Reading Recommendations
A selection of our favorite dog- and sighthound-related reading material (and podcasts).
BOOKS
ALL-BREED BOOKS
BEHAVIOR & TRAINING
"Bones Would Rain From the Sky" Suzanne Clothier
"Control Unleashed" Leslie McDevitt
"Decoding Your Dog" American College of Vet. Behaviorists
"Don’t Shoot the Dog" Karen Pryor
"Meet Your Dog" Kim Brophey
"Puppy Primer" Patricia McConnell
"The Culture Clash" Jean Donaldson:
"The Other End of the Leash" Patricia McConnell
CONFORMATION
"An Eye For a Dog: Illustrated Guide to Judging Purebred Dogs" Robert W. Cole
"Born to Win, Breed to Succeed" Patricia Craige Trotter
"Dogs in Motion" Fischer et al
"Guide to the Dissection of the Dog”, 8th Edition, Evans et al
"Let's Make You a Winner - A Judge's Perspective on Showing Dogs" Pat Hastings and Erin Ann Rouse
"Miller's Anatomy of the Dog”, 5th Edition, Hermanson et al
SIGHTHOUND BOOKS
"Gazehounds & Coursing - The History, Art and Sport of Hunting With Sighthounds" M.H. Salmon
“Running Sighthounds & Other Breeds” Denise Como
"Sighthounds Afield - The Complete Guide to Sighthound Breeds & Amateur Performance Events" Denise Como
BORZOI BOOKS
"Borzois" Winifred E. Chadwick
"The Borzoi" The Borzoi Club of America, Inc.
"The Complete Borzoi" Lorraine Groshans
"The Life & Legends of the Borzoi" Eileen Worthing
"Observations on Borzoi: Called in America Russian Wolfhounds, In a series of letters to a friend" Joseph B. Thomas
OUT OF PRINT (but highly recommended!)
"Borzoi Blueprints" Audrey Mulligan
"Borzoi in Forward Motion" Audrey Mulligan
"Life With Borzoi" Phydelma Gillette
FREE NEW PUPPY/DOG RESOURCES
ALL-BREED
Puppy Parenting Guidebook - Instinct Dog Training
BEFORE You Get Your Puppy and AFTER You Get Your Puppy - Ian Dunbar
Canine Enrichment eBook - Paws and Rewards
New Dog Checklist - Association of Pet Dog Trainers
Resources for New Puppy Owners - Diamonds in the Ruff
Three Things to Know Bringing a New Dog Home - Patricia McConnell
ONLINE TRAINING COURSES
ALL-BREED
Fenzi Dog Sports Academy (paid courses)
Instinct Dog Behavior & Training Online School (most courses free!)
PODCASTS
ALL-BREED