Vintage Dog Books

The Dog, by William Youatt 1845

A time capsule of difficult information to find about many of the dog breeds before they were corrupted by the...

Dogs as home companions; a book for all dog lovers 1922

The beginning of the book starts out: "...[E]very normal person loves a dog; it is the heritage of the ages....

Expression Studies on Wolves – Rudolph Schenkel, 1947 (and reference to the Mech “Alpha” debacle)

This is perhaps the most undermined study on canine ethology in existence and the epitome of the expression, "Don't throw...

FM 7-40 Scout Dog Training and Employment 1973

"This manual is a guide for Army personnel charged with the training and employment of scout dog teams. When combined...

The German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture – Max von Stephanitz

The book of the German Shepherd.  This is authored by the creator and of the breed Max von Stephanitz and...

House and Pet Dogs; Their Selection, Care and Training 1890

Examples of establishing operations, conditioned punishers, and treat training in the book. The book mentions whip, whistle, and switch in...

THE KOEHLER METHOD OF Guard Dog Training

This is copy of one of the most read and influential dog training books in history. It was originally printed...

The New Book of the Dog, 1907 by Leighton, Robert

The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on...

The sheep-killing dog 1915

US Department of Agriculture

Studies of the inheritance of intelligence and temperament in dogs 1965

Training the Dog – Robert Tell Lemmon,1914

Before there was a divided commercialized dog training industry and mass-produced training collars available how did people "train the dog"?...

Working Dogs: An Attempt to Produce a Strain of German Shepherds which Combines Working Ability and Beauty of Conformation – Elliott Humphrey, Lucien Warner 1934

An important early work describing important traits and breeding practices for the working German Shepherd.