Resources for Puppy Owners

Before You Get Your Puppy

Written by Dr. Ian Dunbar, world-renowned behavioralist, veterinarian, trainer, and co-founder of the APDT, this eBook is essential reading for new puppy owners. I recommend this book to anyone who is planning on bringing home a new puppy!

After You Get Your Puppy

Already brought home your new puppy? This eBook will help you survive puppyhood from housetraining to adolescence.  Written by Dr. Ian Dunbar, world-renowned behavioralist, veterinarian, trainer, and co-founder of the APDT, this eBook is essential reading for new puppy owners. I recommend this book to anyone who has brought home a new puppy!

Perfect Puppy in 7 Days

With over 400 photos, Dr. Yin explains why puppies do what they do, how even minor modifications in their environment and your interactions can dramatically affect their behavior, and how quickly they can learn when you set them up for success. This visual guide provides readers with a step-by-step plan for bonding with their pup, learning to communicate clearly, and providing the pup with essential life skills. 

Dunbar Academy

Free Course Collection

This collection of free courses is intended for anyone interested in the welfare of dogs — for prospective, new, or longtime puppy/dog owners and for dog professionals.

Top Dog Academy

The Top Dog Academy is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to attain an advanced understanding of dog behavior and a superior set of skills for improving basic manners, behavior, and temperament. Our advanced concepts, instructions, and methods will allow you to attain a high level of off-leash reliability & control and accelerate the resolution of behavior and temperament problems, especially anxiety and aggressiveness. 

Recommended Reading

Canine Enrichment for the Real World

by Allie Bender & 
Emily Strong

Cooperative Care: Seven Steps to Stress-Free Husbandry 

by Deb Jones

Mine! 

by Jean Donaldson 

Fight! 

by Jean Donaldson