Kategoria BISAC: Pets >> Dogs - Training

After a close friend died of cancer, middle-aged, overweight, acrophobic newspaperman Tom Ryan decided to pay tribute to her in a most unorthodox manner. Ryan and his friend, miniature schnauzer Atticus M. Finch, would attempt to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire's four-thousand-foot peaks twice in one winter while raising money for charity. It was an adventure of a lifetime, leading them across hundreds of miles and deep into an enchanting but dangerous winter wonderland. At the heart of the amazing journey was the extraordinary relationship they shared, one that blurred the line...

The New York Times-bestselling author Donald McCaig has established an expansive literary career, founded equally on books about working sheepdogs and the Civil War novels Jacob's Ladder and Rhett Butler's People, the official sequel to Gone with the Wind.

In his new book, Mr. and Mrs. Dog, McCaig draws on twenty-five years of experience raising sheepdogs to vividly describe his--and his dogs June and Luke's--unlikely progress toward and participation in the World Sheepdog Trials in Wales.

McCaig engagingly chronicles the often grueling...

The New York Times-bestselling author Donald McCaig has established an expansive literary career, founded equally on books about working sheepdogs and the Civil War novels Jacob's Ladder and Rhett Butler's People, the official sequel to Gone with the Wind.

In his new book, Mr. and Mrs. Dog, McCaig draws on twenty-five years of experience raising sheepdogs to vividly describe his--and his dogs June and Luke's--unlikely progress toward and participation in the World Sheepdog Trials in Wales.

McCaig engagingly chronicles the often grueling...

Pets play a very important role in our lives and are a part of our family. We love them like our own children and want to take good care of them. We want them to live a long and healthy life. A lot of products sold commercially to groom the dog or as health supplements for the pets can have a lot of adverse effects. To prevent any harm to the pet you may want to look at natural and safe alternatives like essential oils.
Essential oils have a soothing and calming effect on the pet,...

More What Color is Your Dog? picks up where the first book left off. Learn proven techniques to work with each personality of dog, as defined through Joel Silverman's brilliant dog personality color descriptions. Using a series of easy-to-follow phases with a focus on each individual sequence, Joel Silverman is able to break down a dog's behavior into understandable steps that dog owners can use with their own pets.

More What Color is Your Dog? picks up where the first book left off. Learn proven techniques to work with each personality of dog, as defined through Joel Silverman's brilliant dog personality color descriptions. Using a series of easy-to-follow phases with a focus on each individual sequence, Joel Silverman is able to break down a dog's behavior into understandable steps that dog owners can use with their own pets.

Martha lives with chronic illness, but is determined to stay strong enough to continue working at the zoo, which she loves. When her symptoms worsen and she starts fainting, she gets a service dog for support. With Henry by her side, she expects life to get easier, but that's not what happens. Henry is a Chihuahua mix, much smaller than the familiar guide dogs for the blind, and Martha's disability is not obvious, so when they go into public places people ask, "He's so small. How does he help you?" Or, "You're not blind, why do you need a service dog?" Martha is...

Martha lives with chronic illness, but is determined to stay strong enough to continue working at the zoo, which she loves. When her symptoms worsen and she starts fainting, she gets a service dog for support. With Henry by her side, she expects life to get easier, but that's not what happens. Henry is a Chihuahua mix, much smaller than the familiar guide dogs for the blind, and Martha's disability is not obvious, so when they go into public places people ask, "He's so small. How does he help you?" Or, "You're not blind, why do you need a service dog?" Martha is...