Happy Dog, How Busy People Care for Their Dogs, A Stress-Free Guide for All Dog Owners
By Arden Moore & Lowell Ackerman, D.V.M.
Forward by Marty Becker, D.V.M.
Happy Dog, How Busy People Care for Their Dogs is about living with your dog, while reaching a balance between your needs and your dog’s needs. It is an informative and honest guide for the novice dog owner, with loads of helpful tips about caring for your canine companion. Just about everything you need to know about how to raise a happy dog is in this book
The chapter - Ways to Make Your Dog Feel Right at Home, addresses everything from how to do a room-by-room assessment of the safety of your home for canine company, to positive crate-training, poisonous house plants, and preparing for an unexpected escape. Other chapters discuss how to keep an urban/suburban dog healthy, behavior and training tips, how to own a dog and still have a social life, and even a realistic chapter about how to put your dog up for adoption.
Those of you who read Dog Fancy or Prevention magazine will recognize the name of co-author Arden Moore, a regular columnist. Co-author Lowell Ackerman, D.V.M. is a board certified veterinary dermatologist and author of 73 books.
Happy Dog, How Busy People Care for Their Dogs may be written for the busy owner, but it is certainly also written for the owner who want to take the best possible care of their canine companion.
Train Your Dog, Change Your Life: An Interactive Training Program for Individuals, Families and Their Dogs
by Maureen Ross, M.A., N.C.C. and Gary Ross,
M.E. Howell Book House, New York, NY, 2001. 206 pgs.
ISBN 0-7645-6319-X,
www.hungryminds.com,
www.dogtalk.com.
Train Your Dog, Change Your Life, introduces readers to a way of thinking about training that is as much about the “trainer” as it is about the puppy or dog
As author Maureen Ross explains, “Training is about awareness, education and developing a relationship with another species that reflects and transfers to every other part of our lives. Dogs are extremely sensitive to the signals we give the; how we behave affects how they behave. If you want to raise your puppy right or put your dog on the fast track to good manners, you also need to understand your roe in the process.” She continues, “But relax. This isn’t another lesson you have to learn. It’s a way of finding out what really turns you on, making your canine companion happier and more responsive and, lo and behold, change everything in your life for the better.”
In Train Your Dog, Change Your Life, you’ll discover ways to understand and work with canine body language, the laws of shaping behavior, a fun way to train a puppy, week by week, the basics and benefits of play training, and how all areas of your life will improve with these principles.
Authors Maureen and Gary Ross are co-founders of Dog Talk and Therapet, which are education training and counseling centers in New Hampshire. Both are charter members of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and members of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (NADOI), Delta Society and various breed clubs. They are also a Delta Society Affiliate, New England Pet Partners. Maureen has a Master’s in counseling psychology and is a nationally certified counselor, a cognitive behavioral counselor and a family mediator. They share their lives with several dogs and cats
Reprinted with permission from The Lathem Letter, Summer 2003, quarterly publication of the Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education, 1826 Clement Ave., Aameda, CA 94501, 510 521 0920, www.Latham.org
by Betty J. Carmack,
Augsburg Fortress Publishers,
4001 Ganz Road, Ste. E, Grove City, OH 43123-1891,
ISBN 0-8066-4348-X,
www.augsburgbooks.com
The relationship between individuals and their pets are unique and so is the grief experienced when a pet dies. Few other relationships provide the same quality of companionship, reciprocal caring and loyalty. Yet people are often stunned at the intensity and duration of their grief when a beloved pet dies.
Through the stories of sorrow, strength and wisdom from people grieving the loss of a pet, Betty Carmack offers readers a virtual pet-loss support group. She illuminates the common experiences of pet death: feeing utter love and devotion for a pet, weighing the decisions surrounding tr4eatment choices and euthanasia, honoring the pet through memorials and rituals and beginning the healing process.
The book includes a forward by Susan Chenak McElroy, author of Animals as Teachers and Healers: True Stories and Reflections and Heart in the Wild: A Journey of Discovery with Animals of the Wilderness.
Betty J. Carmack, RN, Ed.D., teaches nursing in San Francisco. She has also worked in the area of the human/companion animal bond for two decades and has written numerous articles and made radio and television appearances regarding pet loss. She received the San Francisco SPCA Humanitarian Award for “providing the extremely valuable service of monthly grief counseling for bereaved pet owners.”
Reprinted with permission from The Lathem Letter, Summer 2003, quarterly publication of the Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education, 1826 Clement Ave., Alameda, CA 94501, 510 521 0920, www.Latham.org
Freckles, The Mystery of the Little White Dog in the Desert
By Pau M. Howey,
AzTexts Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 93487, Phoenix, AZ 85070-3487,
www.aztexts.com, 2003, 58 pgs.
This true story shares with its readers how an abandoned little white dog goes from surviving the hot Arizona desert with her puppies to being rescued. Freckles, takes us on her journey and teaches us that from life’s hardships we too can be forgiving and give to others. As a Pet Partner, Freckles comforts children, many of whom came from similar backgrounds.
Beautifully illustrated and written for children, its appeal will extend to all ages. Also included are an illustrated glossary of desert terms used in the book, discussion topics, and information about pets and animal-assisted therapy.
