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Publisher
Howell Book House/Wiley Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Rev. ed., 2nd ed.
Language
English
Description
Small dogs can bring big rewards!
Small dogs are charming, intelligent, and loving, but they can also be overly energetic, manipulative, and stubborn. How do you ensure that your little dog becomes a fun, feisty best friend rather than a tiny terror?
Small Dogs, Big Hearts is an updated and expanded edition of the classic The Irrepressible Toy Dog. It features the very latest, safest, and fastest training methods for little dogs. There's no need to...
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Language
English
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Description
"Like their human counterparts, dogs have been getting sicker and dying prematurely over the past few decades. Why? Scientists are beginning to understand that the chronic diseases afflicting humans-cancer, obesity, diabetes, organ degeneration, and autoimmune disorders-also beset canines. As a result, our beloved companions are vexed with preventable health problems throughout much of their lives and suffer shorter life spans. Because our pets can't...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
If the family is eating organic foods, recycling, and steering clear of chemicals, why shouldn't it be the same for Fido? Eco Dog is a comprehensive guide to nontoxic and planet-friendly dog care. It delivers information on the potential dangers of conventional pet food, grooming products, and accessories and then offers shopping tips and 25 home projects for all-natural alternatives. Rosemary Conditioner replaces chemical-laden flea collars while...
Author
Series
Dog's day volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sammy, a golden retriever, becomes a guide dog for Jessie, a college freshman who is blind, and constantly watches their big-city surroundings to keep her safe.
Author
Series
Dog's day volume 6
Language
English
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Description
Told from a canine perspective, an account of a day in the life of a detection dog finds Tucker the beagle joining a specially trained “beagle brigade” to sniff out environmentally unsafe items that may be passing through an airport.
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 11
Language
English
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Description
"Story time goes to the dogs when Ella Mentry School gets a therapy dog to help kids with their reading skills"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dog's behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by our emotion. The dog doesn't respond to what the owner thinks, says, or does; it responds to what the owner feels. And in this way, dogs can actually put people back in touch with their own emotions. Behan demonstrates that dogs and humans are connected more profoundly...
12) R.E.A.D. dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In this book, readers will learn about dogs in the R.E.A.D. program."--
13) Jump, pup!
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Introduces puppies to young readers using simple, repetitive text and photographs, including senses and play activities.
14) Dog Heaven
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
God created Dog Heaven, a place where dogs can eat ice cream biscuits, sleep on fluffy clouds, and run through unending fields.
15) Bitsy
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 48
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bitsy the Morkie (maltese-yorkie mix) may be the tiniest dog Charles has ever seen. But she thinks she's a big girl and she's full of sassy attitude. Can the Petersons find her a perfect forever home?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Sloan Monroe can't catch a break. Two years after losing her fiance, her life consists of cemetery visits, unorthodox art projects, and drinking sessions with her best friend, Kristen. So when a dog dashes in front of her car and gets her a ticket for obstructing traffic, Sloan is at her wits' end. But after meeting the ridiculously attractive and charming owner of the trouble-making retriever, she begins to think that maybe her luck has finally...
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English
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After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Susannah Charleson was so impressed by the newspaper photo of an exhausted handler and his search-and-rescue dog that she decided to train a dog of her own. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Charleson got Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever, who from the start, exhibited a unique aptitude for search-and-rescue work. But the puppy's willfulness challenged even Susannah, who had raised...
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Language
English
Description
"Every dog lover knows the feeling. The nuzzle of a dog?s nose, the warmth of them lying at our feet, even their whining when they want to get up on the bed. It really seems like our dogs love us, too. But for years, scientists have resisted that conclusion, warning against anthropomorphizing our pets. Enter Clive Wynne, a pioneering canine behaviorist whose research is helping to usher in a new era: one in which love, not intelligence or submissiveness,...
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Language
English
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Experience the joy and magic of the original Clifford! This gorgeous hardcover is a reprint of the Norman Bridwell's Clifford the Big Red Dog from 1963. Featuring the original two-color art and landscape trim size, this special storybook feels both nostalgic and timeless.
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