12 Top animals books like The Puppy Primer by Patricia B. McConnell

Cover of The Puppy Primer by Patricia B. McConnell

The Puppy Primer

By: Patricia B. McConnell

4.29

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr. McConnell added new information about the benefits of positive reinforcement AND the importance…

If you liked the animals plot in The Puppy Primer by Patricia B. McConnell , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love by Zak George, Dina Roth Port

1. Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love

By: Zak George , Dina Roth Port

4.24

Format: 240 pages, ebook

A REVOLUTIONARY WAY TO RAISE AND TRAIN YOUR DOGZak George is a new type of dog trainer. A dynamic Y… read more

Similar categories in Zak George's Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • self help
Cover of Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right by Sophia Yin, Lili  Chin

2. Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right

By: Sophia Yin , Lili Chin

4.24

Format: 191 pages, ebook

With 400 photos and a step-by-step plan, this puppy book visually guides you through socialization,… read more

Similar categories in Sophia Yin's Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • self help
Cover of Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Horowitz

3. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

By: Alexandra Horowitz

3.62

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and del… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Horowitz's Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
"Few celebrate a dog who jumps at people as they approach--but start with the premise that it is we who keep ourselves (and our faces) unbearably far away, and we can come to a mutual understanding."

-Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

"By standard intelligence texts, the dogs have failed at the puzzle. I believe, by contrast that they have succeeded magnificently. They have applied a novel tool to the task. We are that tool. Dogs h…"

-Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

"Pump changed my own umwelt. Walking through the world with her, watching her reactions, I began to imagine her experience. My enjoyment of a narrow winding path in a shady forest, lined with low bush…"

-Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Cover of Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor

4. Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training

By: Karen Pryor

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Originally published entitled: Don't shoot the dog!: how to improve yourself and others through beh… read more

Similar categories in Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
  • self help
Cover of Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs by Suzanne Clothier

5. Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs

By: Suzanne Clothier

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Akin to Monty Roberts's The Man Who Listens to Horsesand going light-years beyond The Hidden Life o… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Clothier's Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
Cover of On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals by Turid Rugaas

6. On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals

By: Turid Rugaas

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

One of our all time best selling books is now in its second edition with three additional chapters,… read more

Similar categories in Turid Rugaas's On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
  • reference
Cover of The Art of Raising a Puppy by Monks of New Skete

7. The Art of Raising a Puppy

By: Monks of New Skete

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

The Monks of New Skete THE ART OF RAISING A PUPPY The authors of the classic guide How to Be Your D… read more

Similar categories in Monks of New Skete's The Art of Raising a Puppy book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • self help

8. The Power of Positive Dog Training (Howell reference books)

By: Pat Miller

4.26

Format: 112 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Pat Miller's The Power of Positive Dog Training (Howell reference books) book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

9. When Pigs Fly: Training Success with Impossible Dogs

By: None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Do you have an impossible dog? Does your dog come when called, heel properly when you go for a walk… read more

Similar categories in None's When Pigs Fly: Training Success with Impossible Dogs book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

10. Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog

By: Ian Dunbar

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Very few dog trainers have not been influenced by Dr. Ian Dunbar's dog-friendly philosophy. In the … read more

Similar categories in Ian Dunbar's Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

11. The Mitten

By: Jan Brett

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. One… read more

Similar categories in Jan Brett's The Mitten book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

12. Feeling Outnumbered?: How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-Dog Household

By: Patricia B. McConnell , Karen B. London

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Create order out of canine chaos in your multi-dog home by understanding canine behavior and using … read more

Similar categories in Patricia B. McConnell's Feeling Outnumbered?: How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-Dog Household book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

13. The Culture Clash

By: Jean Donaldson , Ian Dunbar

4.24

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Maxwell Award for BEST DOG TRAINING BOOK (1997) from the Dog Writers? Association of … read more

Similar categories in Jean Donaldson's The Culture Clash book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

14. How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

By: Cesar Millan , Melissa Jo Peltier

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel's Dog Whisperer, the only resou… read more

Similar categories in Cesar Millan's How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

Cover of Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior by Kim Brophey

15. Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

By: Kim Brophey

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Every dog owner knows that along with the joy can come the stress and frustration of behavioral pro… read more

Similar categories in Kim Brophey's Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
  • reference
"The imbalance between genetics and a modern environment creates friction and ripple effects for behavioral health."

-Kim Brophey, Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

"The entire point of ritualized communication, signalling, and threatening behavior in nature is to avoid actual conflicts and altercations. To assume that warnings are just an indication of intent to…"

-Kim Brophey, Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

"You can deliberately work with him, teaching him (learning) to handle potentially challenging circumstances at this opportune time in his life and development (self). The goal is to get one up on Mot…"

-Kim Brophey, Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

"This critical period gives us the largest window you will ever have in your dog's life to use learning to compete with the less flexible influences of genetics and the unpredictable and complex natur…"

-Kim Brophey, Meet Your Dog: The Game-Changing Guide to Understanding Your Dog's Behavior

Cover of The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

16. The Alternatives

By: Caoilinn Hughes

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“A tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for ou… read more

Similar categories in Caoilinn Hughes's The Alternatives book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

Cover of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy by Zazie Todd

17. Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy

By: Zazie Todd

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The perfect holiday gift for dog owners: "[a] must-have guide to improving your dog's life" ( Moder… read more

Similar categories in Zazie Todd's Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
Cover of The Puppy Primer by Patricia B. McConnell

18. The Puppy Primer

By: Patricia B. McConnell

4.29

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr. McConnell added new information about the benefits of positive reinforcement AND the importance… read more

Similar categories in Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • animals
  • dogs
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • self help
Cover of The Modern Dog Parent Handbook: The Holistic Approach to Raw Feeding, Mental Enrichment and Keeping Your Dog Happy and Healthy by Bryce Francois

19. The Modern Dog Parent Handbook: The Holistic Approach to Raw Feeding, Mental Enrichment and Keeping Your Dog Happy and Healthy

By: Bryce Francois

4.58

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate Guide to Total Pet Wellness Enrich and extend your dog’s life with this all-in-one gu… read more

Similar categories in Bryce Francois's The Modern Dog Parent Handbook: The Holistic Approach to Raw Feeding, Mental Enrichment and Keeping Your Dog Happy and Healthy book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • dogs
Cover of Puppy Start Right: Foundation Training for the Companion Dog by Kenneth Martin

20. Puppy Start Right: Foundation Training for the Companion Dog

By: Kenneth Martin

4.21

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Ideal for puppies and dogs of all ages, this book is a must-have resource for dog trainers, puppy s… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Martin's Puppy Start Right: Foundation Training for the Companion Dog book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs
Cover of Social, Civil, and Savvy: Training & Socializing Puppies to Become the Best Possible Dogs (Training Great Dogs) by Laura VanArendonk Baugh

21. Social, Civil, and Savvy: Training & Socializing Puppies to Become the Best Possible Dogs (Training Great Dogs)

By: Laura VanArendonk Baugh

4.42

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

You want a dog who is confident and happy, able to immediately distinguish between friend and threa… read more

Similar categories in Laura VanArendonk Baugh's Social, Civil, and Savvy: Training & Socializing Puppies to Become the Best Possible Dogs (Training Great Dogs) book and Patricia B. McConnell's The Puppy Primer

  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • dogs

12 Best nonfiction books like The Puppy Primer by Patricia B. McConnell

Transform Your Habits

Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love

Zak George , Dina Roth Port

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right

Sophia Yin , Lili Chin

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Alexandra Horowitz

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training

Karen Pryor

3.50

View all the books

13 must-read audiobook books like Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy by Zazie Todd

Transform Your Habits

The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog

Patricia B. McConnell

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Alexandra Horowitz

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

Temple Grandin , Catherine Johnson

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Finding Gobi: The true story of a little dog and an incredible journey

Dion Leonard

3.86

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.