Good Reads
(Books)
- Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog’s Behavior, by Kim Brophey, introducing L.E.G.S.® and Family Dog Mediation®
- The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs, Patricia McConnell, communication and deepening the human-canine bond
- Doggie Language: A Dog Lover’s Guide To Understanding Your Best Friend, by Lili Chin, an excellent illustrative guide on dog body language
- Kitty Language: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding Your Cat, by Lili Chin, an excellent illustrative guide on cat body language
- Decoding Your Cat, by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
Good Listening
(Podcasts)
- Cog-Dog Radio with Sarah Stremming– Podcast spanning from dog training basics to complex behaviors
- The Bitey End of the Dog with Mike Shikashio- a podcast centered on dog aggression (see aggressivedog.com for free articles and webinars)
- Drinking From the Toilet with Hannah Branigan- “A dog training podcast for serious behavior nerds”
Good Guides
(Websites & Articles)
- The Dog’s Truth (website)and the Dog Key test- resources to help understand the whole picture of your dog and his behavior
- Fear Free Happy Homes– valuable resource for pet professionals and pet owners on how to help alleviate fear, anxiety, and stress in pets
- Food Puzzles for Cats– examples of commercial and DIY food puzzles for dry and wet food
- Adventure Cats- Indoor Adventures– various topics on how to help “catify” your indoor cat’s home environment
- The Muzzle Up! Project– an advocacy site for the multiple benefits of basket muzzle use
- Losing Lulu– a website and private Facebook pet loss support group moderated by several behavior professionals for those who have made the difficult decision of behavioral euthanasia
- Behavior Euthanasia- decision and support is a private support group specifically for talking through these very difficult decisions.
Good Watching
- Trainer Danger: How to Find a Trainer Who Won’t Harm Your Pet– short video explainer
- The Dog’s Truth (video)- A compact resource on the evolution of dogs with humans, breed group personality traits, and the L.E.G.S. model as a whole
- How Do You Measure Relationships?– short clip sharing insights into relationships between pets and people
- Why Animals Do What They Do– Dr. Susan Friedman offering a very abbreviated of the “ABC’s” of behavior
- Cat School– a wonderful YouTube channel centered on training cats a variety of trick behaviors
- Cat Training and Handling Videos– a collection of professional and amateur videos for training daily care, medical, practical, and trick behaviors
Good Gear
- Balance Harness from Blue-9
- Perfect Fit Harness– customizable 3-piece harness
- Bold Lead Designs– premade and customizable leather or biothane leashes and leads
- High Tail Hikes– premade and custom biothan leashes and leads
- Large magnetic closure treat pouch
- ZenByCat– resource for feline environmental enrichment
*This is not an exhaustive list of pet gear. Individual recommendations for your pet may be different.