Recommended Books

Our recommended reading on canine nutrition, animal science, and dog training.

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The Dog's Mind: Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

Authors:
Dr. Bruce Fogle
Category:

Animal Science

Published:

October 14, 1992

One of the most important and comprehensive book about the psychology of dog behavior by Dr. Bruce Fogle, a British veterinary clinician with 20 years of experience. This book is a must in any dog lover library.

How do dogs perceive the world about them? How do they see, hear, learn, relate to their owners? How large are their brains, what is their emotional makeup? Why do they suffer from stress and how can it be coped with? Learn about dog body language, aggression, or the importance of proper socialization in the development of a dog's personality.

Dog Food Logic: Making Smart Decisions for Your Dog in an Age of Too Many Choices

Authors:
Linda P. Case
Category:

Canine Nutrition

Published:

January 20, 2014

Animal nutritionist Linda Case describes how to make logical, evidence-based decisions for what to feed your dog amid all the options available. This book will help you separate fact from fiction. It explains the complex terms and offers a guide to pet nutrition in simple to comprehend language. Unlike other books on this topic, there is no agenda here—except to present facts and then allow pet owners to make their own logical conclusions.

Dog Food Logic is the indispensable guide to the science behind canine nutrition that will help us to make wise, well-informed choices about how and what we feed our dogs. It takes the fear out of trying to understand proper nutrition and will empower us to determine what is best for the health of our dogs.

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Authors:
Alexandra Horowitz
Category:

Animal Science

Published:

September 28, 2010

Inside of a Dog has practical application for dog lovers interested in understanding why their dogs do what they do and how they think. With a light touch and the weight of science behind her, Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, examines the animal we think we know best but may actually understand the least. This book is as close as you can get to knowing about dogs without being a dog yourself.

Inside of a Dog also contains research information on dogs’ detection of disease, the secrets of their tails, and their skill at reading our attention. This engaging book serves as a corrective to the many myths that circulate about our canine companions.

The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

Authors:
Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods
Category:

Animal Science

Published:

October 29, 2013

Does your dog feel guilt? Is she pretending she can't hear you? Does she want affection—or just your sandwich?

In their New York Times bestselling book Th­e Genius of Dogs, Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods lay out landmark discoveries from the Duke Canine Cognition Center and other research facilities around the world to reveal how your dog thinks and how we humans can have even deeper relationships with our best four-legged friends.

A masterful and engaging account of what science reveals about dog intelligence. Fascinating and highly readable.

Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet: Healthier Dog Food the ABC Way

Authors:
Steve Brown
Category:

Canine Nutrition

Published:

November 5, 2009

Steve Brown, a renowned expert on canine nutrition, shows how you can bring the benefits of the canine ancestral diet to your dog by feeding a nutrient mix that more closely matches what has been health food for hundreds of generations of canines.

The book packed with scientifically-backed information, and presents a practical approach for achieving the goal of helping us to make a healthy diet for our dogs. This is a practical and easy to follow method to make improvements to whatever your dog currently eats.

Raw food or home prepared feeders will learn how to balance nutrients more precisely, especially fats, for optimum health. Learn about the latest research on the importance of protein and healthy fats in your dog’s diet. Find out why commercial foods can’t include these fragile-but-crucial nutrients, and how you can make sure your dog gets them.

Cesar's Rules: Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog

Authors:
Cesar Millan
Category:

Dog Training

Published:

October 4, 2011

Cesar Millan is an internationally-renowned dog behaviorist and New York Times best-selling author. Although his training methods are controversial, his natural talent with dogs is undeniable. Cesar has helped many people with difficult dogs.

In this book, Cesar shows you how to communicate well with your dog and shares effective and humane methods for teaching your dog how to be a balanced, well-behaved member of your household. Filled with practical advice, anecdotes, tips, and trouble-shooting techniques, this is a helpful guide to train a well-behaved and well-balanced dog.

Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond

Authors:
Alexandra Horowitz
Category:

Behavior

Published:

September 3, 2019

This book is a treat for dog lovers. It's an eye-opening, informative, and entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike. Cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz explores all aspects of this unique and complex interspecies pairing between human and dog.

As Horowitz considers the current culture of dogdom, she reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs. We celebrate their individuality but breed them for sameness. History, facts and data grounded in academic research are woven along with entertaining anecdotes.

Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet

Authors:
John Brashaw
Category:

Animal Science

Published:

May 10, 2011

A clear-headedand fascinating book on all things dog—emotion, mind, and breed.

Renowned anthrozoologist Dr. John Bradshaw has made a career of studying human-animal interactions. In Dog Sense he uses the latest scientific research to explain new information on the origin of dogs, their relationship with ancestral wolves and why we need to base our relationship with dogs on partnership and cooperation, not outmoded theories about dominance.

From explaining why positive reinforcement is a more effective (and less damaging) way to control dogs' behavior than punishment to demonstrating the importance of weighing a dog's unique personality against stereotypes about its breed, Bradshaw offers extraordinary insight into the question of how we really ought to treat our dogs.