Dominance and Pack Theory - snippets

Some useful links:

http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/2001/dominance.htm - Dunbar

This is particularly interesting:

There is NO physical domination. Everything is accomplished through psychological harassment. It's all ritualistic.
"Alpha" does not mean physically dominant. It means "in control of resources."

"I think many times people use the term
dominant that the dog is actually not confident but rather
overcompensating (defensively) for a lack of confidence. I prefer to call
this control related problems or "control complex" as I referred to it in
my book." (James O'Heare)

This whole thead http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DogBehaviorThinkTank/messages/6102?threaded=1&m=e&var=1&tidx=1

Effect of owner personality and home environment on dog personality

Stephen, J. and Ledger, R., Relinquishing dog owners’ ability to predict behavioural problems in shelter dogs post adoption, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (2006), doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.012

Some interesting references, to papers by James Serpell, Anthony Podberscek etc and coauthors.

Aggression has been linked to (aggression problems more likely): first-time owners, dogs that sleep near their owners, owners that anthropomorphise and indulge their dogs "anthropomorphic owner attachment"

Less likely to have aggression problems if obedience trained

dog cognition

http://iaabc.org/dog

Chris Winch - Equestrian Artist

http://www.dawinchy.co.uk/watercolours.html - some lovely watercolours of dogs and other animals (his horses are amazing).

Competitive obedience Schedules for shows/events

Obedience regulations

Recipes for liver paste/treats and toys and games

http://www.make-and-build-dog-stuff.com

http://www.k9events.com/tricks_and_games.htm

includes this useful list http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/2002c/tricks.htm