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Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

Temple Grandin - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

The best-selling animal advocate Temple Grandin offers the most exciting exploration of how animals feel since The Hidden Life of Dogs.In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career...
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In a Dog's Heart: What Our Dogs Need, Want, and Deserve--and the Gifts We Can Expect in Return

Jennifer Arnold - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Print book

What our dogs need to live a good life, and why we must come through for them Over the two decades she has spent raising and training service dogs for people with disabilities, Jennifer Arnold has come to a unique and profound understanding of the human-dog bond. Though it may seem simple...
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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Alexandra Horowitz - Scribner
Format: Book

The bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.Temple Grandin meets Stephen Pinker...
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For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend

Patricia B. McConnell - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

Yes, humans and canines are different species, but current research provides fascinating, irrefutable evidence that what we share with our dogs is greater than how we vary. As behaviorist and zoologist Dr. Patricia McConnell tells us in this remarkable new book about emotions in dogs and in people,...
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The Dog Selector: How to Choose the Right Dog for You

David Alderton - Barron's
Format: Book

This big, handsome volume describes dogs of all sizes, shapes, traits, and personalities. Author David Alderton wants every prospective owner to find the very best dog to fit his or her own personality and lifestyle, and in this book he discusses breeds and their owners under the following...
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The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet

Jolanta Benal - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Book

If you want to raise a happy dog who loves to play and cuddle--but still comes when called and doesn't chew up your favorite shoes--you need Jolanta Benal's The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet. Jolanta's dog-training philosophy is simple: playful, rewards-based...
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Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You A Better Friend to Your Pet

John Bradshaw - Basic Books
Format: Print book

Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither--and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a spokesperson,...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Positive Dog Training, 3rd Edition

Pamela Dennison - Alpha
Format: Print book

Sit up and pay attention to the book that bonds people to their best friends. This revised and updated edition offers tips and tricks that will help readers work with their canine pals to solve behavior issues together. ? The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Positive Dog Training...
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Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog

Dr. Ian Dunbar - New World Library
Format: Print book

Very few dog trainers have not been influenced by Dr. Ian Dunbar's dog-friendly philosophy. In the 1970s, Dr. Dunbar sparked a dramatic shift in dog training - away from leash corrections and drill-sergeant adult dog classes based on competitive obedience and toward a positive approach...
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The Loved Dog

Tamar Geller - Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Format: Print book

More than fifteen years ago, Tamar Geller began hercareer as a dog trainer by observing a scientific studyof wolves in the wild. She realized that thesocialization and parenting techniques they used toraise their cubs were rooted in bonding,communication, and play-not in aggression,dominance,...
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The Other End of the Leash

Patricia B McConnell - Ballantine Books
Format: Book

The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary, new perspective on our relationship with dogs, focusing on our behavior in comparison with that of dogs. An applied animal behaviorist and dog trainer with more than twenty years experience, Dr. Patricia McConnell looks at humans...
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The Power of Positive Dog Training

Pat Miller - Wiley
Format: Book

A renowned dog trainer gives you the positive training tools you need to share a lifetime of fun, companionship, and respect with your dog. Plus, you'll get: information on the importance of observing, understanding, and reacting appropriately to your dog's body language; instructions on how to phase...
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Click & Train Your Dog: Using Clicker Training to Transform Your Common Canine into a Superdog

Mary Ray - T.F.H. Publications
Format: Paperback

Click & Train Your Dog offers expert advice on using clicker training to teach basic obedience and good behavior to dogs of all ages and stages of life, from puppies to seniors. An easy-to-follow 10 week puppy training plan sets young dogs on the path to success. Click & Train...
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It's Me or the Dog: How to Have the Perfect Pet

Victoria Stilwell - Hyperion
Format: Print book

Canine expert Victoria Stilwell shows readers how to train their dogs out of even the most difficult and persistent bad behaviors. It's Supernanny for your dog!Victoria Stilwell is one of the world's most recognized and respected dog trainers. As the host of the international...
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How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves

Dr. Sophia Yin DVM MS - T.F.H. Publications
Format: Paperback

Written by one of the leading veterinary behaviorists in the country, this revised and expanded edition of the original bestseller features brand new chapters that provide the most up-to-date science of dog behavior and explains key concepts in clear, straightforward language. How to Behave...
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