Review

“For any dog lover who wants to do more with their canine, “The Trick is in the Training” is a solid resource. Recommended.
–The Midwest Book Review

Author: Taunton, Stephanie J.

Brand: Brand: Barron’s Educational Series

Edition: 2

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• Used Book in Good Condition

Package Dimensions: 10x239x318

Number Of Pages: 112

Release Date: 01-03-2010

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Author: Foster, Sasha

Brand: Dogwise Publishing

Edition: Illustrated

Format: Illustrated

Package Dimensions: 15x251x454

Number Of Pages: 220

Release Date: 24-02-2009

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Stretch your dog to a longer and healthier life
Research on human athletes is changing what we know about stretching. For example, it is now recognized that aggressive stretching should only take place after muscles are warmed up and shortened from exertion. Authors Sasha and Ashley Foster have applied this latest research to dogs—many of whom compete in vigorous canine sporting events—so that you can learn how to safely and effectively stretch your dog to prevent injuries, maintain joint integrity, and improve you dog’s fitness whether he is an elite canine athlete or a lap dog.

Over 300 photos and diagrams demonstrate how to safely and effectively stretch each major muscle group. Teaches correct hand placement for joint stabilization and h maintain good form. Stretching routines are for large and small dogs, older dogs, and those involved in various dog sports.

Learn more about:
-How to read your dog’s body language and behavior while stretching him.
-Techniques that keep you from injuring yourself while stretching your dog.
-20 minute daily maintenance stretching routines.
-Do’s and don’ts when stretching, and when you need to consult with a vet.
-Special considerations when stretching older dogs and small or toy dogs.

What experts say about The Healthy Way to Stretch Your Dog:
There are a lot of stretching books, videos and DVDs out there. This is the first one I’ve seen that definitively explains why stretching needs to be done in a relaxed, prone position with correct stabilization in order for the stretch to be effective. The descriptions of the various stretches are clearly written and anatomically correct. The photographs accurately depict what is to be done. The photographs of the incredible handbook’s pricing while being stretched are alone worth the book’s price and should be an inspiration to anyone who wants to do canine body work. All praise to the authors for a great book!
Sue Ann Lesser, DVM, ACAC, CVSMT

The Healthy Way to Stretch Your Dog is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to improving your dog’s physical health through proper stretching techniques. The book provides a wealth of information and photos to get you working with your dog right away, whether it’s for strengthening your dog’s performance in a variety of dog sports, or helping to properly maintain your senior dog’s physical health.
Mychelle Blake, editor of The APDT Chronicle of the Dog

The Healthy Way to Stretch Your Dog contains a tremendous amount of information. Knowing the science behind successful stretching will be a valuable resource for all dog owners. Understanding dog behavior related to therapeutic interventions and directing the reader to engage in proper body posture will allow users of this book to continue to stretch many dogs for many years to come!
Laurie M Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt (Animal Physiotherapy), CAFCI, CCRT

Review

With their combined experience in human physical therapy, yoga, zoology, and training and showing dogs, sisters Sasha and Ashley Foster are the ideal teams to present a manual on stretching techniques for dogs. Despite recent interest in this topic, the Fosters realized that dog owners didn’t have much access to emerging information… Rather than simply informing readers that dogs can benefit from these routines, the authors explain how and why muscle tissue becomes vulnerable to injury when it remains in a shortened, contracted position. The authors have designed therapeutic canine stretching routines for each major muscle group. Noting that dogs vary in flexibility based on breed, age, and physical condition, they include detailed information on proper techniques to ensure safety and effectiveness and variations of their daily routine for small breeds and senior dogs. Every dog can benefit from stretching exercises, but they are especially valuable for canine athletes.

Author: Jennifer Bridwell

Brand: Everything

Edition: Illustrated

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• Great product!

Format: Illustrated

Package Dimensions: 19x235x735

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 14-05-2007

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You love your dog—but you’d love him even more if he stopped chewing the furniture and obeyed your commands. What if he brought you your slippers or stopped jumping up on the neighbors every time they stopped by?

The Everything Dog Obedience Book provides you with the tools to take the lead by exploring and explaining the correct techniques for:
-Rewarding good behavior and tackling bad behavior
-Housebreaking your dog
-Training your dog to sit, stand, and heel
-Getting your dog to listen
-Instilling proper walking etiquette in your dog
-Avoiding excessive barking

From biting and barking to housebreaking and socializing,
The Everything Dog Obedience Book is an authoritative, must-have guidebook for any dog owner and dog lover.

About the Author

Jennifer Bridwell is a certified Canine Good Citizen Evaluator for the American Kennel Club. She is the founder and owner of The Canine Connection Dog Training, LLC, in Connecticut. She also provides evaluations and training for the City of Milford Animal Shelter, Shelter Alliance, and Resources for Animals with Handicaps, Inc., and several other rescue organizations. A recipient of the prestigious Utility Dog title, Ms. Bridwell’s dogs and some of her students’ dogs have been ranked in the top five nationally by breed at all competition levels. A resident of Milford, CT, she has been published in
Pug Talk magazine.

Author: Rees, Wendy Nan

Brand: Quarry Books

Edition: 1

Package Dimensions: 22x226x662

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 01-09-2011

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Live a more joyful life with your dog – one day at a time!
Dog Lover’s Daily Companion is an inspiring handbook filled with 365 helpful tips, easy-to-build projects, and practical advice on the canine-human relationship. No matter where you live or what breed of dog you have, this book has a year’s worth of ideas and insight into an exuberant, healthy life with your dog.
Wendy Nan Rees and Kristen Hampshire use humor, passion, and panache as they guide you through the day-to-day life of owning and living with a dog. From regular vaccinations to dealing with a sick dog; puppy school to obedience training; grooming at home – to those times that you must consult a professional – it’s all covered here. Dynamic photographs by pet portraitist and “dogumentarian” Kendra Luck weave a visual narrative that honors the joy of dog companionship.
Inside, you’ll find the following day-to-day categories:
Monday – Dogs 101
Tuesday – Table Manners and Training
Wednesday – Playtime and Exercise
Thursday – Grooming and Health Care
Friday – Housekeeping and Cleaning
Saturday and Sunday – Bonding and Relationship Building
Versatile and practical, Dog Lover’s Daily Companion will entertain you, inform you, and might even let you in on industry secrets. Whether you are a first-time or lifelong dog owner, you will be inspired to make your own beds and toys, learn valuable tips about pet safety, and enjoy traveling with your pet.

Review

As someone who has written a pet column for seven years, I felt pretty confident that I knew all the basics about dogs. For a layperson, that is. But “Dog Lover’s Daily Companion,” by Wendy Nan Rees and Kristen Hampshire, has a host of doggy details and trivia that had never even crossed my radar. Subtitled “365 Days of Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Living a Rich Life With Your Dog,” this 315-page book, with playful pet portraits by “dogumentarian” Kendra Luck of Albany, will entertain and inform even the savviest dog owner…With the approaching holidays, the “Dog Lover’s Daily Companion” will make a welcome gift for those who already share their life with a dog as well as those who are considering the joys of canine companionship.

–Eileen Mitchell, San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Kristen Hampshire is an award-winning magazine journalist and author of four outdoor design and landscaping books branded by John Deere, including Hobby Farms, 52 Backyard Landscaping Projects, Landscaping & Lawn Care, and Stonescaping Made Simple. Hampshire has been published in Consumers Digest, Ladies’ Home Journal, Fortune Small Business, Vogue Knitting, The Tennessean, and Ohio Magazine. Hampshire is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). She writes from home in Bay Village, Ohio, where she lives with her husband Haven Ohly, and her muse, a Scottie-dog named Mayzie. Visit her at www.kristenhampshire.com.

Wendy Nan Rees is an author and entrepreneur who has been involved in the pet industry for more than 25 years. Her career began when she founded Lip Smackers, Inc., a company dedicated to providing healthy all-natural treats to consumers concerned about their pets\u2019 well-being. She is an author of The Natural Pet Food Cookbook: Healthful Recipes for Dogs and Cats (2007), No Barking at the Table (1996), and No Catnapping in the Kitchen (1996). She orchestrated the book The Name Game, collecting over 100 celebrity essays and more than 1,000 suggestions for pet names. A percentage of the proceeds from The Name Game goes directly to PAWS, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with HIV/AIDS care for their pets.

Kendra Luck has created a style and body of work from a past career as an award-winning photojournalist and day-to-day life with her canine muse, Gladys (1992-2008). For Luck, watching a dog is akin to watching children play, waves breaking at the beach, or a bonfire blaze – it’s hypnotic. Luck documents the dog’s rising role

Author: Bryan, Brenda

Brand: Skipstone Press

Edition: Illustrated

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 93

Release Date: 01-05-2009

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A fun and functional strategy for incorporating your dog into a healthy yoga practice Bring your dog to yoga? Bring yoga to your dog? Either way, Brenda Bryan is taking her Seattle-based “doga” classroom on the road, with a series of Hatha yoga poses incorporating a Barking Buddha into the mix. Her new book details guidelines and tips for practicing yoga with your dog, along with observations on the many ways dogs bring joy and harmony into our lives. With yoga poses for every intention, from Gratitude and Perspective to Joy and Letting Go, Bryan presents her signature method of connecting with our mats and our dogs at the same time. This book illustrates that not only is regular yoga and meditation a healthy practice, but so is having a dog. Offering basic practices with room to grow, Barking Buddha is for varying levels of yoga practitioners and dog lovers alike.

About the Author

BRENDA BRYAN is a Seattle-based yoga instructor and licensed massage therapist. While honing her skills as a yoga teacher, she began to study animal massage and found a way to combine her love of dogs with her love of yoga. Brenda teaches Hatha yoga and “Yoga with Your Dog” classes throughout the Seattle area, with the assistance of her own dogs, Honey and Gus. BEV SPARKS specializes in the fine art of photographing dogs. In addition to private commissions, her work is used by publishers, ad agencies, greeting card companies, and non-profits and was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Sparks shares her Seattle home with two mutts, Benny and Eddie.

BRENDA BRYAN is a Seattle-based yoga instructor and licensed massage therapist. While honing her skills as a yoga teacher, she began to study animal massage and found a way to combine her love of dogs with her love of yoga. Brenda teaches Hatha yoga and “Barking Buddha” classes throughout the Seattle area, with the assistance of her own dogs, Honey and Gus. BEV SPARKS specializes in the fine art of photographing dogs. In addition to private commissions, her work is used by publishers, ad agencies, greeting card companies, and non-profits and was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Sparks shares her Seattle home with two mutts, Benny and Eddie.

Brand: Quayside Publishing

Features:

• Quayside Publishing-Quarry Books: 101 Ways To Do More With Your Dog! See Happy Dogs And Their Owners Participating In A Wide Range Of Activities Together And Bringing Joy To Others

Number Of Pages: 208

Release Date: 01-10-2010

Details: Product Description Play, jump, drive, pull, help, or just soak up the limelight—101 Ways to Do More with Your Dog builds confidence and jump-start the bonding process between dog and owner. You will never have a bored, rainy day again! See happy dogs and their owners participating in a wide range of activities together, and bringing joy to others, and you, too, will be inspired to find new things to do with your beloved dog. You may have heard of agility, search & rescue, or thought, “My dog should be on TV!” With our busy schedules and demands on our time, we can’t always convert our dreams into reality. With 101 Ways to Do More with Your Dog, you have 101 easy ways to get inspired. For each activity, you’ll learn the best type of dog, how to get started, and where to find governing organizations. Then, you go one step further: enjoy the visual, step-by-step instruction on how to teach your dog the basics. That way, you can try the sport out on your own at home, without the commitment of signing up for a class. And if you DO decide that this is an activity that you’d like to pursue, you can go into a class with confidence! Activities for you and your dog include: -Volleyball -Jump Rope -Scent Work -Sledding -How to work with hearing-impaired dogs -Becoming a therapy dog, an animal actor, a dog blood donor, and much more! Review Sundance, Kyra. 101 Ways To Do More with Your Dog. Quarry: Quayside. 2010. c.208p. photogs. ISBN 9781592536429. pap. $19.99. Dog owners looking for fun activities with their canine companions will find many ideas from Sundance, who has written several dog-training books (e.g., 51 Puppy Tricks) and hosts a DVD series. The glossy, full-color pages are indicative of the book’s fun and enthusiasm—there is something here for everyone. Activities range from paw-print painting to extreme sports. Some, such as agility and obedience training for service dogs, are fairly mainstream. Others, like paragliding with your dog or having your canine pal serve as a blood donor, are more unusual. With at least one page devoted to each activity, there is a description, a list of required gear (if any), and suggestions for getting started. A sidebar identifies dog breeds ideally suited to the activity and includes a personal note and tips from dog enthusiasts. For some activities, there are additional pages with more specific instructions. VERDICT This upbeat, fun book is a welcome addition to collections serving those who view their pets like family – Library Journal, Nov. 1, 2010, About the Author Kyra Sundance is a world-acclaimed stunt dog show performer, celebrity dog trainer, and internationally best-selling author. An award-winning author, Kyra’s numerous dog-training books include the international best-selling 101 Dog Tricks, which sold over a half-million copies in 18 languages and is one of the top dog training books of all time. Kyra’s acrobatic stunt dog team performs worldwide and starred in shows for the king of Morocco at the royal palace in Marrakech, in Disney’s Underdog stage show in Hollywood, and in circuses and professional sports halftime shows. They performed on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Animal Planet, and had their own television series called Showdog Moms & Dads. Kyra is nationally ranked in competitive dog sports and is a set trainer for movie dogs. As a lecturer on positive training methods, her enthusiasm inspires audiences to develop fun and rewarding relationships with their own dogs. Her methods foster confident, happy dogs who are motivated to do the right thing rather than ones fearful of making a mistake. She shows us how to develop joyful relationships with dogs who balance enthusiasm with self-control.

Author: Reed, Charlotte

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• From the National Bestselling Cup of Comfort Series comes ‘A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers. Stories that celebrate love, loyalty, and companionship.’ This wonderful book features 47 unique stories about everyday people and the magic of their dogs. The stories will warm your heart and touch your spirit. Edited by Colleen Sell 336 pages, Paperback Printed in the USA

Number Of Pages: 224

Release Date: 11-06-2007

Details: Product Description: It’s not always the dog that needs a lesson in good manners. As etiquette and pet expert Charlotte Reed shows, well-mannered people and their well-mannered pets are more pleasant to be around, are treated better by everyone, and get invited to more places, including restaurants, parties, and vacation homes. In her complete guide to dog decorum, she discusses acceptable behavior for every occasion in a dog’s life, including behaving at home and on the street, eating in or going out, extending pet courtesy to others in places of business, being mindful of others while traveling, having fun at pet events, treating veterinarians, pet sitters, and dog groomers with respect. With Reed’s tips, you’ll become a model pet owner, a good neighbor, an excellent customer, an exceptional host, and a welcome guest at the homes of friends and family. Both practical and fun, with real-life stories and expert training tips, The Miss Fido Manners Complete Book of Dog Etiquette is the only book you and your dog need. About the Author Charlotte Reed abandoned Wall Street corporate law more than a decade ago to open Two Dogs & A Goat, a premier, full-service pet care firm with offices in New York City and the Hamptons. She has been writing the “Dear Miss Fido Manners” column for Fido Friendly magazine for several years and has been widely quoted in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and Better Homes and Gardens as an expert on pet manners. She is also a contributing editor for Dog Fancy, Pet Business, New York Dog, and Hollywood Dog magazines and has appeared on The View and Inside Edition. Ms.

Author: Robin Bennett

Brand: C&r Publishing

Edition: 1st

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 160

Release Date: 01-01-2008

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Learn how to read canine body language in groups of dogs, manage off-leash play, identify signs of trouble, and much more for pet professionals who work with groups of dogs in daycares, boarding facilities, and dog training classes and serious pet-parents.

Review

A Book That Can Help With Introductions The observations and analyses of canine body language that are second nature to dog behavior professionals are sometimes a mystery to the owner trying to interpret the meaning of her own dog’s body signals. This just-published book joins a growing list of excellent resources to help the dedicated owner learn more about her dogs’ communication. Off-Leash’s information is comprehensible yet attainable, and the cost is within the budget of most dog owners. The book is liberally illustrated with excellent well-annotated photographs that clearly show and explain the rich variation of expressions that our dogs use as they meet, greet, and interact with each other. The text is science-based but very readable, with a clear bias toward positive training and management techniques in dog-human interactions. Although the intended audience for this book comprises professionals who work with canine playgroups, most of the information is hugely useful to anyone who has the opportunity to live in a multi-dog environment, including those looking to introduce a new canine family member to the home-pack. –Whole Dog Journal, January 2008

I am so glad. I’m delighted. My whole body is wiggling with delight. Well, if I was a dog, that’s what I’d be doing. For two reasons: That’s how dogs communicate, primarily with an extensive vocabulary of dog language (and no, they don’t automatically know what the English words “no” and “come” mean). Second, because here’s a book to teach humans what dogs are saying. If we don’t know, then we can’t be our dogs’ champions; we won’t hear if they’re trying to tell us something like I’m scared, or that dog is rude, and I might have to teach him a lesson. This little primer (though short, it doesn’t miss anything important) on off-leash dog play–really, on any interaction two or more dogs might have together–is intended for people who run doggy daycares and puppy parks. But most of it will also benefit any dog owner … because most dog owners (admit it!) don’t know that much about dog language. There’s always the ignoramus who says, Oh, my dog wants to play; as the beast stands erect and staring over your anxious pet, who’s trying her best to say, Please, someone, help me. This book is an excellent intro to what dogs are saying when they seem to be saying nothing, with lots of clear, explanatory photos and charts of stop and go behaviors, so you can intervene when necessary. Ears, tail carriage, vocalizations–if you know what these mean, you will be your dog’s best friend in return. And you can feel more assured you’re not going to end your fun session at the dog run with a trip to the vet. So here’s the operating manual that should come with every dog. And it’s the key that opens our companions’ most excellent experiences: running and playing with the pack. Educate yourself for your dog’s sake. And think of reading this book as taking a Berlitz course in a whole new way of talking. –Fetch Dog, Book Hound Dogs in Black and White, Dec 2008

Brand: Brand: TFH Publications

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• Used Book in Good Condition

Number Of Pages: 160

Release Date: 01-05-2011

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101 Fun Things to Do With Your Dog is one of the most extensive catalogs of games, tricks, and activities for dogs ever compiled. It provides activities for dogs and owners of all ages and fitness levels, including scent games, speed tests, and obstacle courses. Also included are breed-specific games that allow you to match your dog with the right activities for him. Easily recognizable icons at the beginning of each section indicate the number of dogs and people needed for the game, whether it’s an indoor or outdoor activity, and any equipment needed. It includes full-color pictures and detailed instructions that make it easy for readers to try new activities. With plenty of group activities that get the whole family involved, this book helps strengthen the bond between dogs and owners in fun and stimulating ways.

About the Author

ALISON SMITH has worked as a canine author and journalist for the last 20 years. She is the editor of Our Dogs, the UK’s most popular canine weekly in print since 1895, and has written several books on dog care and dog breeds. Alison lives in the UK with her husband, two children, and various canine companions.

Brand: Pegasus Books

Edition: Illustrated

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 304

Release Date: 07-07-2020

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A challenging foster dog inspires an experienced foster mama to explore where the endless stream of unwanted dogs is coming from—and how things could change.

After nearly a year struggling to find a home for a particular foster dog, Cara begins to wonder how the story ends—when will all the dogs be saved? Even after the one-hundredth foster dog passes through Cara’s home, the stream of homeless dogs appears endless.  Seized by the need to act, Cara grabs her best friend, fills a van with donations, and heads south to discover what is really happening in the rural shelters where her foster dogs originate.

What she discovers will break her heart and compel her to share the story of heroes and villains and plenty of good dogs, in the hope of changing this world.

From North Carolina where pit bulls fill the shelters and heart-worm rages to Tennessee where dogs are left forgotten in pounds and on to Alabama where unlikely heroes fight in a state that has largely forsaken its responsibilities to its animals, Cara meets the people working on the front lines in this national crisis of unwanted animals. The dogs, the people and their inspiring stories draw her south again and again in search of answers and maybe a dog of her own.

One Hundred Dogs and Counting will introduce the reader to many wonderful dogs—from sweet Oreo to quirky Flannery—but also to inspirational people sacrificing personal lives and fortunes to save deserving animals.

Join Cara on the rescue road as she follows her heart into the places where too many dogs are forgotten and discovers glimmers of hope that the day is coming when every dog will have a home.

Review

“Full of passion and compassion, this is an urgent and eloquent call to arms for anyone who cares about the countless dogs in the nation’s shelters every year.” — Peter Zheutlin, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of RESCUE ROAD and THE DOG WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN

“It takes not just a special writer, but a special human being to go into the darkest corners of dog rescue and tell the story with so many glimmers of hope and light. Cara Sue Achtenberg’s
One Hundred Dogs and Counting documents a journey of compassion, curiosity and faith—that knowing and sharing the truth is worth the effort, for it’s what ultimately will save so many more dogs.” — Kim Kavin, award-winning journalist, author of THE DOG MERCHANTS

“An inspiring, call-to-action story about one woman’s dedication to the solution. Through her candid and heart-warming adventures, Achterberg proves that even small acts of kindness can save lives. Her message is a beacon that shines light directly on the path to end suffering; her journey proves that together we can end the needless suffering of millions of shelter animals across the nation.” — C. J. English, author of RESCUE MATTERS

“Saddened by her emptying nest, Cara Sue Achterberg started fostering dogs—dozens of them. Here she shares the journey (and some super cute photos).”,
People (Praise for ANOTHER GOOD DOG)

“Heartwarming and humorous. Achterberg fills her readers with the warmth of hope and light of inspiration, which will likely galvanize a new wave of fosters.”,
Shelf Awareness (Praise for ANOTHER GOOD DOG)

“That’s where people like Cara Sue Achterberg come into the picture.
Another Good Dog has to be the ‘feel good’ book of the year. The perfect gift.”,
Best Friends (Praise for ANOTHER GOOD DOG)

“Achterberg has in fact written another good book about dogs, but even more so she has produced a manifesto on how to change the world: through single acts of caring and compassion stacked one on top of another without end.” — Jim Gorant, New York Times bestselling author of THE LOST DOGS

“…She also throws a blinding light on the horrors of abuse and neglect occurring in some rural southern shelters, and shows how often healthy and adoptable dogs are euthanized due to lack of food, medication, and funds…This combination personal story and heartbreak