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BEHAVIOR / TRAINING
Genetics Loads the Gun, Environment
Pulls the Trigger
We can make Informed Choices about
Health & Well-Being~
New England Pet Partners,
Inc. is in the heart-centered non-profit organizations bringing people and
pets together to enhance well-being and education with pet-assisted therapy.
Our dedicated volunteer teams and professionals who support our vision, give
with spirit and tireless determination. Some are well-known, others simply
do what they enjoy, in their own unique way and from a quiet space.
All want to raise awareness, with integrity, about safety and care for
children and dogs.
Everyone needs mentors
and teachers to write a book, be on TV or successful, learn or get the
privilege of sharing it with others. These curious pioneers carve
pathways. Historically, paradoxically and through paradigm (evolving) we
learn from all species. When the student is ready, the teacher will
appear. The teacher can be a human, dolphin, dog or horse. They will
open a window of opportunity. If we are present and read, we can accept the
gift.
Pet-Assisted & R.E.A.D. teams
are
fortunate in that we may walk into a hospital, facility, school or room,
thinking we are the offerer. Usually, we leave as sharer and receiver.
Researchers, teachers,
behaviorists, those dedicated to self-exploration and making a difference,
learn from their mistakes. They admit this as human beings, making changes
as they evolve. As you explore, if it speaks to you, absorb it with
gusto. If it does not, let it go. Form your own opinion and creative
style, write your own book, or produce a dvd. Flow with the
experience. Knowledge, even as a mistake, is empowering.
There is no reason to
re-invent the wheel. The internet is a powerful tool and so is the
LIBRARY. The following recommendations are a place to begin your
journey. If you haven't already, journey to
www.dogtalk.com, click on CANINE COACH. There are FREE excerpts from
"Train
Your Dog, Change Your Life", that is growing into it's paws.
We have 100's of
favorites books on Behavior, Training and Well-Being. Here are a few!
BEHAVIOR /
TRAINING
Train Your Dog, Change Your Life! ~ Maureen
Ross & Gary Ross
Get Connected with Your Dog
~ Brenda Aloff
Scaredy Dog & Focus Not Fear
~ Ali Brown
Reason for Hope
~ Dr. Jane Goodall (Excerpt in "Train
Your Dog, Change Your Life".
Pleasurable
Kingdom
~ John Balcombe.
Mindful Dog Training ~ Claudeen McAuliffe, M.Ed.
The Well Connected Canine (animal acupressure) ~ Amy Snow & Nancy Zidonis
Thinking in
Pictures and Animals in Translation ~ Dr. Temple Grandin
Don't Shoot the
Dog
by Karen Pryor: Anything by Karen on
Clicker Training or her DVD's
On Talking Terms
with Dogs: Calming Signals & Barking: The Languarge of Dogs ~ Turid
Rugaas
Purely Positive
Training ~ Shirley Booth.
Good Owners,
Great Dogs, Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson
Culture
Class-book, Predation in Family Dogs:
Predation, Predatory Drift and
Preparedness
Seminar DVD, ~ Jean Donaldson
Exel-lerated
Learning ~ Dr. Pam Reid.
The Other End of
the Leash
/ Family Friendly Dog Training and many
more ~ Dr. Pat McConnell
The Dog
Whisperer
~ Paul Cohen.
Second Start (on
adoption)
~ Jacqueline O'Neil
Second Hand Dog ~ Carol Lea Benjamin and Mother Knows
Best
Great Dog
Adoptions: A Guide for Shelters ~ Sue Sternberg,
www.suesternberg.com
Click to Calm:
Healing the Aggressive Dog
~ Emma Parsons
www.clickertraining.com
Power of Positive
Training ~ Pat Miller.
How Dogs Learn ~ Mary Burch, Ph.D.
The Dog Trainers
Resource APDT Chronicle of the Dog Collection
Coaching for
Instructors ~ Terry Ryan (Terry's TOOLBOX).
It's not just about the Horse
~ Wyat Webb (Miravel Resort, Arizona --- corporate training).
PET-ASSISTED
ACTIVITIES & THERAPY
Reading about or taking an online course (or college) in Psychology, Ethology, Evolutionary Psychology (family systems, paradigm shifts and pack dynamics in any
species) is empowering. Watching dvds or programs especially on wolves and
dogs in packs, and/or family systems is an invaluable experience. Learning
from nature, pets and mentors in observation and relationship = priceless!
Delta Society Pet Partner's Team Training Manual and other resources - www.deltasociety.org
R.E.A.D. Training Manual (Salt Lake City, UT) Reading Education Assistance Dogs, www.therapyanimals.org
A Cry Unheard ~ Dr. James Lynch (Research on Children and R.E.A.D.ing with dogs.
Volunteering with your Pet & Wanted Animal Volunteers ~ Mary Burch, Ph.D.
Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling ~ Cynthia Chandler
Therapy Dogs Today ~ Kris Butler
Therapy Dogs ~ Kathy Diamond Davis
K-9 Therapy Group ~ Jacqueline P. Root
Love on a Leash ~ Liz Palika
Pets and the Elderly ~ Odean Cusack and Elaine Smith
The Four-Footed Therapist ~ Dr. Janet Ruckert
Good for Your Animals, Good for You by David Waltner - Toews and Andreas Ellis
Coping with Sorrow ~ by Moira Anderson, M.Ed.
NUTRITION
Optimal Nutrition-Raw and cooked canine diets:
The Next Level
www.monicasegal.ca
K9
Kitchen
Natural Nutrition for dogs and Cats ~ Kymythy Schultz
www.kymythy.com
Natural
Nutrition No-Cook Book ~ Kymthy Schultz
Whole Health for
Happy Dogs ~ Jill Elliot and Kim Blommer.
Give a Dog a
Bone! ~ Dr. Ian Billinghurst ~
www.barfworld.com
Natural Dog and
Cat ... ~ Dr. Pitcairn
Whole Dog Journal
www.whole-dog-journal.com
OTHER MEANINGFUL BOOKS ON
WELL-BEING
Begins with ourselves ... we can't change anyone else's behavior including our
dog's until we make a paradigm shift, changing our own behavior.
As a yoga teacher and counselor, I recommend
anything that will ease us into the present moment. Dogs
live in the present, so we can learn from them. Patterns are difficult
to change. That's why we make mistakes. We learn from the
mistakes, then each time the pattern arises, it gets easier to recognize,
pause, breathe and change.
Friends to the
End ~ Bradley Trevor Greive
Doga Yoga for
Dogs ~
Jennifer Brilliant
Daily Om
~ Madison Taylor
The Power of Now ~ Eckhart Tolle
A Path with Heart ~ Jack Kornfield
The
Places that Scare You
~ Pema Chodrin
Peace in Every
Step ~ Thick Nhat Hahn (anything by Thick
Nhat Hahn)
The Four
Agreements ~ Don Miguel Ruiz
Living in the
Light ~ Awakening ~ Reflections in the Light ~ Shakti Gawain
Your Body Speaks
Your Mind
~ Deb Shapiro
Permission to
Succeed ~ Noah St. John
Anything
~ Oprah Winfrey, Jane Goodall, Martha
Beck, other self-help explorers / leaders ...
MAGAZINES
www.animalwellnessmagazine.com (NEPP and Pet Wellness Festival
Sponor)
www.whole-dog-journal.com
www.familydog.com
www.workingdogs.com
www.counselorsmagazine.com
www.dogchannel.com
www.dogstardaily.com
www.monicasegal.ca
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