Read About Choosing Dog Training Books

Dog training books that advocate positive reinforcement techniques are effective guides to help you train your pet.

Things to consider: Choosing one book, techniques desired, and the breed of your dog.

  • One at a Time - Books on dog training offer all different sorts of techniques, and many offer slight variations on the same dog training techniques. It is best to try one technique per behavior at a time. If you read two different dog-training methods in two different books, try just one first, so you do not risk confusing the dog. If that does not work after a while, take a break and then, in your next training session, try the other.

  • Positive Reinforcement - It seems there are as many books on dog training as there are dogs to be trained. Before you buy any old dog-training book, try to make sure that the primary dog training method employed in the book is positive reinforcement. This is the dog training method dogs respond most to and any books that do not tout positive reinforcement as the preferred method of dog training, you and your dog both are probably better off without.

  • Breed Critical - Different dog breeds respond differently to different training methods. One way to practically ensure that you are on the right path training your dog is to go by the dog training information in breed-specific dog books.