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Second-Hand
Dog
How to Turn Yours into a First-Rate Pet
by Carol Lea Benjamin
Helps owners whose dogs may have been physically and/or emotionally traumatized before
acquisition. The book addresses the special needs of dogs adopted from shelters or rescued
from the streets. |
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The Chosen
Puppy How to Select &
Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter
by Carol Lea
Benjamin
The Chosen Puppy offers a better understanding of the shelter puppy, why its needs
are so special and what you must do to be sure the puppy of your choice grows up
well adjusted and happy. Here's how to temperament test and select the right puppy for
you; and here's how to train your Chosen Puppy and care for it, providing all the creature
comforts it never may have had and the love it craves so much from those it comes to
depend on. |
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Dog's
Mind: Understanding Your Dog's Behavior
Author: Bruce Fogle
Combining twenty years of practical experience as a veterinary clinician with a
personal knowledge and understanding of the latest international research, Dr.
Bruce Fogle has written the most inclusive and relevant book on how the canine
mind works. |
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Mother
Knows Best:
The Natural Way to Train Your Dog
by Carol Lea Benjamin
An approach to training designed to make an obedient, reliable animal of the
family dog. Benjamin uses a dog's "pack animal" behavior pattern as the basis
for her renowned training techniques. Covers everything from basic puppy training to
structured obedience exercises |
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Perfect
Puppy: How to Choose Your Dog by Its Behavior
Authors: Benjamin L. Hart & Lynette A. Hart
Here is the first consumer's guide profiling 56 of the most
popular American Kennel Club breeds, ranked by 13 behavioral traits. |
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Good Owners, Great
Dogs
Authors: Brian Kilcommons & Sarah Wilson
Kilcommons, one of the world's foremost
experts on dog training and animal behavior, teaches dog owners how
to master the effective training skills that will result in
obedient, well-behaved pets who can accompany their owners anywhere. |
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Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence:
A
Positive Training Program
by Carol Lea Benjamin
This humane guide offers a hands-on approach to overcoming those wild years--five months
to three years--when dogs may start exhibiting aggressive, destructive, or other
anti-social behavior. Covers everything from training programs to commands and selection
of equipment |
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Dog Training for Kids
by
Carol Lea Benjamin
This "home study course" is based on the ability of the child to teach a dog
basic obedience as well as some captivating tricks, without having to depend on parental
help or expensive equipment. There are beautifully detailed and humorously illustrated
instructions on Heeling, Sit Stay, Down Stay and Come When Called |
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Don't
Shoot the Dog!
Author: Karen Pryor
Karen Pryor clearly explains the underlying principles
of behavioral training and through numerous fascinating examples reveals how this art can
be applied to virtually any common situation. And best of all, she tells how to do it
without yelling threats, force, punishment, guilt trips--or shooting the dog. |
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Barbara Woodhouse
on Training Your Dog
Author: Barbara Woodhouse |
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What All Good Dogs Should Know:
The
Sensible Way to Train
Author:
Jack Volhard
What All Good Dogs Should Know abounds with practical information on a
motivational, humane and highly effective approach to dog training. This book is essential
for anyone who values a dog as a friend, pet and companion. |
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Dog Tricks
by Carol Lea Benjamin
A delightful guide to training your dog to perform many amusing and useful
behaviors. It provides instructions for
teaching any pet great tricks, from the simple "give me your paw" to the more
challenging "jumping rope" to the more useful "telephone-answering-machine
trick. |
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Canine Good
Citizen: Every Dog Can Be One
Author: Jack &
Wendy Volhard
The Canine Good Citizen test, introduced by the
AKC in recent years, hardly requires a special course of training.
Designed to certify that a dog has basic obedience skills, the CGC
consists of 10 simple exercises for the dog, from sitting
"politely'' for petting to walking on a loose leash to a
down-stay with the owner 20 feet away. Passing the CGC is as good a
goal as any in dog training, and the Volhards do a wonderful job of
arming the reader with skills and techniques to accomplish that
goal. |
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to a
Well-Trained Dog
Author: Jack & Wendy
Volhard
With step-by-step training methods, this guide makes problem-solving easy, and
provides information on how to housetrain your dog once and for all. |
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Beyond
Basic Dog Training
Author: Diane L. Bauman
Find out how your dog can achieve the confident, alert, accurate, and enthusiastic style
as other top performers who have used these methods. |
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The AKC
Complete Dog Book
Provides the AKC official standards for
the 141 breeds recognized by the organization. Includes a b&w
photo of the breed, and discussion of its history, characteristics,
and needs for exercise, living space, grooming, and training. The
authors offer guidelines for selecting a purebred dog, AKC
registration, joining a dog club and canine health. |
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The Complete Dog Book
for Kids
Adapted for kids from the AKC's "Complete Dog
Book". Every AKC recognized breed is described with color
photos and simple text, including "fun facts," excerpts
from the "Standard" and maps showing place of origin.
Information on selecting, training and dog care is also included. |
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The Mythology
of Dogs:
Canine Legend and Lore Through the Ages
Authors: G. Hausman, L. Hausman & M. Fox
Fascinating stories from beloved shaggy dog tales to rare references from
7th-century Tibet to the works of Steinbeck and Kipling. Includes accounts
of the Maltese who hid under the skirt of Mary Queen of Scots at her
beheading, a Newfoundland who valiantly tried to save his owner as the
TITANIC went down, and much more. |
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Roger
Caras' Treasury of Great Dog Stories
Author: Roger Caras
Roger Caras has brought together a collection
of tales by such master storytellers as Jack London, Mark Twain, O.
Henry, Stephen Crane, Zane Grey, D. H. Lawrence, Eric Knight, Booth
Tarkington, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke who join in their
admiration and celebration of man's best friend. |
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Chicken Soup for the
Pet Lover's Soul:
Authors: J. Canfield, M.Becker,DVM
& C. Kline
Stories about pets as teachers, healers, heroes and friends. |
