Best Puppy Training Book?

Hi Everyone! My wife and I are starting to work on getting a new puppy, and in preparation we want to read up on some puppy training and other important puppy information. Both of our last sheepies were rescue dogs who came as adults, so we've never done the puppy thing before.

I did a search, and lots of you have recommended lots of books, and it was tough for me to sort out from them all which might be best for us right now, so I thought I would start a new thread and ask directly.

So, any recommendations?

Thanks!
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yikes! 4 days, 34 views, and not a single response? Does no one have even one book recommendation?
Honestly I don't know a good puppy book. The best thing to do is to find a good trainer - before you get the puppy would be ideal (not that that is how I ever did it :roll: )
i had several books that I liked alot! One of the best ones I found, for overall Puppy stuff was (and don't laugh) Puppies for Dummies.

But most of my books were about raising puppies, what to expect and behavioral stuff. I didn't buy training books, but went in for Puppy classes and then did one on one training with a great trainer.
Sorry I went to puppy kinder and straight on to obedience training.
Anything else I called Tiggy's breeder or came here, there's so much sheepie specific advice. I find it often beats general advice.
I tried to think of a good training book to recommend to you--but I didn't use books--We went to obedience classes and then used a trainer.

I honestly think that if you will read through sections of interest on this forum you will find more accurate and hands-on advice than you will ever find in a book. Just my opinion--I have learned far more here than I could find in a book or DVD.
I love and rely on My Smart Puppy by Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson. The book has exercises that make training really fun. Sarah runs a great forum for discussing training and behavior questions too.
I have to agree with Darth Snuggle - Puppies for Dummies had lots of great general puppy info which I found very helpful in addition to the puppy & obedience classes we took.
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