10-Day Check-up

My new dog has kept me away from the blog and in the yard trying to housebreak the pup! So far, things are going well. After two tough nights, Boru has pretty much become a crate-trained dog. Sleeping through the night, going in without a problem, not whining to get out when he's in there. Housebreaking is going a little bit slower, but is progressing.

I've been using as my aide, Tom Dokken's Retriever Training. I met Tom on a hunt with the folks from SportDog and Lacrosse/Danner a few years ago. His keen insight and proven track record made me interested in checking out his book. I'm glad I have. His training techniques and writing style are both very easy to follow.


Tom is not the classic dog-training book author. Field & Stream's dog blogger, Dave DiBenedetto, outlined the major, classic books on his blog. And Outdoor Life's dog blogger, Brian Lynn, gave me a great tip to check out the forums on Retrievertraining.net. 

So, what resources do you use to train your dog? Are you a video, book, or Internet person? Or all of the above?