30 Books like Control Unleashed

Control Unleashed

by Leslie McDevitt • 2007

Your dog lunges, barks, or tunes out. The game-based protocol that fixes the emotion first.

4.39

778

🐕 Dog Training 🚨 Reactive Dogs 🥕 Positive Reinforcement 🧘 Arousal Regulation 🎮 Impulse Control Games

Control Unleashed 97%

Your dog lunges, barks, or tunes out. The game-based protocol that fixes the emotion first.

by Leslie McDevitt 2007

4.39

778 ratings

🐕 Dog Training 🚨 Reactive Dogs 🥕 Positive Reinforcement 🧘 Arousal Regulation 🎮 Impulse Control Games

Culture Clash

by Jean Donaldson • 1997

Dogs don't do guilt. They do consequences. Train accordingly and everything changes.

4.31

3k+

🐕 Dog Training 🧠 Canine Behavior 🎾 Positive Reinforcement 👆 Clicker Training 🔬 Operant Conditioning

Culture Clash 96%

Dogs don't do guilt. They do consequences. Train accordingly and everything changes.

by Jean Donaldson 1997

4.31

3k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Training 🧠 Canine Behavior 🎾 Positive Reinforcement 👆 Clicker Training 🔬 Operant Conditioning

Animals Make Us Human

by Temple Grandin • 2009

Wolf packs are families, not dominance fights. What that means for your dog.

4.04

6k+

🐾 Animal Behavior 🦮 Dog Training 🧠 Animal Cognition 💙 Animal Emotions 🎾 Positive Reinforcement

Animals Make Us Human 96%

Wolf packs are families, not dominance fights. What that means for your dog.

by Temple Grandin 2009

4.04

6k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Behavior 🦮 Dog Training 🧠 Animal Cognition 💙 Animal Emotions 🎾 Positive Reinforcement

When Pigs Fly!

by Jane Killion • 2007

Your independent dog isn't broken: channel natural drives into a brilliant training partner instead.

4.33

684

🎯 Clicker Training 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🧠 Operant Conditioning 🏗️ Shaping Behavior 🐕 Independent Breeds

When Pigs Fly! 96%

Your independent dog isn't broken: channel natural drives into a brilliant training partner instead.

by Jane Killion 2007

4.33

684 ratings

🎯 Clicker Training 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🧠 Operant Conditioning 🏗️ Shaping Behavior 🐕 Independent Breeds

Zak George's Dog Training Revolution

by Zak George • 2016

Most problem behaviors come from boredom. The training method that replaces punishment with play.

4.23

6k+

🐕 Dog Training 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🏠 New Dog Owners 🔬 Animal Behavior 🩺 Dog Care

Zak George's Dog Training Revolution Summary

Zak George's Dog Training Revolution 95%

Most problem behaviors come from boredom. The training method that replaces punishment with play.

by Zak George 2016

4.23

6k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Training 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🏠 New Dog Owners 🔬 Animal Behavior 🩺 Dog Care

Canine Enrichment for the Real World

by Allie Bender • 2019

You're feeding your dog's stomach but starving its brain. Real enrichment, woven into daily life.

4.59

490

🐕 Dog Behavior 🧠 Canine Cognition 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🔬 Behavioral Science 🐺 Instinctual Behaviors

Canine Enrichment for the Real World Summary

Canine Enrichment for the Real World 95%

You're feeding your dog's stomach but starving its brain. Real enrichment, woven into daily life.

by Allie Bender 2019

4.59

490 ratings

🐕 Dog Behavior 🧠 Canine Cognition 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🔬 Behavioral Science 🐺 Instinctual Behaviors

Don't Shoot the Dog!

by Karen Pryor • 1984

Dolphin training, applied to your spouse, your boss, and the habits you cannot break.

4.24

7k+

🐕 Animal Training 🔬 Applied Behavior Analysis ⭐ Positive Reinforcement 🔊 Clicker Training 🔄 Behavior Modification

Don't Shoot the Dog! 95%

Dolphin training, applied to your spouse, your boss, and the habits you cannot break.

by Karen Pryor 1984

4.24

7k+ ratings

🐕 Animal Training 🔬 Applied Behavior Analysis ⭐ Positive Reinforcement 🔊 Clicker Training 🔄 Behavior Modification

How to Raise the Perfect Dog

by Cesar Millan • 2009

Why most puppy training fails: the daily-order mistake that overrides everything else you do right.

3.76

9k+

🐕 Dog Training 🐶 Puppy Raising 🐺 Pack Leadership 🧠 Canine Psychology ⚖️ Balanced Dog Training

How to Raise the Perfect Dog 95%

Why most puppy training fails: the daily-order mistake that overrides everything else you do right.

by Cesar Millan 2009

3.76

9k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Training 🐶 Puppy Raising 🐺 Pack Leadership 🧠 Canine Psychology ⚖️ Balanced Dog Training

Everything you need to know about E Collar Training

by Larry Krohn • 2017

A humane e-collar method: teach the signal, pair with rewards, and get reliable off-leash control.

4.30

433

🐕 Dog Training ⚡ E-Collar Training 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🧠 Behavior Modification 🗣️ Handler Communication

Everything you need to know about E Collar Training Summary

Everything you need to know about E Collar Training 95%

A humane e-collar method: teach the signal, pair with rewards, and get reliable off-leash control.

by Larry Krohn 2017

4.30

433 ratings

🐕 Dog Training ⚡ E-Collar Training 🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🧠 Behavior Modification 🗣️ Handler Communication

Reaching the Animal Mind

by Karen Pryor • 2008

A cheap plastic clicker unlocks creativity in dolphins, trust in horses, and focus in humans.

4.39

1k+

🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🖱️ Clicker Training 🧠 Animal Cognition 📊 Operant Conditioning 🧱 Shaping Behavior

Reaching the Animal Mind 94%

A cheap plastic clicker unlocks creativity in dolphins, trust in horses, and focus in humans.

by Karen Pryor 2008

4.39

1k+ ratings

🍖 Positive Reinforcement 🖱️ Clicker Training 🧠 Animal Cognition 📊 Operant Conditioning 🧱 Shaping Behavior

Meet Your Dog

by Kim Brophey • 2018

Your dog's behavior puzzle has four pieces. Most advice only hands you one.

4.33

824

🐕 Dog Behavior 🔬 Ethology 🏡 Environmental Enrichment 📚 Owner Education ⚙️ Behavioral Management

Meet Your Dog 94%

Your dog's behavior puzzle has four pieces. Most advice only hands you one.

by Kim Brophey 2018

4.33

824 ratings

🐕 Dog Behavior 🔬 Ethology 🏡 Environmental Enrichment 📚 Owner Education ⚙️ Behavioral Management

How Stella Learned to Talk

by Christina Hunger • 2021

A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.

4.41

4k+

🧠 Animal Minds 🐕 Dog Communication 🔊 Aac Devices 👶 Language Development 💬 Speech Therapy

How Stella Learned to Talk 93%

A puppy learned to press word buttons. Her first unprompted sentence was about the beach.

by Christina Hunger 2021

4.41

4k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Minds 🐕 Dog Communication 🔊 Aac Devices 👶 Language Development 💬 Speech Therapy

Do Dogs Dream?

by Stanley Coren • 2002

Sniffing secrets, dream chases, and the math dogs do: a psychologist cracks the canine mind.

3.78

301

🐕 Canine Cognition 🦴 Dog Behavior 👃 Animal Senses ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 🧪 Comparative Psychology

Do Dogs Dream? 93%

Sniffing secrets, dream chases, and the math dogs do: a psychologist cracks the canine mind.

by Stanley Coren 2002

3.78

301 ratings

🐕 Canine Cognition 🦴 Dog Behavior 👃 Animal Senses ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 🧪 Comparative Psychology

Inside of a Dog

by Alexandra Horowitz • 2009

Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.

3.63

18k+

🧠 Canine Cognition 👃 Animal Senses 🐕 Dog Behavior 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🔬 Ethology

Inside of a Dog 92%

Your dog inhabits a world of smell you cannot enter. Science can finally take you inside.

by Alexandra Horowitz 2009

3.63

18k+ ratings

🧠 Canine Cognition 👃 Animal Senses 🐕 Dog Behavior 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🔬 Ethology

War Dogs

by Rebecca Frankel • 2013

The best bomb detector has a wet nose, and war leaves it as traumatized as any soldier.

4.07

841

🦮 Working Dogs 🤝 Human Animal Bond 🧠 Canine Psychology 👃 Sensory Biology 🩺 Animal Assisted Therapy

War Dogs 92%

The best bomb detector has a wet nose, and war leaves it as traumatized as any soldier.

by Rebecca Frankel 2013

4.07

841 ratings

🦮 Working Dogs 🤝 Human Animal Bond 🧠 Canine Psychology 👃 Sensory Biology 🩺 Animal Assisted Therapy

How Dogs Work

by Raymond Coppinger • 2015

Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.

3.79

168

🐺 Canine Ethology 🦊 Animal Behavior 🌊 Behavioral Emergence 🐕 Breed Differences 📋 Ethology

How Dogs Work 92%

Dog behavior decoded not as thought but as physics: the shape, the motor, the emergent pattern.

by Raymond Coppinger 2015

3.79

168 ratings

🐺 Canine Ethology 🦊 Animal Behavior 🌊 Behavioral Emergence 🐕 Breed Differences 📋 Ethology

Animal Madness

by Laurel Braitman • 2014

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

3.85

1k+

🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Animal Madness 91%

Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.

by Laurel Braitman 2014

3.85

1k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 🏥 Animal Mental Illness 🔗 Captive Animal Welfare 🫂 Anthropomorphism 🐾 Human Animal Bond

Equitation Science

by Paul McGreevy • 2010

Pressure and release, reward and consequence: the science of animal learning applied to every ride.

4.72

🏇 Equine Training 🐴 Horse Behavior 📚 Learning Theory 🔄 Operant Conditioning ❤️ Animal Welfare

Equitation Science 91%

Pressure and release, reward and consequence: the science of animal learning applied to every ride.

by Paul McGreevy 2010

4.72

32 ratings

🏇 Equine Training 🐴 Horse Behavior 📚 Learning Theory 🔄 Operant Conditioning ❤️ Animal Welfare

Dog Medicine

by Julie Barton • 2015

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

4.25

4k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🔗 Attachment Theory

Dog Medicine 91%

She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.

by Julie Barton 2015

4.25

4k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 🖤 Depression Memoirs 🩺 Pet Therapy 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🔗 Attachment Theory

Two Dogs and a Parrot

by Joan D. Chittister • 2015

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

4.15

155

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

Two Dogs and a Parrot 90%

A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.

by Joan D. Chittister 2015

4.15

155 ratings

🐾 Pet Memoirs 🌿 Animal Spirituality 🐕 Animal Companionship 💚 Animal Healing ✝️ Benedictine Spirituality

What the Dog Knows

by Cat Warren • 2013

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

3.98

2k+

🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Forensic Science

What the Dog Knows 90%

An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.

by Cat Warren 2013

3.98

2k+ ratings

🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs 👃 Olfactory Science 🫂 Human-Animal Bond 🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Forensic Science

Animals in Translation

by Temple Grandin • 2004

An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.

4.15

10k+

🧠 Animal Cognition 👁️ Sensory Perception ♾️ Neurodiversity 💙 Animal Emotions 🐾 Ethology

Animals in Translation 90%

An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.

by Temple Grandin 2004

4.15

10k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 👁️ Sensory Perception ♾️ Neurodiversity 💙 Animal Emotions 🐾 Ethology

Once a Wolf

by Bryan Sykes • 2019

The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.

3.48

328

🐺 Canine Domestication 🧬 Ancient Dna ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 🐕 Canine Genetics 🐑 Animal Cloning

Once a Wolf 90%

The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.

by Bryan Sykes 2019

3.48

328 ratings

🐺 Canine Domestication 🧬 Ancient Dna ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 🐕 Canine Genetics 🐑 Animal Cloning

Animal Wise

by Virginia Morell • 2013

Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.

4.13

3k+

🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐾 Cognitive Ethology ❤️ Animal Emotions 📡 Animal Communication

Animal Wise 89%

Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.

by Virginia Morell 2013

4.13

3k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 🔬 Comparative Psychology 🐾 Cognitive Ethology ❤️ Animal Emotions 📡 Animal Communication

Anxiety

by Daniel Freeman • 2012

Anxiety once kept us alive. Why it now misfires, and the therapy that breaks the cycle.

3.57

470

😰 Anxiety Disorders 🛋️ Clinical Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💔 Trauma And Ptsd

Anxiety 89%

Anxiety once kept us alive. Why it now misfires, and the therapy that breaks the cycle.

by Daniel Freeman 2012

3.57

470 ratings

😰 Anxiety Disorders 🛋️ Clinical Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💔 Trauma And Ptsd

The Soul of All Living Creatures

by Vint Virga • 2013

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

3.55

666

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary

The Soul of All Living Creatures 89%

A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.

by Vint Virga 2013

3.55

666 ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🐵 Animal Behavior 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🤐 Nonverbal Communication ☸️ Buddhist Psychology

The Anxious Truth

by Drew Linsalata • 2020

Anxiety feeds on resistance. The plan that reverses it: surrender and do the opposite.

4.50

306

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🏠 Agoraphobia 🪜 Exposure Therapy 🔄 Fear Of Fear 🚫 Avoidance Behaviors

The Anxious Truth 89%

Anxiety feeds on resistance. The plan that reverses it: surrender and do the opposite.

by Drew Linsalata 2020

4.50

306 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🏠 Agoraphobia 🪜 Exposure Therapy 🔄 Fear Of Fear 🚫 Avoidance Behaviors

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

by Olivia Telford • 2020

CBT techniques that break the loops keeping you anxious, stuck, and self-critical.

3.77

1k+

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🔄 Behavioral Change 😰 Anxiety Relief ⚖️ Emotional Regulation

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 89%

CBT techniques that break the loops keeping you anxious, stuck, and self-critical.

by Olivia Telford 2020

3.77

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🔄 Behavioral Change 😰 Anxiety Relief ⚖️ Emotional Regulation

Relaxed & Forward

by Anna Blake • 2016

Find the willing partner beneath the resistance by changing your own breathing, focus, and timing.

4.55

128

🌿 Natural Horsemanship 🏛️ Classical Dressage 👤 Rider Self-Awareness 🍪 Positive Reinforcement 🐴 Horse Behavior

Relaxed & Forward 89%

Find the willing partner beneath the resistance by changing your own breathing, focus, and timing.

by Anna Blake 2016

4.55

128 ratings

🌿 Natural Horsemanship 🏛️ Classical Dressage 👤 Rider Self-Awareness 🍪 Positive Reinforcement 🐴 Horse Behavior

Rewire Your Anxious Brain

by Catherine M. Pittman • 2015

Anxiety runs on two brain circuits. Treat both to retrain the fear response.

4.11

5k+

😰 Anxiety Treatment 🎯 Exposure Therapy 💭 Cognitive Restructuring 🧘 Relaxation Techniques 👁️ Mindfulness For Anxiety

Rewire Your Anxious Brain 89%

Anxiety runs on two brain circuits. Treat both to retrain the fear response.

by Catherine M. Pittman 2015

4.11

5k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Treatment 🎯 Exposure Therapy 💭 Cognitive Restructuring 🧘 Relaxation Techniques 👁️ Mindfulness For Anxiety

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