Dog Teaching: Surviving a Puppy Without Losing Your Mind will do just what the title implies and keep you smiling while you're doing it. This easy-to-read guide protects your sanity while you teach your puppy how to live with humans, and it does so with a reassuring sense of humor. Methods are clearly described, based on solid, scientific principles of both dog behavior and learning theory, and the best part, without confusing jargon. You will never be asked to physically hurt or scare your puppy: no prong collars, choke chains, spray bottles or shake cans are involved. Instead, kind and...

Catherine Reid's decision to join a convent has left her friends puzzled. What is driving her to take such drastic action? Is it the unwanted attention of a member of the local bird watching group? Is it the new wind sweeping through her church following the departure of Father O'Connell and the arrival of his replacement, Father Dominic? The answer will never be known as, before they can discover the real reason behind her decision, Pamela and Eileen, her best friends, find her dead when they visit her house. Is it natural causes, and, if not, who might have wanted her dead? As Catherine's...