Black Ice Dog Sledding Equipment

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Understanding Puppy Testing, by Suzanne Clothier BB07 $7.00
A comprehensive guide to puppy aptitude testing. An excellent tool for evaluating litters and selecting your best prospects for the future. Detailed information is given on the test; purpose, techniques, and interpretation. This practical approach to puppy evaluation will be valuable in matching pups to prospective owners.
70 pages (softcover)

Super Puppy, by Peter J. Vollmer BK01 $6.95
"A Guide to Raising the Best Dog You'll Ever Have", from winning your puppy over, to communication, discipline and house training. This is an excellent book for all new puppy owners. We send a copy with newer owners when each of our puppies goes home.
39 pages (softcover)
Quantity Discount, 6 or more copies BK00 $4.95 each

Purely Positive Training, by Sheila Booth BK07 $27.00
A wonderfully detailed book that walks you step-by-step through purely positive obedience training method. Beginning with the principles behind positive training, followed by the basics and then detailed methods for most obedience exercises and some agility. Sheila's philosophy of training is simply explained in this quote, "Our relationship with our dogs is precious. Training should serve to strengthen that bond and enhance that relationship." This book is well organized and enjoyable reading. Rethink your dog training techniques as you enjoy this book. "Best Dog Training Book of 1999", by the Dog Writers Association of America.
352 pages (softcover)

Canine Behavior Booklets, by Ian Dunbar and Gwen Bohnenkamp
The following behavior booklets are extremely handy on each of the most common dog behavior and temperament problems. (softcover)

Preventing Aggression -- Biting (42 pages) BB20 $6.00
See page 22 for Dunbar's video "Canine Aggression; Fighting"

Puppy biting - inhibiting force and the frequency of bites
Preventing defensiveness and protectiveness

Housetraining (42 pages) BB21 $6.00

Preventing problems when your dog is left alone at home
Crate training and other methods of predicting elimination

Housetraining Supplement (11 pages) BB22 $2.00

Training a dog to eliminate on command
Urinary scent marking

Barking (26 pages) BB23 $4.00

Reasons for barking
Trouble-shooting unruly barking
Owner-absent barking

Chewing -- Plus Trashing (19 pages) BB24 $3.00

Prevention and treatment
Appropriate chewtoys
Boobytraps

Digging (11 pages) BB25 $2.00

Prevention and treatment
Boundary training

Shyness/Fearfulness -- Towards People (17 pages) BB26 $3.00

Socialization with people
Confidence building exercises

Fighting (32 pages) BB27 $4.50

Social hierarchies
Multidog households
Counterconditioning

Socialization (24 pages) BB28 $3.50

Puppy playgroups
Fearfulness

MUSH! A Beginner's Manual of Sled Dog Training BK14 $19.95
edited by Charlene LaBelle for the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers, Inc.
Newly revised, this text is a must-have for beginners. Now in its fourth edition, MUSH! was originally published by the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers when Bella Levorson worked with club members and mushing greats to produce a book that gathered together the wisdom of knowledgeable mushers. Now Charlene LaBelle of the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers has updated this useful book. It contains information and illustrations on training pups, adults and leaders, equipment, traveling and racing. This new edition also contains information on weight pulling, canicross, bikejoring, skijoring, pulking, backpacking and camping. 330 pages (softcover)

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