Dogue Shop Publishing exists to give a voice to authors whose ideas may not always fit neatly within conventional approaches to animal training and care. Animal behaviour is a developing field from which people can approach the same questions from different perspectives. We believe there is value in making space for those perspectives.

Science-based learning theories, attachment, cognition, behaviour modification, behaviour management, and enrichment form the basis of our publishing philosophy. We are interested in understanding the conditions in which behaviour develops, changes, and becomes meaningful. We recognize that learning involves both the animal and the human.

For us, education is therefore a two-way process.

We seek to help people understand animals more deeply while also encouraging approaches that give animals meaningful opportunities to learn, communicate, participate, and engage with their environment. Research has increasingly examined the relationship between training methods, enrichment, animal welfare, and the attachment between humans and animals.

We also believe that scientific thinking does not require intellectual rigidity. Science gives us tools for asking better questions, examining evidence, challenging assumptions, and continuing to learn. As our understanding of animals develops, so should how we teach, train, manage, and live with them. Our books contribute to that conversation.

Some will present established knowledge. Others may propose new frameworks, challenge familiar assumptions, or explore ideas that are still developing. What connects them is a commitment to thoughtful inquiry, respect for animals, and the belief that better understanding can lead to better relationships and welfare.

Dogue Shop Publishing is a small independent publishing house with a simple purpose: to educate from a science-based approach of learning theories, behaviour modification, behaviour management, and enrichment to support both the animals and the people who care for them. There is room for many voices in the conversation about animals.

This is ours.

Dogue Shop Publishing is also expanding beyond animal-related subjects. Its forthcoming historical fiction catalogue will bring together stories inspired by history, research, spirituality, culture, and the lives of people who inhabited worlds very different from our own. These works reflect another aspect of the same curiosity that has always guided the publishing house: a desire to explore how people understand themselves, one another, and the world in which they live.

The catalogue will continue to grow with new subjects, perspectives, and voices. While Dogue Shop Publishing began with the work of Gaby Dufresne-Cyr, its purpose is ultimately larger than any single author. It is a place for books that encourage curiosity, challenge assumptions, and invite readers to see familiar subjects from a different perspective.