Reading List

Exploring the written word – especially in hard copy – helps all Malamute fanciers learn more about our dogs, how to care for them, how to educate them, how to enjoy different activities, and how to deepen our human: dog connection with our four-footed furry friends.

Alaskan Malamutes (in order of when they were published):

• This is the Alaskan Malamute (1975) Joan Brearley
• The Complete Alaskan Malamute (1976) Maxwell Riddle and Eva B. Seeley
• Your Alaskan Malamute (1977) Dianne Ross
• The New Complete Alaskan Malamute (1990) Maxwell Riddle and Beth Harris
• The Alaskan Malamute Yesterday and Today (1998) Barbara A. Brooks, Sherry E Wallis

Canine Evolution

• Dogs: their fossil Relatives & Evolutionary History Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford (superb!)
• Dogs Ray & Lorna Coppinger
• Origins of the Domestic Dog: the Fossil Record Stanley J. Olsen
• Lost History of the Canine Race Mary Elizabeth Thurston
• The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals C. Darwin
• Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness Donald Griffiths

Structure and Movement

• Miller’s Anatomy of the Dog F. Al-Bagdadi, J. Lovell
• Canine Terminology Harold Spira
• Dog Locomotion and Gait Analysis Curtis M. Brown
• The Dog in Action McDowell Lyon
• The New Dogsteps Rachel Paige Elliott

Physical Care of the Dog

• The Dog Owner’s Home Veterinary Handbook D.G. Carson DVM, J.M. Griffin MD
• Reproduction in the Dog & Cat Ib J. Christiansen
• Canine Reproduction Phyllis A. Holst MS DVM
• Peak Performance Christine Zink, DVM PhD
• The Tellington Touch Linda Tellington-Jones
• Pet Massage Stuart Farnell, LMT

The Canine Mind

• The new Knowledge of Dog Behavior Clarence Pffenberger
• Reaching the Animal Mind Karen Pryor
• Canine Body Language – a Photographic Guide Brenda Aloff
• The Dog Who Loved Too Much Nicholas Dodman DVM

Canine Behavior

• Oh Behave! Jean Donaldson
• The Culture Clash Jean Donaldson
• Fight! Jean Donaldson
• Mine! Jean Donaldson
• Think Dog! John Fisher
• For the Love of a Dog Patricia McConnell, PhD
• Tales of Two Species Patricia McConnell,PhD
• The Other End of the Leash Patricia McConnell,PhD
• Dog Never Lie about Love Jeffery Moussaieff-Masson
• Affective Neuroscience J. Panksepp PhD
• Don’t Shoot the Dog! Karen Pryor
• On Behavior Karen Pryor
• Excel-erated Learning Pamela Reid PhD
• On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Behaviors Turid Rugaas

Activities & Education (related to activity)

• Agility Training Workbook Linda Caplan & Suzanne Clothier
• Agility is Fun! Bks 1 and 2 Ruth Hobday

Obedience, Rally-O, Tricks, Tracking

• Clicker Training for Obedience Morgan Spector
• Happy Dogs with Benevolent Leaders Ruth Kellogg (email to get book)
• The Style of Rally Obedience Charles Kramer (started Rally-O)
• How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks Ian Dunbar
• Tracking Dog: theory and methods Glen Johnson

Showing

• Born to Win, breed to succeed Patricia Craige Trotter
• Click to Win Karen Pryor
• The Winning Edge George Alston

Sledding

• Mush Sierra Dog Drivers Inc.
• Racing Alaskan Sled Dogs Bill Vaudrin
• Winterdance (a novice’s first Iditarod experience) Gary Paulson

Therapy work

• The Four-footed Therapist Janet Ruckert Ed.D.
• Love, Miracles, and Animal Healing Allen Shoen DVM, Pam Proctor
• The Human : Animal connection
• Animals as Teachers & Healers Susan Chernak McElroy
• Animals as Guides for the Soul Susan Chernak McElroy
• Heart in the Wild Susan Chernak McElroy
• Thinking in Pictures Temple Grandin PhD
• Animals in Translation Temple Grandin PhD
• Animals Make us Human Temple Grandin PhD
• Mystical Dogs .. Animals as Guides to our Inner Life Jean Houston

Wolves
Learning about wolves from recognized sources really does help the committed Malamute owner start to
understand the close cousin to the wolf – the Alaskan Malamute. The guru of Wolf Biologists is David
Mech. His writings, books, and insights are highly recommended.

• The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior (1970) David Mech
• Arctic Wolf 10 years with the pack (1997) David Mech
• Wolves, Behavior Ecology, and Conservation (2003) David Mech, L. Boitani
• Wolves of Yellowstone Douglas Smith, M.K. Phillips
• Decade of the Wolf (Returning the Wild to Yellowstone) Douglas Smith, Gary Ferguson
• Man and Wolf: Advances, problems in captive wolf research Van Hoof and Wensing
• Following the Last Wild Wolves Ian McAllister
• Out Among the Wolves (various biologists’ papers) compiled by John Murray
• Wolf Country John Theberge
• Secret Go the Wolves R. D. Lawrence
• Behavior of Wolves, Dogs, and Related Canines Michael Fox
• The Soul of the Wolf Michael Fox