I assume that you are looking for books which teach you how to do the training as well as define the concepts of such training. The diff is that some books are plain interesting to read by does not teach u how to do it while the other are so technical that it becomes boring if you had not grasp the right concepts. Some of my personal favourites which are both easy to understand and apply are as below covering both Obedience and Protection. I'm of the opinion that no protection should be tought without OB and these 2 have to come hand in hand to enable control on the dog.
1) Protection dogs for you and your family by Edward Weiss n Tom Rose
2) Der Schutzhund by Helmut Reiser......he is the father of modern Schutzhund methods
3) Purely Positive Training Companion to Competition by Shiela Booth (This works well for purely OB enthusiast as well to have an extreemely happy dog in trials)
4) Schutzhund Obedience Training in Drive with Gottfreid Dildei by Shiela Booth (This is a so a very easy to understand and great method book.
With these books alone you will be able to grasp the concept behind the training. Then perhaps you may want to also know how to do tracking and its concepts. But that will be for later once u have mastered the above books.
Some of the books you cannot get from Amazon.com unfortunately. Try Dogwise.com. They are definately there.
PSD
Quote "Take this trouble for me: Make sure my shepherd dog remains a working dog, for I have struggled all my life long for that aim ."
If u want to know a bit more about the origin and the history of GSD, this is the book for u.
German Shepherd Dog in Word & Picture by V. Stephanitz Hoflin Pub Ltd; Reproduction edition (January 1994)
Boon - I Love Fast Dogs That Hit Hard You Ask Me To Fight For You, I Give You Freedom & Protection And Then You Question The Manner In Which I Provide It, I'd Rather You Just Said -- "Thank You" --
If U wanna know more abt ScH training method, for starter, "Schutzhund Obedience Training in Drive With Gottfri Dildei" By Sheila Booth - recommended by PSD is a definite good read for beginners.
the other book that I highly recommend for follow-up training would be "SCHUTZHUND THEORY & TRAINING METHODS" -by Susan Barwig & Stewart Hilliard
Anyway, IMO it will be a good idea to polished up the obedience b4 moving on to the protection stuff ..! !
"Show me your dog and I'll tell you what manner of man you are." (GSD Founder - Capt Max V Stephanitz)
there will be another shipment coming sometime CNy. Interested ?
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a few title lah, u can order ur book and i will provide u the address and my friend will help to bring back.
Boon - I Love Fast Dogs That Hit Hard You Ask Me To Fight For You, I Give You Freedom & Protection And Then You Question The Manner In Which I Provide It, I'd Rather You Just Said -- "Thank You" --
Anyway, IMO it will be a good idea to polished up the obedience b4 moving on to the protection stuff ..! !
Actually the mat salleh's dont do OB at all until after protection work at the age of 13-15 months. But not many dogs will qualify in such training and they wouldnt turn out as nice in the performance. Personally I would like to do both OB and drive promotion work hand in hand with basic bite work. I dont like to waste time and start them as soon as they can see and run like 12 weeks. Only tht the OB are all motivational and using food drive and prey drive.....no correction until the dog graduate the bite work.
Formal OB only starts when the dog can already bite. This way the drive and attitude will be better in your finished result.
PSD
Quote "Take this trouble for me: Make sure my shepherd dog remains a working dog, for I have struggled all my life long for that aim ."
Amazon.com is pretty reliable. I'd compare prices if I were you. Some bookstores may charge a little extra for their service.
Tisha, you are definately right. I find that Amazon usually have cheaper book while dogwise are4 a bit more pricey. But the catch most of the times is some titles cannot get from amazon so have not much choice then
Boon's idea is good, if can buy and send to someone in US then the mail and handling cost will be cheaper. Only thing is it is a bit later for you to get the books. So have to decide if you want it faster or slower all at the diff of price.
PSD
Quote "Take this trouble for me: Make sure my shepherd dog remains a working dog, for I have struggled all my life long for that aim ."
Boon's idea is good, if can buy and send to someone in US then the mail and handling cost will be cheaper. Only thing is it is a bit later for you to get the books. So have to decide if you want it faster or slower all at the diff of price.
hahahha can smell something here.............
Boon - I Love Fast Dogs That Hit Hard You Ask Me To Fight For You, I Give You Freedom & Protection And Then You Question The Manner In Which I Provide It, I'd Rather You Just Said -- "Thank You" --
Boon - I Love Fast Dogs That Hit Hard You Ask Me To Fight For You, I Give You Freedom & Protection And Then You Question The Manner In Which I Provide It, I'd Rather You Just Said -- "Thank You" --
Boon - I Love Fast Dogs That Hit Hard You Ask Me To Fight For You, I Give You Freedom & Protection And Then You Question The Manner In Which I Provide It, I'd Rather You Just Said -- "Thank You" --
Yes...! I have read somewhere that back in the early years, the German used to discourage OB until the the dog r at least one yr old. .....U know la.... the legendary Koehler method type of training....! { mmmh......that was the time of super hard dogs....!}
But from what I gathered, wt the intro of motivational (positive) training in the last 20-30 yrs....simple OB exercise like sit,stay,platz r actually encouraged in the early yr using the dog's prey / food drv , this of course is done without using correction except for mild rebuke like a using tone of voice eg. 'pfuee'...! ! Oso early OB training (motivational) can help bonding mah !
Anyway...I thk ur idea of doing both OB & bitework using drv promotion is a good idea, by allowing him the bitework at the end as a reward.... maybe this way he will really speed up the OB performance so he can get to do the bitework sooner....he he he !
"Show me your dog and I'll tell you what manner of man you are." (GSD Founder - Capt Max V Stephanitz)
Hey......there is another way to get some cheaper books.....can try online 2nd-hand books dealers such amazon marketplace,alibris,abebooks....etc ! normally 2nd hand books r at least 50% much more cheaper....and frm my experience most of the time the book is still in very good condition !! Still , if possible it is better to get 3-4 books at the same time to save on the shipping cost.....makes more economical sense.... !!
"Show me your dog and I'll tell you what manner of man you are." (GSD Founder - Capt Max V Stephanitz)
Boon - I Love Fast Dogs That Hit Hard You Ask Me To Fight For You, I Give You Freedom & Protection And Then You Question The Manner In Which I Provide It, I'd Rather You Just Said -- "Thank You" --