Our references

• «Le chien guide» (The Guide Dog) ½ yearly magazine of the ECGAMVP
• «Les dossiers des bons maîtres» (The Good Master Files) in collaboration with the National Veterinary Union
• «Chiens de Race: L'Hovawart» (Pure Breeds: The Hovawart) published by De Vecchi
• «L'Hovawart, club Français du Hovawart»     by Doris Jung

• «30 millions d'amis»
• «Atout chien»
• «La revue chien 2000»
• «Sans Laisse»

• «Guide de l'éducation canine à l'usage des éducateurs et des maîtres» by Joseph Ortéga (Training Guide for Trainers and Owners)
• «Mon chien a de mauvaises habitudes, la rééducation des comportements inadaptés» by J. Ortéga (My dog has bad habits -getting rid of inappropriate behaviour)
• «Clicker – Training» by Luc Grobben
• «L'homme et le chien» by Patrick Pageat (Man and his dog)
• «Flash chien guide d'aveugle» (Flash, a guide dog)   This children's book was published by the Paris school. (Not republished)
  
  
  An extract: "Hallo! Maybe you've heard about me or seen me on a street corner. My name is FLASH, like a flash of light or a ray of sunshine. This isn't a coincidence. My story is like no other. Unlike most dogs, my master follows me because he sees very little or is completely blind. I help him by showing him the way and guiding him. That's why they call me a guide dog for the blind. I love doing what I do and my master showers affection on me. The road that led to our friendship was a long and difficult one. I had to pass many test before meeting up with the person I guide today. If you like I'll tell you my story..."
  
  Read Flash chien guide d'aveugle
• «BIBA chien guide émérite» (BYBA - a distinguished guide dog)
  
  This book is published by the Paris school for guide dogs.
  
  
  "I was born a tan Labrador in a kennel in Normandy. I learnt all about being a dog from my mother and my brothers and sisters. Then my trainer, Gerard, took me at 10 months. He taught me the skills to be a guide dog, and at 16 months I was given to my mistress. I guided her until I was 10 ½ years old. I was her first guide dog."
  
  "By distributing this book about Byba I wanted to inform the general public about guide dogs for the blind:
  •that a guide dog gives a blind person a certain autonomy and security when he is out and about;
  •that he guides better than white cane, often better than another human being, but that he will never be as good as the set of eyes his owner has lost. He can neither read notice boards, street signs, door signs nor floor numbers in an elevator. He cannot warn you when the sidewalks are icy. Nevertheless nothing beats him as a walking aide." M.F.
• «La vendée à pied et à pattes» (The Vendee on Foot and on Paws)
  
  This book is sold by the authors to profit the schools that trained their dogs.
  "Paul and Nicole are both blind. From May 1st to June 8th they hiked through the Vendee, accompanied by their guide dogs, Litchi and Gipsy. They covered 6ookm: plains, hills & groves, from the forests to the sea, using many different hiking trails. It was never easy despite the presence of experienced hikers who went with them and each day brought with it new adventures. Imagine climbing and descending step inclines without actually seeing them, advancing on wet, muddy trails, crossing the flooded Yon river or hiking in the dunes on the coast! Every moment was a victory against blindness. It was their victory, but a victory, too, for those that went with them, those that guided, encouraged and welcomed them. Above all, though, let us not forget their most loyal companions, the four-legged ones, whose work was admired by one and all. With this trip Paul and Nicole wanted to honour both hiking and the guide dog. It was marked by a lot of joy."
  
  The book is a simple, sincere account of their modest adventure. The daily anecdotes which spice this long hike are told in a genuine fashion and reveal their sensitivity and their temperaments.
• «Feeling éclaire mes jours! Sur les chemins de l'audace avec mon chien guide.» ("Feeling lights up my day! Bragging about my guide dog.)
  
  by Florence Desmazures. Publishers: La Cause,
  ISBN: 2-87657-034-3
  
  
  "For Oswald it is quite a feat to leave the world of darkness and enter one where there is light. So his quest is to trust his guide dog completely. A leash or a harness and much love are what unite them. Their first challenge is trying to live a normal life. Thanks to Feeling Oswald's range of movement has increased considerably. Becoming a team, though, is not an easy task. Along the way they will meet up with many obstacles, but also have a lot of fun. May those who have lost their eyesight or are going blind find hope when they read these lines. Maybe they, too, will try to experience life with a guide dog."
• «Les chiens du bon monsieur Corteville» (Kind Mr. Corteville's Dogs)
  
  by Albert Plécy
  
  "Before a guide dog is trained, he and his trainer will have walked 5 hours a day, covering 20-25km at a time, over a period of 3-4 months. That is roughly 2000km per dog. "Kind Mr. Corteville" trained 60 in all! He has thus covered 120,000km, which is three times the circumference of the earth, in 20 years. And all this to give the blind a companion and a new set of eyes.
  
  "Dogs are such a comfort to man. Do we really deserve them?" Paul Corteville.
  
  As chief editor of the "Parisien libere" Albert Percy made a study of guide dogs for the blind. He was overwhelmed by the generosity shown by Paul Corteville, and thus saddened that this work was about to come to an end. Percy went on a crusade. His article started a wave of solidarity amongst his readers and the school to train guide dogs for the blind was finally built at Wasquehal. Paul Corteville's dream came true.
• «Le chien, un loup civilisé»
  
  de E. Teroni & J. Cattet
  
  " Le loup est l'ancêtre de toutes les races de chiens, du chihuahua au St Bernard. A l'échelle géologique, cette spéciation est toujours en cours, ce qui signifie que le loup et le chien sont toujours considérés par les taxinomistes comme étant une même et seule espèce! Qui dit même espèce dit comportements semblables. Dans notre société moderne, souvent coupée de la nature, ce «loup dans la demeure» engendre pas mal de conflits, car nous oublions qui il est en réalité. Bien qu'il existe une abondante littérature au sujet des chiens, ce livre se veut différent par une approche basée sur les comportements des loups pour mieux expliquer ceux des chiens. Un livre à acquérir absolument par ceux qui veulent mieux comprendre leurs compagnons et trouver leur place dans la meute".
  Jean Marc Landry (zoologiste, spécialiste du loup)
• «HOVAWART»    Francis Dedier and Viviana Pavan