Category: Instructor Manuals and Textbooks

Aggression I Agility Basic Obedience I Clicker Training I Detection Training I Law Enforcement I Motivational I Performance Standards I Puppy Training I  Search and Rescue - ICS I Tracking I Veterinary Care I Therapy and Disabilities

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 John Roberson's Instructor Manual

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By; John Rogerson; Spiral; 1994

ISBN: 1929242034

Learn how this British trainer selects instructors, organizes classes, creates lesson plans. Special section on solving aggression problems. A valuable resource for instructors, training clubs, etc.

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by; Clean Run; Spiral; 1996

An eight-week training program for introducing dogs to agility, designed for instructors and handlers. Week-by-week coverage of each obstacle in sequence, with instructor notes, progress worksheet, facility layout, exercises and student notes. (Selected pages of this book may be copied and used INTERNALLY, ie. in your classes! Commercial distribution is prohibited by copyright laws.)

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by; Clean Run; Spiral; 1996

A manual for agility instructors and handlers, designed as an eight-week training program for dogs that have completed an introductory agility program. Each week's plan includes instructor notes, progress worksheet, facility layout, exercises, and student notes. Fully illustrated with footwork diagrams, facility layout diagrams an more. A great resource for the instructor or serious student.

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by; Bonnie Norris & Scott Whitten; Spiral; 2002

A training log for the performance dog! For competitors in agility, obedience, dance, rally obedience, field or tracking. For the trainer who lacks discipline this is a tool to get you on a regular training schedule and keep you on it. For the trainer who is detailed the book logs all your work and gives you a direction for future action. Front and back covers are laminated for protection from the weather. Section 1 (How to Use the Book) 55 pages. Actual training log pages not numbered.

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By; Jack & Wendy Volhard; Paperback 1994

Class outlines and homework assignments are resources for obedience instructors utilizing Volhard's successful obedience programs. May be copied for use in your own classes.

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By; Nicole Wilde; 2004; Paperback

ISBN: 0966772652

This guide is like having a friend explain private training to you! You'll start with exercises to assess your current skills, learn about sales and scheduling, and view sample phone scripts. Then learn to take a history: questionnaires are broken down into lifestyle, training and behavior issues, and include explanations of what your clients' answers might mean. Get pointers on designing lesson plans and protocols, tips on promoting client follow-through, and an entire chapter devoted to commonly asked question. There's even a bonus section with ready-to-use forms, contracts and handouts. Learn what to do if an owner cannot perform an exercise correctly; which exercises should never be done back to back; which questions are crucial to ask in aggression cases; how to work with two dogs in a home; special considerations for working with elderly clients; whether to offer discounted rates to shelters or rescues; how to handle a recommendation for euthanasia; where to get further training on beavior issues, and much more!

TAKE THE CLASS! DOG OBEDIENCE INSTRUCTOR'S HANDBOOK OF SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES

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by Silvia Hartmann-Kent; 2001; Spiral

The Dog Obedience Instructor's Handbook of Successful Strategies. Part One: The Ideal Instructor; Part Two: Owners in Class; Part Three: The Dog in Class; Part Four: The Training Class; Part Five: The Instructor's Job; Part Six: Obedience Class Planning; Part Seven: Take the Class! Part Eight: Troubleshooting Guide; Part Nine: Exercises A - Z.

A Clicker Cookbook With Training Schedule - Set 

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by M. Shirley Chong; Spiral; 2001

Introduce your dog to basic household and social manners using the reinforcement principles used by today's most successful dog trainers and a clicker training tool. This 2 volume set consists of "A Clicker Cookbook" which puts you on the fast track to applying operant conditioning techniques to every-day dog training situations and the "Training Schedule and Log" which allows you to track your training progress every step of the way. You will enjoy reading Shirley's simple, warm and understandable explanations for concepts that can sometimes confuse trainers. You will know what to do, when to do it and why it works. Special sections on dealing with fear, barking, chewing and housebreaking and something she calls "Mind Games" which are simple exercises to help establish yourself as a leader in your dog's eyes.

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by Deb Jones; Spiral; 1996

For obedience instructors teaching either group or private classes using clicker training. Purpose is to make it easier for instructors to switch from traditional training methods to the use of the clicker. Manual can be followed as written, or used as a flexible guide for developing individualized lesson plans. Received Certificate of Achievement from the Dog Writer's Association of America for 1997!

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Thomas Graham Brodie; 2nd ed;1996, Hardcover

This book is a great reference for all emergency personal and should be read. It is not an instruction manual, and by no means will make one an expert. But it will give the person a concise and clear overview and guidelines of what to do in an emergency situation.

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By Angela White; Paperback; 2000

Comprehensive book that includes all you want and need to know to teach others the art of good, motivational, humane dog training. Includes setting up a school, organising classes and courses, how to keep the pupils interested, the art of good teaching, canine and human psychology, clicker and target training, puppy classes, growl classes, social training, problem dogs, specialist training, pet dog control, teaching children, teaching people and dogs with disabilities, and much more. The author has been an instructor for over 20 years and now gives courses all over the world.

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By; Maggie Tucker, ed.; Paperback; 2001

ISBN: 1889785148

Effective, humane training standards for dog trainers at all levels. Includes: Mission and Ethics; How Dogs Learn; Equipment and Its Use; Business Practices; Instructor Skills, and an appendix, glossary, and list of sources. This book is included in the list of references for the APDT Certification Program.

SuperPuppy Training Manual: How to Teach the Best Puppy Training Class You've Ever Had!

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by Peter J. Vollmer, Andrea Myklebust (Illustrator), Nancy Vollmer; Paperback 2nd Edition; 1992

A trainer's manual from the authors of Superpuppy. Teach classes for owners of dogs from 3 to 6 months.

Superpuppy Goes to Puppy Class: How to Train the Best Dog You'll Ever Have

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by Peter J. Vollmer, Andrea Myklebust (Illustrator), Nancy Vollmer; Paperback; 1992

This is the perfect textbook for Puppy Kindergarten! Instructors use it as a handout, or have students purchase. But you can use it alone and create your own Puppy Class! All the basics get you off to a good start for future training, whether you want to compete, or just have a well-behaved companion.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: An Operations Manual for Cisd, Defusing and Other Group Crisis Intervention Services

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By Jeffrey T. Mitchell, George S. Everly, George S. Everly Jr; Paperback, 3rd ed, 2001
An Operations Manual for the Prevention of Traumatic Stress Among Emergency and Disaster Workers by Jeff Mitchell, Everly. This second edition of an EMS classic provides critical information on critical incident stress.  It is designed to help both new and experienced stress teams in providing stress debriefings.  Everyone in SAR sees things the general public seldom confronts.  The long time on missions, high risk to self, harshness of weather, and close bonds forged with family members during a search only makes stress worse.

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By; Marilyn Neudeck-Dicken; Spiral Bound; 1996

A workbook designed to help emergency personnel recognize and manage the stress unique to rescue work. Marilyn Neudeck-Dicken, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist who has practiced in the area of catastrophic stress management since 1982. She has been involved in critical incident stress debriefing from plane crashes to the Oklahoma City bombing. She is a dog handler for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Dog Team and holds a Diplomat in the American Board of Medical Psychotherapists.

Field Operations Guide for Search and Rescue: Standard Operating Guidelines for Search and Rescue Using the Incident Command System

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By; Robert J. Koester, Paperback; 1996

Field Operations Guide for Search and Rescue delivers concise easy-to-follow descriptions of Incident Command System (ICS) functions used in search & rescue. It goes beyond the normal descriptions found in ICS manuals and provides practical insight into the details need to fulfill the search job. The writing and layout are clear and easy to follow, perfect for use in the field.

ICS Based Incident Scenario Search and Rescue Card Set I

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By; S.E.T.T.L.E.R, Richard J. Toman; Index Card Set, 2003

ICS based Incident Scenario Cards. Each set is laminated and includes 50 resource allocation cards, 35 search related events, 40 clue cards and 25 "Chaos Factoring Events". 150, 5" X 7" Cards.

Included are 3 Search and Rescue Tutorial Scenario's that can be used for ICS training, networking, CASIE and other software or classroom training.

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By; Robert J. Koester; Ring-Bound; 1999

An instructor's guide for Incident commanders, command staff, operations section chief, planning section chief, and base positions. Contains all the same information as the students version plus material and resources for 17 practical exercises.

Incident Commander for Ground Search and Rescue : Student Manual

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Special Order 1-2 Months

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By; Robert J. Koester; Ring-Bound; 1999

A textbook for Incident commanders, command staff, operations section chief, planning section chief, and base positions. This is the only book that clearly answers the question; what am I suppose to do now? Incident Commanders will find the secret of success and common problems to avoid. Great attention is paid to process management and control. Includes the special topics of adaptation of the Incident Command System for SAR, managing information systems and protocols, ground operations for aircraft, National Track Analysis Program interpretation, specialized resource utilization and planning factors, high level legal implications, fatigue, extensive appendices, and more. For anyone who has ever taken a MSO/MSF/MLPI course, this is the next step.

Lost Alzheimer's Disease Search Management : A law enforcement guide to managing.

$100.00

By; Robert J. Koester, Ring Bound; 1999

This instructor's manual was developed for law enforcement personnel with supervisory responsibilities who may be responsible for directing the initial response of the missing person incident involving a subject with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. Search managers with responsibility of conducting Alzheimer's disease searches will also benefit. Perfect for meeting continuing education requirements. The instructor's manual contains lecture outlines, slide masters, case studies, PowerPoint presentation disks, and map problems.

Search Is an Emergency: Field Coordinator's Handbook

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Special Order 5-7 Weeks

By Patrick Lavalla, Robert C. Stoffel; Paperback, 1991

Field Coordinator's Handbook A pocket, condensed edition of the Search is an Emergency textbook.  Designed as a field aid for the search Incident Commander.  Contains checklists, charts, graphs for easy field reference.

Search Is an Emergency: Text for Emergency Response by Agencies to Persons in Distress Lost or Injured

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By et al Lavalla; Paperback; 1996

The standard textbook for anyone serious about search and rescue.  Provides the foundation from which all serious search managers/staff start.  All field resources should also be required to read this book or take the class.  The section on lost person behavior alone makes the book worthwhile.

A Practical Guide To Training And Working The Trailing Dog

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by John Lutenberg & Linda Porter; Spiral; 2001

A guideline for training and maintenance of the trailing dog. Much of the book consists of basic training methods for new and experienced handlers so they fully understand the process of selecting, training and working a trailing dog. It also contains tips on how to avoid potential problems or correct existing ones. The book is a combination of personal training experience, working knowledge of trailing dogs and training methods and tips from around the nation which have proven to be sound and reliable.

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By; Betty Mueller; 2001 Spiral

Gives the reader some basic ideas of what laying a track for a dog to follow is all about. It requires learning some relatively simple skills, but nothing beyond an average person's abilities. There are fun exercises to try on your own or with friends to test each other. A good track layer must be able to plot a track, draw an accurate map of that track, and knows exactly where the track goes. *This is NOT a book on how to train your dog to track!! It is expressly for teaching people the fundamentals of track laying and associated skills.

Practical Tracking For Practically Anyone

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by Julie Hogan & Donna Thompson; Spiral; 1995

How-to manual for trackers! Includes certification, what to expect at a test, scent theory, variable surface tracking, sources of equipment. Not much on VST, but gives an idea of what it's about. "What to expect at the test" is great! Avoid those "first test" jitters!!

Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Diseases of the Dog and Cat (2-Volume Set)

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by Stephen J. Ettinger (Editor), Edward C. Feldman (Editor); Hardcover; 2000

A Hugh two volume textbook on internal medicine, designed for the practicing or student veterinarian. Deals specifically with canine and feline diseases/conditions. Highly technical, sparsely illustrated in black & white. This is the most comprehensive text we carry on the subject - much more technical and extensive than 5-Minute Vet. Consult.

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by Delta Society; 2000 Paperback , 60 Min. 

Introductory animal handler skills course for animal-assisted activities and therapy, designed for home study. Includes what is needed in a human volunteer, what sort of animal can be used and what training is necessary, how to test various animals, how to work with various types of clients (interacting with people with various disabilities), what sort of facilities might make use of these services, techniques for visiting, and a group of articles on the subject. Accompanying video is designed to be viewed in sections, each to go with a portion of the training manual.

Teamwork: A Dog Training Manual For People With Disabilities.

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Related Categories: Assistance and Guide Dogs,  Instructor Manuals and Textbooks.

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By Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley; 1997 Spiral

ISBN: 096562160X

Teaches people with physical disabilities to train their dogs in basic obedience as a foundation for service dog training! Easy to read and follow with the emphasis on positive attitude, praise and food reward, explains equipment for the novice handler and makes it very clear that people with disabilities can train their own dogs to be better behaved friends and companions. Explores canine behavior and behavior problems, including recognizing, preventing and correcting them.

Teamwork II: A Dog Training Manual For People With Disabilities 

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By Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley; 1997 Spiral

ISBN: 0965621618

This second book in the series provides examples of how certain service exercises were taught by people with various disabilities. They are intended to give general ideas, stimulate your own creative processes and illustrate some of the difficulties you may encounter. Training a service dog is hard work, but should still be fun for both handler and dog, and this book will help you keep your sense of humor and your perspective!

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Related Categories: Assistance and Guide Dogs,  Instructor Manuals and Textbooks., Therapy Dogs

By; Kathy Diamond Davis, Kathy Diamond-Davis; 2nd Ed. 2002; Paperback

ISBN: 1929242050

Are you looking for a new and meaningful way to work with your dog? Do you want to improve the lives of those who because of illness or disability would benefit from visits with a volunteer canine "therapist"? Then think about becoming a Therapy Dog Team. New 2nd edition gives you all the information you need to select, socialize and train your dog for this work. You will learn: *What therapy dog work involves and how to train for it *Benefits therapy dog work provides for you, your dog and others *Various settings in which therapy dog teams do their work *Whether your family pet might make a good therapy dog *Selecting and training a puppy for therapy work *How to keep yourself and your dog fresh for the work **Includes a complete course outline for teaching therapy dog classes!

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Excellent - admirable text for training classes. Gives choices. If one thing does not work, plenty of other ways are listed

Training Dogs, A Manual

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by Konrad Most, James Cleugh; Paperback; 2000

Konrad Most is famous worldwide for his theory and principles of dog training which is still used widely today, even though many dog training methods has changed, the principles are still very much the same. This book is excellent for those that wish to learn more about their dogs and those that are studying the principles of how to train a dog. Col. Konrad Most is also known as the father of modern dog training and understanding his philosophy of dog training would be very beneficial for those that are keen in such discipline.

Training Dogs: A Manual

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by Konrad Most, James Cleugh; Reprint Edition; Paperback; 2001

Available again! 1954 translation of Konrad Most's classic work on dog training. Most was applying behavioral training principles with dogs long before B.F. Skinner. While his methods may be viewed as harsh by modern dog trainers, the theory behind it was revolutionary for its time and is still applied today. Discover the roots of behavioral training: see the world from a dog's point of view; utilize instinctual behavior in training; use of compulsion and inducement; use of primary and secondary reinforcers. Learn how Col. Most taught: obedience exercises including the recall, jumping and retrieving; guard and schutzhund training; reconnaissance and tracking; scent theory; water work; hunting dog training; dogs for the blind.

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