Animal Care

Er hat sie gerettet, aus dem Müll, aus viel zu engen Käfigen, aus einem Leben an der Kette. Das ist seine Lebensaufgabe. Die Freundschaft zwischen beiden brachte Bruno Jelovic auf einen neuen Weg. In seinem Hörbuch nimmt er uns mit auf seine Ranch in Bosnien, den Alltag und die Notfälle dort, die sein Team und er jeden Tag aufs Neue angehen. In kleinen Anekdoten und emotionalen Rückblenden erzählt er von Freundschaft zwischen Tier und Mensch, der engen Bindung zu besonderen Mitstreitern und dem Schicksal, das ganz unverhofft anklopft und alles verändert.

“When I say Jenna Blum’s upcoming Woodrow on the Bench wrecked me and that I’m now sobbing eating all the chocolate, I mean it in the best way possible.”—Jodi Picoult ""Jenna Blum's wonderful moving memoir, is a “girl and her dog” story for the ages!”—Garth Stein, author of The...

Feline asthma affects millions of cats in the United States alone. It can be mild, moderate, or severe, with some severe asthma attacks even being fatal. While the potential for losing your furry family member can be intimidating to some pet owners, it is important to remember that asthma, no matter how severe, does not have to change your cat's quality of life, and is very manageable.

Pawverbs for a Cat Lover’s Heart is a collection of stories, each featuring a real-life animal and sharing a principle from the book of Proverbs. You’ll not only find inspiring and heartwarming tales, but also spiritual truths to touch your heart and remind you of God’s unfailing love, wisdom, and grace.

Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe - descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished.

Preparing for My First Cockatiel is a beginner's guide book for you and your children to help you know what it takes to get ready for bringing home your very first cockatiel. Unlike most books about cockatiels out there, this one doesn't try to cover everything but stays focused on what you need to be ready for your new life with your bird. Full of personal stories and photos via the included pdf supplement, you will get to know what life with cockatiels is like from my many years living with and loving them. A fun book for anyone who loves animals!

Descended from shy, solitary North African wild cats, domestic cats set up homes with devoted owners all over the world by learning how to talk to us. This book translates—in case you missed anything. A renowned cat behavior scientist of over thirty years, Dr. Sarah Brown has been at the...

Providing everything you need to know about raising and training strong, healthy horses, this all-inclusive guide will take you from being a novice to expert handler in no time.

Even if we've never had direct contact with one, we will have seen one, or at the very least, heard one. For those of us who live in the Western world, it is more than likely that one sleeps in our house, possibly even on our bed. I'm talking, of course, of the dog. Yet, this animal, which lives alongside 500 million of us all over the world - as an invaluable partner and a trusted confidant - presents us with one great unsolved mystery: how did this relationship - the most complex and enduring of any between human and animal - start in the first place?

In the style of James Thurber's The Dog Department meets Marley and Me, Shepherd Girl: A Dog Story chronicles the exploits of Athena, a silly long-coated German shepherd. Athena is goofy, clumsy, and vain, and although she successfully foils a stranger's abduction of the author in a dark parking lot, she also finds time to chase lawn gnomes, strip the author topless at the Dog Park, and play-bow to stuffed toys at an age when she should know better.

Understand what your horse is saying to you and build a profound and lasting connection. If you ever thought that some people were “natural-born horse communicators,” know that all of them have honed their abilities through experience, observation, and the understanding that each horse is a unique being. This guide seeks to help you strengthen your connection and build trust with your horse.

On a cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry carried by the breeze of Tokyo’s Tamagawa River. She follows the sound to find a newborn kitten, just the size of her palm, dangling from a fence, abandoned. Overcome by tender affection, she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii, and so begins an ineffable bond.

In this homesteading book by best-selling author Norman J Stone, rabbits are in the spotlight. Perhaps one of the most underestimated and nutritional cheap food sources, rabbits have in recent years been on something of a comeback, and quite rightly so in this authors opinion. The humble rabbit is high in protein, low in calories, and only 4.5 percent fat - lower even than chicken! Not only that, it is easy, quick and cheap to rear; and produces meat and fur that can be used by the family or sold for profit - or both!

We recently toilet trained our little ball of fur, Princess Peanut, and now we can enjoy a litter-box-free, fresh-smelling home. In the process we have saved plenty of money, and we can avoid those unwanted arguments about whose turn it is to clean up after the cat. Know the best part about all of this? We completed the entire process in less than three months! Yes, that's right. Less than three months. We're so proud of our little Princess Peanut that we want to share our experience with you.

This inspiring collection of observations will offer heartfelt insights from the vantage point of doggy heaven. Most importantly, this book will serve as a cherished reminder that the love of our canine best friend is a love that lasts more than a lifetime.

After being hit by a car and left for dead on the streets of Greece, I was rescued by my heroine and first love, Ermioni. With broken bones and open wounds so severe my flesh was beginning to rot, the only option was to amputate my leg. Ermioni nursed me back to health, and I lived for a time at the Diasozo Animal Rescue shelter. However, I was becoming depressed, as the healthier dogs were pushing me out of the way when there was food to be had. My guardian angel continued to look out for me and share my story on social media all around the world, until I found my own Mama and Papa.

Julie Klam was 30, single, and working as a part-time clerk in an insurance company, wondering if she would ever meet the man she could spend the rest of her life with. And then it happened. She met the irresistible Otto, her first in a long line of Boston terriers, and fell instantly in love. You Had Me at Woof is the often hilarious and always sincere story of how one woman discovered life's most important lessons from her relationships with her canine companions.

In the horse riding world, your success is determined by how well you can control, understand, and harmonize with a 1,000+ pound animal that has superior strength, is faster, and has a better-developed nervous system than you. The way you overcome these strengths in a horse is to understand what the horse’s limitations are.

Getting fed up of those long sleepless nights? Trying to teach your pup to behave, but they just won’t listen? Or maybe you’re just looking for that extra bit of guidance to help you out in general? If this sounds like you, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, training a puppy doesn’t have to be an uphill struggle. Over the last few years, dog training as a whole has evolved completely. Gone are the days of the more punitive methods such as intimidation and punishment tactics in order to gain a dog’s respect.

Dog breeding is fun and can be very profitable as well to the experienced breeder. If you want to start breeding, then you have picked up the right audiobook! Dog Breeding by Janet Evans will help you prepare the things you need to become a breeder. This book will educate you on how to find a breeder dog, caring for them, birthing puppies, and much more! Become a breeder today and feast on the joy of a dog breeder!