Publications About Service Dogs
Book Titles
Amazon.com has almost any title and is also set up to accept your on-line order. Below are a few selected titles which might be of interest to service dog partners. NOTE: Wolf Packs does not process orders for these books.
Assistance & Therapy Dogs
- Assistance Dog Providers in the United States : A Complete Guide to Finding a Guide, Hearing, or Service Dog, by Carla Stiverson
- Bonnie Bergin's Guide to Bringing Out the Best in Your Dog: The Bonnie Bergin Method, by Bonnie Bergin, Robert A. McNally
- Everyday Heroes : Extraordinary Dogs Among Us, by Sherry Bennett Warshauer, Betty White
- Exceptional Lives : Special Education in Today's Schools (2nd Ed.), byAnn P. Turnbull (Editor)
- The Good Shepherd : A Special Dog's Gift of Healing, by Jo Coudert
- Leader Dogs for the Blind : For Whither Thou Goest, by Margaret Gibbs
- Love on a Leash, by Liz Palika
- Organization and Management of a K-9 Therapy Group, by Jacqueline P. Root
- Partners in Independence : A Success Story of Dogs and the Disabled, by Ed and Toni Eames
- Pet-Oriented Child Psychotherapy, by Boris M. Levinson, Gerald P. Mallon
- Sound Friendships : The Story of Willa and Her Hearing Dog (Pennant Series), by Elizabeth Yates
- Therapy Dogs : Training Your Dog to Reach Others, by Kathy Diamond Davis
- Through Otis' Eyes : A Lessons Learned from a Guide Dog Puppy, by Patricia Burlin Kennedy, Robert Christie (Illustrator)
- Volunteering With Your Pet : How to Get Involved in Animal-Assisted Therapy With Any Kind of Pet, by Mary R. Burch
- A World of Options : A Guide to International Exchange, Community Service, and Travel for Persons with Disabilities, by Christa Bucks
The following books are now out of print, but might be found through the links below:
- Assistance Dogs : In Special Service (Good Dogs), by Elizabeth Ring
- A Service Dog Goes to School: The Story of a Dog Trained to Help the Disabled, by Elizabeth Simpson Smith, Steven Petruccio (Illustrator)
- Legal Rights of Assistance Dogs, by M. Roche
General Training
- Dog
Problems : A Professional Trainer's Guide to Preventing and Correcting
Aggression,
Destructiveness, Housebreaking Problems, Excessive Barking, Dogfights, Tugging, Jumping,
Shyness, Stealing, Begging, Car Chasing, Fear Biting, Object Guarding, and much, much
more, by Carol Lea Benjamin - Don't Shoot the Dog : The New Art of Teaching and Training, by Karen Pryor
- How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend : A Training Manual for Dog Owners, by New Skete Monks