Based on the innovative, positive training methods this practical training book explains how to get your dog started in the exciting sport of dog agility.
Our dogs make us smile every day, but some days they really outdo themselves! This book is full of those hilarious and heartwarming stories about the many ways our mischevious canine companions surprise us, make us laugh, and touch our hearts. With a focus on rescue dogs, these 101 true, personal stories will make you laugh, nod your head in ......
101 Stories about the Crazy Antics of Our Canine Companions
Our dogs make us smile every day, but some days they really outdo themselves! This book is full of those hilarious and heartwarming stories about the many ways our canine companions surprise us, make us laugh, and touch our hearts.
"Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can t Believe My Dog Did That!" will have readers saying the same thing as they read ......
Some of the simplest, yet most powerful lessons we learn are often taught by the least likely of our family members - our dogs! We can learn something from them every day if we just open our minds and our hearts to the valuable lessons they are trying to teach.
Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about Our Companions and Best Friends
This book from Chicken Soup for the Soul contains the 101 best dog stories from the company's extensive library.
We are all crazy about our dogs and can't read enough about them. Readers will revel in this collection of heartwarming, amusing, inspirational, and occasionally tearful stories about our best friends and faithful companions - our ......
"Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog "will delight readers with humorous, heartwarming, and inspiring stories about lessons our canine friends and family members have taught us.
Lessons come in all shapes and sizes, like our faithful canine friends. Dog lovers share their stories about the valuable, heartwarming, and oftern ......
This 6-page laminated guide will help increase the heath and life of your "best friend." It includes information on: anatomy, fitness, traveling, training, grooming and much more.
Prayers and Spiritual Lessons from Our Beloved Companions
A whimsical, earnest tribute to the hidden spiritual wisdom of our loyal canine companions. Dog Psalms is a heartwarming book that celebrates the spiritual gifts of our canine companions. This beautifully illustrated collection of meditations and prayers reflects on the spiritual nature of dogs and the role they play in our lives. Throughout ......
Timeless and Compelling Stories about Man's and Woman's Best Friend and
Rich in history and drama, Dog Tales entertains, enlightens, and inspires dog owners and dog lovers. These are enduring stories that have passed the test of time and have attracted generations of readers. Emerging from the prose in these pages are gallant dogs, facing incredible dangers and tasks. Loyal and affectionate dogs, unforgettable in the ......
A Step-by-Step Guide to Teaching Your Pet to Sit, Catch, Fetch, and Impr
Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, the book first establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance core training sessions with classic tricks as well as advanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbee tricks--and useful tricks such as finding the remote, retrieving the ......
Their True Origin, Function and Future: A Study in Spiritual Unfolding
The intertwined journey of human and dog has spurred the interest of anthropologists, biologists, historians, sociologists, and behavioral scientists. After all, the dog is "man's best friend," so it is natural that people have wondered about how, why, from where, and when dogs came to be. "From where?" seems simple enough to answer-one needs only ......
In the tradition of Maggie Dent’s bestselling self-help book, Black Duck Wisdom, this precious little illustrated guide contains 21 life wisdoms from a dog called Jess that remind us how to be in the world, how to laugh and how to land on all fours when life tries to knock us flat.
The complete guide to caring for your canine friend
This expert and user-friendly book supports owners in truly being their dogs’ best friend. Dr Claire, a practicing Australian vet, advises on: the life stages of your dog; all aspects of caring for your furry friend, including pet insurance, vaccinations, diet and general health; behaviour and training; common canine diseases; and so much more.
E. B. White (1899-1985) is best known for his children's books, Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Columnist for The New Yorker for over half a century and co-author of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, White hit his stride as an American literary icon when he began publishing his "One Man's Meat" columns from his ......
As any dog owner learns, dogs can talk. But not in English nor any other human language. They talk to each other using body language, barks, snuffles, growls, and whines. They also talk to us this way too. But we are very bad at understanding dog language. We consistently misinterpret their growls as aggression, when they want to play. We ......
In Melbourne For Dogs, local author and dog owner Julie Mundy provides the ultimate list of Melbourne’s best dog-friendly beaches, parks and walks. Featuring over 700 off-lead parks and 50 beaches, along with a comprehensive suburb-by-suburb index listing, you’re sure to find the perfect doggy destination ......
A stunning collection of photographs capturing 45 different dog breeds across 65 portraits, each canine is complete with facts about their breed and personality.
Looks at the dogs, trainers, and dog recipients whose lives have been changed by a program where 8 week old puppies are companioned with prison inmates and trained there by them for 18 months, until they are released as service or aid dogs for individuals and governments.
A Complete Guide to Raising a Happy Puppy in a Positive Environment
A comprehensive, visually organized roadmap that navigates puppy husbandry-from selecting a puppy to preparing to bring one home to acquiring, training, and living with the new family member.
Reading Cats and Dogs offers fifteen examples of ecocritical animal studies from around the world. The essays in this volume complicate the concept of "companion animals" by exploring our relationships with stray and feral animals, utilitarian relationships with other species, and the troubling realities of domestication, ownership, and abuse.
Gathering information on where and when dogs can be taken in Sydney has been notoriously time-consuming. Local author and dog lover Catherine Proctor gathers all that information into a single, compact and very popular book – now in its 4th edition.
Connecting the emergence and development of certain dog breeds to both scientific understandings of race and blood as well as Britain's posture in a global empire, The Invention of the Modern Dog demonstrates that studying dog breeding cultures allows historians to better understand the complex social relationships of late-nineteenth-century ......
The story of a bird dog's early years, showing how an owner selects a pup and finds a trainer. Tips on housebreaking, socialization, basic commands, field training, whistle training and ranging methods, types of training collars, using a check cord, release and fetch commands. Interviews and insights with longtime pointing-dog owners, trainers, ......
Independently researched, this book explores the best pet-friendly accommodation (from 5-star hotels to campgrounds) between Port Douglas and Port Fairy. Every author-chosen, unbiased entry has a brief opinion plus details of price and which pets are welcome. Features the best doggie days out, dog-friendly beaches, parks, cafes, pubs, wineries.
This collection of essays celebrates the working retrievers, the Labs, Brittanies, and Goldens Chris Madson has trained, worked, lived with, and loved over his and their lifetimes. There are stories of choosing the right pup and the trials of the early years; stories of time in the fields hunting pheasant, prairie grouse, and Gambrel's quail; and ......
With more than 100 heartwarming photos, Warrior Pups is an illustrated tribute to the amazing people at the San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base who transform wriggly little puppies into the heroic military working dogs that help fight the global war on terror. Throughout its pages, the reader learns how *these dogs are trained to detect IEDs and ......
On the heels of his highly-acclaimed novel Jenny Willow, Mike Gaddis reaches again into a half-century love affair with pointing dogs and upland birds to retrieve the true-life story of Zip Zap, his greatest English setter. Gaddis swore to be painfully selective in choosing the puppy that would accompany him as he pursued his dream of competing in ......
