Dog Psychology; The Basis of Dog Training, [Hardcover] Book Description Publication Date: 1975 Cited by the Dog Writers Association of America as the Best Technical Book of 1972 and still just as applicable today, this manual interprets the physiological and psychological make-up of the dog -- allowing the owner to achieve optimum training results. Cited by the Dog Writers Association of America as the Best Technical Book of 1972 and still just as applicable today, this manual interprets the physiological and psychological make-up of the dog -- allowing the owner to achieve optimum training results. I like the approach to this book. The author breaks everything down in "laymen" terms and gives you examples with his own experience as well. He also gives you tips on training (ie. conditioning for upland bird hunting, field trials,guarding) and to let the dog do their natural thing and how to enforce this as positive behavior. My pyrenees is pretty stubborn and after reading other books on "positive reinformcement only" i.e. treats I was starting to get discouraged.It was not doing the trick. but this book states that you need to find the "drive" behind the dog in order for positive reinforcement to work. If you feed them before training, obviously getting a treat won't work because there "drive" food, has already been met. I was also surprised that many dog owners make the mistake of calling "come" to there dog when he runs away and won't listen to you.(Myself included). This is the