Home Care

Covering everything from specific breed traits, to training, to old age and end of life care, this guide will walk you through what you and your dog need to be happy and healthy. Owning this breed can come with its own set of joys and frustrations, and this definitive guide will let you know you're not alone. It's okay to be frustrated at times with this hard-headed breed, because the rewards of owning one are well worth the struggle.

Prolific science writer Susan E. Goodman has delighted young audiences with her informative and always entertaining works. In It's a Dog's Life, Goodman explores such canine quandaries as, ''Why do dogs sniff everything?'' and ''What do they see when they look at a sunset?'' Goodman's engaging, humorous writing style grabs young listeners and proves the perfect vehicle for offering choice tidbits on canine evolution, breeds, and behavior.

There are numerous hobbies that can develop into true passions. Among them is the upkeep of an aquarium. This is a serious hobby, as there is no space for error; otherwise, you risk injuring or killing a living thing.

Getting your dog to calm down and relax is one of the most common challenges pet parents face. This two-part book will help you first identify the factors that cause this kind of behavior in dogs, then it provides you with eleven key training exercises to teach your dog how to calm down, pay attention to you, relax, and respond to every day situations with confidence and composure.

With years of experience as a Registered Veterinary Technician, Frannie O’Callaghan offers an unapologetic window into the daily encounters of the humans who take care of pets. This whip-smart but darkly humorous confessional spans from the Patients who bite, claw, urinate, or defecate in scrub pockets. Are the few and farther in-between moments of wagging tails and slobbering tongues worth it?

Unveil the secrets to training your Dachshund with "Dachshund Survival Guide: How to Train Your Dachshund." This comprehensive guide is a must-have resource for both novice and experienced dog owners, offering tailored advice to meet the unique needs of this spirited and affectionate breed. Discover the world of Dachshunds, a breed known for its distinct personality and charming characteristics. This book takes you on a journey through understanding the peculiarities of Dachshunds, equipping you with the tools and techniques for effective training.

A fascinating exploration of the profound loss of pleasure in our daily lives and the seven steps for restoring it. Pleasure. We know what it feels like and many of us spend our days trying to experience it. But can too much pleasure actually be bad for us? Yes, says Dr. Archibald Hart, clinical...

Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them—more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree, she has memorized the names of more than one thousand toys and can retrieve any of them on command. Based on that learning, she and her owner and trainer, retired psychologist John Pilley, have moved on to further impressive feats, demonstrating her ability to understand sentences with multiple elements of grammar and to learn new behaviors by imitation.

Effective communication is key to strong relationships, and this is especially true with our dogs. This book is a must-have for anyone who spends time with dogs, teaching you to understand their unique language through illustrations and clear explanations. It covers recognizing individual communication styles, interpreting emotions from body language, identifying signs of stress and discomfort, understanding canine interactions, and spotting warning signs and aggression.

A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world. When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring...

Have you just brought your new best friend home, and, although you’re excited, you’re also realizing that you now have to somehow train them? The list of questions bouncing around in your head might be long, but the answers are simple. This shouldn’t be a stressful or massively time-consuming experience for you to go through...and it doesn’t have to be. Actually, training your new puppy to become the most loyal and well-mannered companion you’ve ever had is going to be a ton of fun! It doesn't matter if you’ve never had a puppy before.

Donkeys are a unique and hardy creature with a long-running history living alongside humans. They have long been used to provide agricultural labor, hauling small loads, and even as transportation for people across the Silk Road. Have you ever thought about raising donkeys for profit? Have you wondered what is involved in caring for and managing these animals?

A thought-provoking Colombian crime novel set in and around a beauty salon in Bogota ‘This delicate, merciless filleting of race and gender politics is highly recommended’ Guardian ‘A revelation. A rewarding read and an unexpected insight into a foreign society not often documented in...

In Pack of Two, the author of the acclaimed best seller Drinking: A Love Story tackles a different sort of relationship. Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank ( Boys Don’t Cry, Million Dollar Baby) guides us into the life of Caroline Knapp who, after losing both parents to cancer and breaking off a two-decade long relationship with alcohol in the span of one year, struggles - and succeeds - to redefine her world. The unlikely solution to Knapp’s task was found in the form of a dog named Lucille.

After an archaeological dig reveals a skeleton under Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home, forgotten passions and bitter controversies are re-ignited. When a modern day killer adds another body to the already tangled web of deceit, suddenly there are two murders to solve - and Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen goes hunting for the truth. Her friends Mrs.Murphy the tiger cat and Tee Tucker the corgi are on the hunt too - for a killer who's out to keep Harry quiet.

The Divinity of Dogs is about the moments you learn something profound about life from an experience with a dog. Featuring more than 70 stories culled from hundreds of submissions to the author's Web site, these inspiring and heartwarming true stories show where love, tolerance, comfort, compassion, loyalty, joyfulness, and even death have provided experiences that have led to spiritual enlightenment.

A Modern Guide to Homesteading is your audio companion for creating a more self-sufficient, sustainable life—right where you are. Whether you’re on a city balcony or a rural plot, this guide shows you how to take practical steps toward a lifestyle that feeds your family, your values, and your sense of purpose. Even with limited time, space, or budget, you’ll learn how to transform your home into a productive homestead—one manageable step at a time.

Small farms and large ranches are turning to dogs as a humane and ecologically sound way to protect their investments. This newly revised edition will make it easy to select a breed, care for, and train a livestock protection dog. Training methods have been refined and expanded, and there's even a chapter on guarding unusual stock, plus a discussion of theory, history and selection; livestock protection breeds as dual companion/working dogs; puppy temperament testing and training.

From beautiful lyrics to madcap waggery, from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's adored lapdog Flush to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's terrifying Hound of the Baskervilles, and encompassing odes, fables, stories, songs, nursery rhymes and more, Mark Bryant has compiled a wonderfully evocative collection of writing on all kinds of dogs by all kinds of authors.

If you struggle with correcting some of your golden retriever’s bad habits and behaviors but don’t know where to begin, then keep listening. Do you feel like you’ve made several training mistakes that have ingrained bad habits and behaviors into your golden retriever? Has it been weeks or months of trying to correct bad behaviors and your furry friend continues to give you a hard time? Is having guests over at your house an ordeal because of your undisciplined dog? If so, then you’ve come to the right place.