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Is it heredity or environment that shapes the dog? A happy accident on the way to understanding human behavior led to information that is still important for the modern dog breeder and trainer. After WWII researchers J.P. Scott and John L. Fuller, authors of Genetics and Social Behavior of the Dog, bred and cross-bred dogs in their quest to understand human heredity and be
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If you haven't read this book and you think you are a serious dog trainer, breeder, handler, helper or anything to do with dogs then you should. It all starts here.
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An oldie but still a goodie. Explores the early knowledge of dog behavior and is still useful after all these years.
This is a great book and I loved it even though it was written in 1963. It's about then-current research into methods for breeding the best-possible guide dogs. It's mainly about methods used at GDB, although TSE is also mentioned a few times, and the studies done at Jackson Laboratory in Maine. Breeding is largely a mystery to me and even though this book is old, it helped me to understand more about breeding than any of the numerous contemporary sources I've looked at.
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The best book on dogs I've read. All about genetics.
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foundational finding for any dog person. Includes puppy evaluating -stages of puppy development. Big impression. Highly recommended.
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