suggested readings - Page 1

hey gsd owner and fans. i love to read books and want to get some more. i got a couple. my gsd is 7months buut i want to learn more on the breed history( really the working side and some show) and in general from training in schutzhund to akc.
please maybe give me your top 5 and tell me your top overall that should be a must thank you very much

Wat good books are there

I have a collection of over 40 books on the GSD and/or training.  I wholeheartedly recommend starting your library                       swith the following four which contain all the basics:

THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG IN WORD AND PICTURE  by Max v. Stephanitz, He was one of the starters of the breed
                                                              
TRAINING DOGS, A Manual by Colonel Konrad Most 

MAN MEETS DOG, Konrad Lorenz

THE DOG'S MIND, Bruce Fogle

Good Reading!










 

 

i got the first one.
but what makes the other too so good?????

vom Stephanitz is obviously #1

Most is to training what Stephanitz is to breeding.  It is a primer written in the 1920's and probably is the earliest reference to the concepts of avoidance and complusion in training.  Subsequent writings echo Most's theories.  Hard to find, if not impossible.  My copy was found in a London bookstore.  Your library may find a copy on inter-library loan.

The Mind of a Dog by Bruce Fogle, a Canadian vet.  Fogle writes on how a dog processes information.  Still available.

Man Meets Dog by Konrad Lorenz, an Austrian psychologist.  Analysis of the relationship between man and dog from earliest contact.  Also provides explanation of canine behaviors.

Good reading!

Thanks is the mind of the dog really good and truthful and have you used what you learn in play with your training and was it successfuland if you dont mind give me an example