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When Wendy Lyons Sunshine got her first puppy—abandoned behind a gas station, struggling with worms and anemia—she was in over her head. As puppy training guides failed to help her with the out-of-control, traumatized bundle of teeth and claws rescue pup, she turned to her work helping world-class child development experts. Could strategies for raising happy, well-adjusted kids transfer to a puppy?

Make your buddy a top dog for life, be your Best Friend's "Friend," by training together. Obedience training is one of the most important aspects of raising a dog. In fact, a well-trained dog is a free dog! Why? Because a trained dog requires fewer restrictions. The more reliable the dog, the more freedom he is given. Dog Training for Dummies shows dog owners how to select the right training method for their puppy, adult, or senior dog. 

Golden Retrievers are among the friendliest, most intelligent, most popular dogs - no wonder you've made this excellent choice of breed for your own "best friend"! Golden Retrievers for Dummies will show you how to select, train, raise, and live happily with your lifelong companion. In this book, you'll find all the need-to-know information about your Golden. From puppy years to senior living, grooming to feeding, and beyond, this is your guide to keeping your Golden Retriever happy and healthy.  

They say a dog is a man's best friend. Well, while this may partly be true, the unfortunate part about our friendship with our dogs is really wanting. Let me ask you this simple question; how much do you know about dogs? If you really are someone's friend, you probably would do everything possible to know as much about them as is practically possible. If you've been a dog owner for some time, you can bet that your dog knows a lot about you than you probably may think.

Between then and now poets have written verse, both serious and humorous, in attempts to keep a poetic track both of feelings and as a tribute to our four-legged friends and their adventures.

Hunde sind die besten Freunde des Menschen. So heißt es immer. Viele Menschen haben den Traum vom eigenen Hund und erfüllen sich diesen in vielen Fällen auch früher oder später. Einen Hund an seiner Seite zu haben, kann etwas sehr Großartiges sein, allerdings ist hierzu auch viel Arbeit und Vorbereitung nötig.

Für unsichere, ängstliche Hunde ist oft schon die Bewältigung des Alltags eine Herausforderung. Angesichts von Problemen und Überforderung treten positive Erlebnisse in den Hintergrund – dabei können genau die dabei helfen, einem Angsthasen mehr Selbstvertrauen zu geben! Dieses Buch erklärt die Zusammenhänge ­zwischen Wohlbefinden, Gesundheit, Selbst­wirksamkeit und emotionaler Stabilität. Es gibt Anregungen für Spiele und Trainingsansätze, mit denen schüchterne Hunde Erfolgserlebnisse sammeln können, sich insgesamt sicherer fühlen und die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Hund gestärkt wird.

Hunde kommunizieren sehr fein mit ihrer Körpersprache. Große Verhaltensreaktionen zeichnen sich im Vorfeld durch kleine, unauf­fälligere Signale ab. Diese Hinweise lesen und deuten zu lernen hilft dabei, die Emotionen, die Bedürfnisse und die Motivationslage des Hundes einzuschätzen. Dieses Buch liefert die Vokabeln der Hunde­sprache und vermittelt Details, die Hunde­be­sitzern vielleicht noch nie aufgefallen sind. Es befähigt sie, ihren Hund unabhängig von individuellen körperlichen Merkmalen wie Schlapp- oder Stehohren zu lesen.

Yo quiero! The heartwarming true story of the camera-ready Chihuahua who became a pint-sized superstar. Her name was Gidget. To the world, she was the Taco Bell dog. This is the extraordinary story of an irresistible pup's life, and that of her devoted trainer, Sue Chipperton. It is not only the story of an adorable television star, but also that of Sue's successful training techniques, and her fascinating stories of working with both human and animal stars.

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.   

In engaging chapters filled with empathy for both the beleaguered humans and their confused puppies, Welcoming Your Puppy from Planet Dog paves the way for a rewarding friendship between a relaxed, well-prepared human and a canine family member who's happily at ease in our world.

The key to training success with dogs is to figure out what they find rewarding and then use those rewards to get the behavior you want. You'll be amazed at what your 'bad' dog will do when you know how he thinks and what turns him on!

An lockerer Leine gehen, Hundebegegnungen gelassen entgegen sehen und sich aufeinander verlassen können - das wünschen sich alle Menschen für sich und ihre Hunde. Mit diesem Ratgeber und dem 12- Punkte - Plan werden entspannte Spaziergänge und ein harmonisches Zusammenleben von Mensch und Hund wieder möglich. Alles Wissenswerte zur Hundepsychologie, Schritt für Schritt Anleitungen und wirksame Übungen sind in diesem Buch leicht verständlich zusammengefasst und schaffen eine Basis für Vertrauen, Respekt und liebevolles Verständnis in der Mensch-Hund-Beziehung.

When Bunny, a fluffy, black-and-white sheepadoodle, was eight weeks old, her guardian Alexis presented her with an odd gift: a button programed to say “outside” when pressed. Within a few weeks, Bunny was using it all the time and Alexis, encouraged by Bunny’s progress, continued to introduce more buttons and more words . . . Three years later, Bunny can now communicate using over one hundred buttons, stringing together important, relatable, philosophical phrases such as “Love you Mom,” “Dad went poop,” and “Ugh why?”

Ein Hund gehört zur Familie. Er ist unser bester Freund. Nur leider verstehen wir seine Kommunikation mit uns oft nicht. Sandra Bucher gelingt es in ihrer "Wuffologie", die unterschiedliche Sinneswahrnehmung und die Kommunikation zwischen Mensch und Hund zu erklären und humorvoll mit dem Durcheinander aufzuräumen, welches durch das typische "Hund teilt mit – Mensch versteht nicht" zustande kommt.

Picking up where she left off in Where the Blind Horse Sings, Kathy Stevens regales us with more tales of the rescued animals at Catskill Animal Sanctuary (CAS), some touching, some hilarious, all provocative. We meet Barbie, the broiler hen found hiding under a blue Honda in Brooklyn who falls for the animal ambassador Rambo, a ram with an uncanny sense of what others need. Then there’s Norma Rae, the turkey rescued from a "turkey bowl" just before Thanksgiving.

There are at least 68 million dogs in America, and their owners lavish billions of dollars on them every year. So why do so many pampered pets have problems? In this definitive and accessible guide, Cesar Millan, star of National Geographic Channel's hit show Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, reveals what dogs truly need to live a happy and fulfilled life.

Psychiatric service dog are specifically trained to help handlers with psychiatric disabilities. It can be of great use to people suffering from schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress disorder. Service dog training for psychiatric disabilities is a relative new comer to the world of the handicapped. It involves much more than just providing the comfort and companionship that a regular pet does. These dogs provide tangible lifesaving services for people with mental conditions.

More than anything else, this is a book about love. In this deeply moving account, you will hear about Rambo, a sheep who informs the staff when another animal is in trouble; and Paulie, a former cockfighting rooster who eats lunch with humans; Dino, an old toothless pony who survived a fire; and many more. Alongside these horses, roosters, pigs, sheep, rabbits, cows, and other animals is a staff of loving humans for whom every animal life, even that of a frog rushed to the vet for emergency surgery, has merit.

Shirley MacLaine has found a perfect love in the furry bundle of irresistible canine charms that is Terry. With her winning terrier ways and an endless wellspring of love with no strings attached, Terry has succeeded in doing what no one before her ever has: slowing Shirley's peripatetic travels, shifting the actress/author's global axis to hearth and home.