![]() | author: William D. Cusick ASIN or ISBN-10: 0944875505 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95 |
The best dog food is not good food if it's not the best food for YOUR particular breed of dog.
![]() | author: Patricia B. McConnell ASIN or ISBN-10: 1891767038 binding: Paperback list price: $11.95 USD amazon price: $84.86 USD |
A must have for any dog owner, this user-friendly and engaging book employs gentle and effective methods rather than punishment-oriented techniques that so often lead to aggression. Covering commands from sit and down to heeling and coming when called, this book explains how dogs communicate, think, and learn in order to train them effectively with scientifically-based, humane methods. If you love dogs, you'll love this book!
![]() | author: Carina Beth Macdonald ASIN or ISBN-10: 1929242093 binding: Paperback list price: $12.95 USD amazon price: $9.32 USD |
Raw feeding is the hottest topic in dog care today. You may have heard about the "BARF" diet - Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods. Learn why and how to feed your dog this new (but really OLD) diet. "Raw Dog Food: Make It Easy for You and Your Dog " explains in simple, friendly and understandable terms the logic behind this approach. This fun and slightly irreverent book shows you how feeding your dog a raw diet can be effective, economical, and easy for you and healthy for your dog. Learn how to make it work for your dog and you!
![]() | author: Allen M. Schoen DVM MS ASIN or ISBN-10: 032300945X binding: Hardcover list price: $139.00 USD amazon price: $186.42 USD |
This revision reflects major updating, expansion of hot topics, and coverage of trends, current areas of research interest, and controversies in veterinary acupuncture. The book begins with the history and concepts of acupuncture and continues with the anatomic and neurophysiologic basis of acupuncture, research on acupuncture, practical techniques, instrumentation, and point selection. Part two covers acupuncture in small animals, including a canine atlas, avian acupuncture, and chapters that focus on disorders grouped by body systems. Part three is devoted to acupuncture in large animals.
![]() | author: Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D. ASIN or ISBN-10: 1891767003 binding: Paperback list price: $6.95 USD amazon price: $7.52 USD |
So much aggression in dogs results from fear, but fear-based problems can become worse if treated incorrectly. This booklet provides a step-by step explanation of desensitizing and counter classical conditioning. It can help you solve minor behavioral problems and prevent serious ones, whether your dog fears include the vacuum cleaner, people with hats, or the stranger at the door.
![]() | author: Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D. ASIN or ISBN-10: 189176702X binding: Paperback list price: $3.95 USD amazon price: $8.39 USD |
Learn how to love your dogs without spoiling them and provide boundaries without intimidation. This booklet clarifies how to be a benevolent leader and avoid aggression related to fear or dominance. If you want to be a natural leader to your pack and teach your dog that being polite is fun, this book tells you how to do it in a peaceful, kind way. The ideas and exercises in this booklet are based on the way dogs communicate with each other, so they are highly effective and easy for your dog to understand. An essential part of any canine library!
![]() | author: Pam Proctor Allen M. Schoen ASIN or ISBN-10: 0684822733 binding: Paperback list price: $12.00 USD amazon price: $61.33 USD |
If you've ever loved an animal and hated to see it suffer, you now have the good fortune to meet Dr. Allen M. Schoen, whose integration of conventional and alternative medical techniques is revolutionizing the practice of veterinary medicine. Drawing on his experience of treating many different kinds of animals, as well as his knowledge of the healing power of the human-animal bond, Dr.
![]() | rating: ![]() ASIN or ISBN-10: B0027CT65E binding: DVD list price: $27.95 USD amazon price: $13.31 USD |
What brings best friends together? For Daphne, Velma, Fred, Shaggy and Shaggy’s spunky pup Scooby-Doo, it’s a mystery! The feature-length live-action Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins original movie takes you back to when four teenage sleuths (plus one dog detective) first met. Unjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke complete with ghosts, the kids are suspended from Coolsville High. To clear their names, they team to solve the supernatural mystery…and head straight into nonstop laughs and adventure.
![]() | author: Patricia McConnell ASIN or ISBN-10: 0345477154 binding: Paperback list price: $15.95 USD amazon price: $10.78 USD |
Yes, humans and canines are different species, but current research provides fascinating, irrefutable evidence that what we share with our dogs is greater than how we vary. As behaviorist and zoologist Dr. Patricia McConnell tells us in this remarkable new book about emotions in dogs and in people, more and more scientists accept the premise that dogs have rich emotional lives, exhibiting a wide range of feelings including fear, anger, surprise, sadness, and love.
![]() | author: Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt Shari L. Seymour ASIN or ISBN-10: 0876053401 binding: Spiral-bound list price: $24.95 USD amazon price: $24.95 |
By following the step-by-step instructions offered in this book, owners and handlers will learn how to identify and treat the problems any dog is likely to have en route from puppyhood to old age. The information is so clearly presented in words and pictures that nonprofessionals will be able to master the massage techniques they need to help alleviate soreness and pain as well as apply relaxation and maintenance routines to further their dog's well being.
![]() | author: Karen B. London Ph.D. Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D. ASIN or ISBN-10: 1891767062 binding: Paperback list price: $9.95 USD amazon price: $12.45 USD |
Looking for some tips to create a little order out of the canine chaos in your home? Concerned that there might be some tension between two of the dogs in your pack? Not sure if all that growling during play means trouble or not?
![]() | author: Richard H. Pitcairn D.V.M. Susan Hubble Pitcairn ASIN or ISBN-10: 0875962432 binding: Paperback list price: $17.95 USD amazon price: $54.76 USD |
Now completely updated and revised, this is an expanded edition of the classic natural pet-care book by veterinarian Richard H. Pitcairn and his wife Susan Pitcairn-- both renowned specialists in chemical-free nutrition, treatment and natural healing for pets. Written with the warmth and compassion that have won the Pitcairns a nationwide following, this guide will help you select the most compatible dog or cat for your own lifestyle-- and show you how to provide the very best in companionship, healing, nutrition and lifelong care.
![]() | author: Wendy Volhard Kerry L. Brown ASIN or ISBN-10: 0876055609 binding: Hardcover list price: $27.95 USD amazon price: $24.98 USD |
A complete revision of a ground-breaking reference. Designed to provide updated information found in the original book, as well as lots of new topics, and a new organization—this second edition is more user-friendly than ever!
![]() | author: Carol Boyle ASIN or ISBN-10: 0876055846 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $162.00 USD |
Should you and your dog be eating the same food? For years pet owners have been told the answer is "No." But what if you ate better food? You and your dog are both mammals, both omnivores—what's good for you should be good for the dog, right?
![]() | author: Juliette de Bairacli Levy ASIN or ISBN-10: 0571161162 binding: Paperback list price: $20.00 USD amazon price: $14.32 USD |
The pioneer of herbal veterinary medicine has again thoroughly revised, updated and expanded her book on natural and organic cures and farming methods, first published in 1952 and now a classic in its field.
![]() | author: Turid Rugaas ASIN or ISBN-10: 1929242360 binding: Paperback list price: $12.95 USD amazon price: $9.27 USD |
On Talking Terms with Dogs second edition with three additional chapters, color photos and descriptive captions. Turid Rugaas is a noted expert on canine body language, notably "calming signals" which are signals dogs give to other dogs and humans to denote stress and to attempt defuse situations that otherwise might result in fights or aggression. Written in practical, down-to-earth, logical language.
![]() | author: Patricia B McConnell Ph.D. Aimee M Moore ASIN or ISBN-10: 1891767119 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $13.32 USD |
This user-friendly and engaging book describes a six-week program to get people and dogs off on the right paw. Inside the covers are clear descriptions of humane and scientifically-based methods to teach basic exercises including sit, down, come, heel, stay and no jumping up. As importantly, the book emphasizes how to make training fun for those at both ends of the leash, and how to ensure reliable responses while still being your dog's best friend. Also included are trouble-shooting tips for what to do when your dog hasn't read the training books and doesn't respond as expected.
![]() | author: Brenda K Scidmore Patricia McConnell ASIN or ISBN-10: 1891767011 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $50.29 USD |
Help your new bundle of joy get off on the right paw with a book that you can afford and have time to read. With all the basics from potty training to socializatin, this little book can prevent many serious behavioral problems and make your first year together even more fun that you ever imagined.
![]() | author: Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D. ASIN or ISBN-10: 1891767054 binding: Paperback list price: $7.95 USD amazon price: $7.95 USD |
This booklet explains the difference between dogs who truly have separation anxiety and those that merely misbehave and the describes a behavior modification program for the prevention and treatment of both problems. A treasure chest of ideas for keeping your dog happy in your absence, this booklet can help prevent and treat both minor and severe behavioral problems related to dogs being "home alone." Clear and understandable, this easy to read booklet is written for anyone who wants to leave the house knowing that their dog is happy and their house is safe.
![]() | author: Tom Lonsdale ASIN or ISBN-10: 0646396242 binding: Paperback list price: $29.95 USD amazon price: $19.85 USD |
For the price of a 15 minute consultation with your vet Raw Meaty Bones: Promote Health provides hours of reading pleasure. In 391 easy-to-read pages you can discover masses of information not available in whole libraries of veterinary textbooks. If you are a pet owner this book will likely be one of the best investments that you have ever made. Big savings in vet bills and feed bills are likely to be measurable benefits. But how can you measure the benefits of pain-free happy pets? How can you measure your feelings?
![]() | author: Merrill Markoe ASIN or ISBN-10: 0345500202 binding: Hardcover list price: $24.00 USD amazon price: $32.74 USD |
At forty-seven, Gil has reached a relatively happy period in his life as the world’s oldest twenty-two-year-old man. In exchange for doing the odd carpentry and construction job, he gets paid to live rent-free in Los Angeles at the glorious summerhouse of rich retirees who are never there. It’s a world of solitary splendor spent mainly in the company of his four dogs, Cheney, Fruity, Dinky, and Jimmy, the alpha and the only one of the four that Gil has raised from a pup.