A big part of dog training involves teaching people how best to communicate with their dogs. To aid in that educational process, I developed these position statements on key issues.
Positive Reinforcement
Shock Collars
Dominance-Style Dog Training
Puppy Socialization

Position Papers

A big part of dog training involves teaching people how best to communicate with their dogs. To aid in that educational process, I developed these position statements on key issues:

Recommended Resources

There is a lot of junky dog training advice out there in various forms of media, so to help you find quality information that explains and expands upon what I teach, I assembled this list of books, magazines, websites, and blogs. They offer a ton of accurate, humane information about caring for dogs, canine learning theory, dog training, and behavior modification.

In some cases, I’d recommend pretty much any book or article by these authors, but here are some specifics...