Chuck’s books and LP
Books & Recordings
Chuck wrote several books during his career, and also made a spoken-word LP about his dogs and his ideas. Some are practical, some are personal, and each shows a different side of his life with the dogs.
Here you can explore what each work is, what Chuck was trying to do with it, and what it tells us about him, his dogs and the ideas he developed over the years.
1963 · Biography
London: The Dog Who Made the Team
David Malcolmson’s book about Chuck and the original London.
Explore the London book →- What it is
- David Malcolmson’s biography of Chuck and London. Letters exchanged during several years of writing and revision show that Chuck was involved behind the scenes.
- What you’ll find in it
- Malcolmson tells the story of Chuck’s partnership with London. Chuck helped behind the scenes, though the letters leave some of his part in the writing unclear.
- What it tells us
- Together, the book and the letters show how the early story of Chuck and London took shape, from the first drafts to the finished book.
1968 · Book
Stop! Sit! and Think
Chuck’s wide-ranging account of his dogs, his method and his ideas.
Explore the book →- What it is
- Charles P. Eisenmann’s 1968 book, with eighteen chapters on London, teaching, everyday care and much else besides.
- What you’ll find in it
- Chuck explains his approach through stories about the dogs, memories of his own life, photographs and reports of public demonstrations.
- What it tells us
- It brings us closer to the way he talked about training and teaching, the experiences he associated with London and the other dogs, and their work in public.
1975 · Spoken LP
Educate Your Dog by the Eisenmann Method
A spoken explanation recorded with dogs in the studio beside him.
- What it is
- A spoken-word LP issued in 1975 by Sight & Sound Enterprises. We do not yet know the date of the recording session itself.
- What you’ll find in it
- Chuck introduces his method and its main ideas in a compact spoken account. It is an overview rather than a step-by-step course; the sleeve introduces him and promotes his work.
- What it tells us
- We hear Chuck explaining the ideas in his own voice, including small moments when he speaks to the dogs beside him. The sleeve gives a separate glimpse of how his career was presented to listeners.
1976 · Booklet
The Better Dog: The Educated Dog
A shorter introduction to Chuck’s later approach.
- What it is
- A 1976 booklet credited to Charles P. Eisenmann and Gemini Graphics. So far, we have looked at the covers and a photographed page inside, rather than the complete booklet.
- What you’ll find in it
- The pages available offer a shorter introduction to his later approach, with photographs, captions and text explaining and promoting his work.
- What it tells us
- They give us a glimpse of how Chuck presented his ideas later in his career, and name dogs in a photograph caption. This introduction remains provisional until we can explore the whole booklet.
1983 · Book
A Dog’s Day in Court
A later book that gives London a voice in an imagined courtroom.
- What it is
- Charles P. Eisenmann’s 1983 book, told through a dog narrator called London. Chuck described its presentation as fictional, while saying it drew almost entirely on events from the dogs’ lives.
- What you’ll find in it
- The courtroom is a storytelling device: its cases are fictional, but Chuck uses them to talk about experiences with the dogs, his ideas and their treatment and abilities.
- What it tells us
- It offers a more personal view of Chuck’s later thinking and the memories he wanted to share. London’s thoughts and the courtroom dialogue belong to the story, rather than a real court hearing.
