Links
Agility... Agilitynet / Agilityeye / UKagility Obedience... ObedienceUK Working Trials... Working Trials Heelwork-to-Music... Paws-n-Music / Canine Freestyle The Kennel Club... The Kennel Club
Dog training and behaviour articles
Cesar Millan has become a well known name in dog training. If you are interested in watching his programmes you should read the following articles in the New York Times / San Francisco Chronicle Also, the following web-site (supported by many of the largest dog training and welfare organisations around the world) is a must read about his style of dog training - www.dogwelfarecampaign.org
Dominance in dogs ('Why won't dominance die?' By the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors.)
Why Ichthus Canine Centre is against the use of electric shock collars - An article written by The Association of Pet Behaviour Councillors and a scientific study into their use
Safe interactions between children and dogs... Meeting Milo
ICC's Guest Instructor Paddy Driscoll has written articles about living with dogs, breeding, check chains, food rewards, ‘dominant’ dogs, and tugging games on her web-site.
Flying Dog Press - an article on understanding dogs that 'go' for other dogs or people when 'they only want to say hi.' (Sorry, file currently not found.)
Various interesting articles about dog training and behaviour
Wendy's in the Daily Telegraph! Click here for a link to read about it!
Interesting training / behaviour sites
Paddy Driscoll - guest member of ICC
Bob Sharpe - guest member of ICC
Melissa Stanton - guest member of ICC
Joanna Hill - Competitive Obedience clicker trainer who Christina trains with.
Dog-Games - Very useful harnesses, food cubes etc. for sale.
Sheila Harper Canine Education - Runs the IDTS course that Christina did and includes some good courses (although not all of their Holistic approach reflects ICC's)
Turid Rugaas - has done interesting research on Canine Communication (and taught Christina as part of the IDTS course.)
Patricia McConnell - Has written some lovely books about training and behaviour
Wag-n-train - Understand more about clicker training and learning theory
Training deaf dogs - Deaf dogs / Barry Eaton
An interesting dog training blog written by Maz, his wife Jan is part of our team and brings their collie to Christina's classes at ICC Hougham.
The Association of Pet Dog Trainers whose code of conduct ICC Instructors subscribe to.
Training without hands / Silvia Trkman a wonderful dog trainer, twice World Agility Champion and trainer of some amazing tricks / Attila and Fly - Canine Freestyle (one of the best Freestyle partnerships in the World) Charlie Chaplin and Gladiator. Susan Garrett's The Journey is a beautiful clip about the lessons dogs teach us.
There are many rescue centres doing a very good job, here are links to just some of them. If you are looking for a particular breed rescue you can often find them through typing in the breed name and 'rescue' into Google.
General Rescues - ICC Rescue page (Mysty's Rescue Home For Dogs is run by Cathy, a friend of Christina's) / CARE (a small, family run rescue, overseen by a friend of Christina's) / The Oldies Club / Dogs Trust /...
Some Breed Rescues - Great Dane Adoption Society / ...
Animals Asia - International Animal Welfare
A sad but true video about what happens to the unwanted animals in shelters in the USA (similar things are still happening in the UK...) In Hope Also the poem, 'How could you?'
Breeding - Whilst ICC are not against the breeding of dogs, we are VERY strongly against all puppy farming. We view the health, temperament, rearing conditions and life of the parents, as extremely important. Never get your puppy from a pet shop, or from a breeder who has lots of litters of puppies to choose from or more than one or at the most two different breeds of dogs. (Puppy farms are horrific places that are often well disguised and puppies passed on to other people to sell, for example pet shops. As well as terrible welfare standards for the parents, puppies often become sick, costing thousands of pounds, and may even die from the bad start that they had in life. You will not be rescuing a puppy by buying them - you will just be encouraging more puppies to be bred. Good breeders will want to know a lot about you - if they are prepared for you to buy a puppy with no questions asked walk away at once - they obviously don't care about their dogs.) If you are in doubt please ask our advice - we are so keen to see dogs and people get off to the best possible start that we will be delighted to help you. Also, the APDT has written an article as a guide to help with the choosing of puppies.
Canine Massage - run by Merle, a member of the ICC Team
Hydrotherapy... Dip Your Paws (great facilities and lovely people.)
Dog Grooming... Poochie Parlor (Lovely people in Arbury, Cambridge who love the dogs they care for. Maxine and Chelsey currently attend Christina's classes with their own 3 dogs.) Smart Pets (there are also many other good groomers, Christina just happens to know this one in Grantham and knows that Tracey is very good at handling dogs.) (Sorry - link currently not found.)
Dog Lost an excellent site to reunite lost dogs and owners in the UK. There is also an American site with good advice to find lost dogs.
Travelling with dogs in the UK... Driving with dogs
Christina's Aunt has been a keen artist for many years and has recently started producing beautiful paintings of Christina's dogs. In time we hope to add some of these onto the web-site, in the meantime if you are interested in her painting your dog please contact Christina who will be happy to put you in touch with her. (Her rates are extremely reasonable - she is mostly retired and does the paintings for the love of doing them.)
Paul Saxby Photography professional photographer who invited Christina's dogs to a photoshoot, and has since done a photoshoot for ICC.
Country Comicals is a great site with comical cards etc. by Linda Birkinshaw inspired by the countryside.
Margaret has done some wonderful catering for our workshops and training days. She makes tasty home made lunches with fresh, local produce and delicious cakes and dog treats. To contact Mrs B’s Country Kitchen e-mail Margaret _ botterill @ hotmail.com (please remove the spaces) or phone 0771 3357066.