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Puppy Buyer's Bookshelf
These nine books/videos should get you started on the right foot with your new puppy. They will help you understand your pup, raise him to be a pleasant family companion, train him in basic obedience, and care for him properly. If you want more selections on a specific topic, check out our Bookstore.
These books also make wonderful gifts if you know someone who is getting a puppy!
(If you are getting a pup other than a golden retriever, replace the World of the Golden Retriever and DVGRR Grooming Video with books and videos for your breed.)
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Culture Clash: a Revolutionary new way of understanding the relationship
between humans and domestic dogs, by Jean Donaldson. If you are getting
a puppy or dog, you must read this book. I think I'm going to make it required
reading for my future puppy buyers. Be fair to your dog--read this book!
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The
World of the Golden Retriever: A Dog for All Seasons, by
Nona Kilgore Bauer. If you are going to buy only one book about goldens,
this is the one we recommend. It has wonderful photographs of goldens, introduces
you to some of today's top kennels, and offers information about the many
activities in which goldens can participate. It also has lots of photos
of many of the dogs in Gaylan's pedigrees ;-).
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SIRIUS
Puppy Training, by Ian Dunbar. Positive puppy training that involves
the whole family. Teach your pup to sit, down, stand, stay, come and
heel before they are six months old. A necessity for your library!
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How
to Be Your Dog's Best Friend: A Training Manual for Dog Owners, by
the Monks of New Skete. This 20-year old classic will teach you how
to develop a deep and lasting relationship with your dog. Wonderful
techniques for puppy training. If you buy no other book when you get
your puppy, get this one!
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How
to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With, by Clarice Rutherford and David
H. Neil. This should be the next book you add to your collection.
Excellent sections on crate training, house breaking, and other basics
for raising a puppy.
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DVGRR
Grooming Video, by the Deleware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue. This
is the best video for learning to groom your pet golden. AND, proceeds
from the sale of the video go to support golden retrievr rescue. Keep
your golden looking and feeling great using this video.
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Dog
Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook, by Delbert Carlson and James
Giffin. This book has been our main source of veterinary information (outside
our own vet, of course) for the 20 years we have been breeding dogs. It
is easy to use, well indexed, and covers most of the symptoms and diseases
of primary concern to the pet owner.
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Mother
Knows Best : The Natural Way to Train Your Dog, by Carol Lea Benjamin.
Our favorite doggy author! Carol approaches both dogs and people in that
matter-of-fact style that most native New Yorkers have. She will both
entertain you and educate you. We had the opportunity to meet Carol at the
Westminster Dog Show two years ago and she is as wonderful in person
as she is in her books. We also recommend Carol's other books on teaching
tricks, fixing problems, and adopting a shelter dog.
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Surviving
Your Dog's Adolescence: A Positive Training Approach, by Carol
Lea Benjamin. There is nothing you can do...your puppy will become
an adolescence. Teenage dogs can try the patience of even saints so us mere
mortals need the guidance of someone like Carol.
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