. Ian Dunbar
  10. Why Does my Dog?. John Fischer
  11. The Art of Raising a Puppy. Monks of New Skete
  12. The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior. Clarence Pfaffenberger
  13. Training Your Dog. Volhard and Fischer
  14. Death's Acre. Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson
  15. Analysis of Lost Person Behavior. William Syrotuck
  16. Basic Narcotics Detection Dog Training. Jack Robicheaux
  17. Decoys and Aggression: Police K9 Training Manual. Stephen Mackenzie
  18. Training Dogs, a manual. Col. Konrad Most
  19. Genetic and Social Behavior of Dogs. Dr. J.P.Scott and Dr. J.L.Fuller
  20. How Dogs Learn. Mary Burch and Jon Bailey
  21. Scent: Training to Track, Search and Rescue. Pearsall
  22. Canine First Aid for Dogs. Adela Morris

I haven't had the opportunity to read any of the following but I mention them for your review.

  1. Avalanche. Hasty Search: Care and Training of Avalanche SAR Dogs. Patti Burnett
  2. A Practical Guide To Training and Working Trailing Dog. John Lutenberg and Linda Porter
  3. Cavader Dog Handbook. Marcella Sorg, Andrew Rebmann, Edward David
  4. Following Ghosts: Developing the Tracking Relationship. Clothier and Rice
  5. K9 Search and Rescue. Desi Gerritsen and Rudd Haak
  6. Intro to Land Search Probabilities. William Syrotuck
  7. K9 Explosives Detection. Ron Mistafa
  8. K9 Scent Detection. Jan Kaldenbach
  9. K9 Suspect Discrimination Training and Practicing. Adee Schoon and Rudd Haak
  10. Police Dog Tactics. Sandy Bryson
  11. Police Textbook for Dog handlers. William Tolhurst
  12. Tracking from the Beginning. Gary Patterson
  13. Training the Disaster Search Dog. Shirley Hammond
  14. K9 Professional Tracking. Resi Gerritsen and Rudd Haak
  15. Emergency First Aid for your Dog. Tamara Shearer

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