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So you’ve gotten the pick of the litter and managed to accomplish potty training. What next? Not everyone has the time to sit through books outlining all sorts of irrelevant issues, so Mordecai Siegal and Matthew Margolis (Uncle Matty of I Just Got a Puppy, Now What Do I Do?) have created a straightforward book geared to fixing specific problems. Solutions: For Your Dog–and You covers everything from obedience training to first aid, and contains an especially helpful chapter for those at their wit’s end. Titled “He’s Driving Me Crazy,” it tackles those serious behavior problems like jumping on guests, biting, and bolting out the front door.

Most of the solutions are short–a half-page, at most–and present fairly commonsense approaches. As with raising children, consistency is important with a dog, and the authors caution against allowing Rover to jump on you if he’s not allowed to jump on others. Also, watch your reaction to poor behavior. If you go ballistic the first time your new dog wets the rug, you may be setting the stage for your four-legged friend to act guilty every time you enter the room. Crates, leashes, feeding, and grooming are all covered, with regular insistence that you view your dog as an individual and respond to his individual needs. General information is provided on a dog’s anatomy, as well as ways of identifying parasites, deficiencies, and illness. Managing to cover a wide range of information in a short space, this is an excellent all-around guide for daily care of all canines. –Jill Lightner

From Publishers Weekly

Loving, Learning About and Losing AnimalsUnderstanding how much our actions impact a dog’s behavior is the key to enjoying a long and loving life together, according to Mordecai Siegal, an award-winning author of 26 books, and Matthew Margolis, expert trainer and host of PBS’s Woof, It’s a Dog’s Life. In their warm, instructive and well-organized guide, Solutions: For Your Dog–and You, they explain everything from preparing to adopt a dog, to dog training, to saving a dog who has stopped breathing. Agent, Mel Berger.

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Product Description

Change your dog’s bad habits using lessons learned from Dr. Gary Sampson’s pet behavior practice. His hilarious stories will help you understand the reason for your dog’s behavior, take simple, innovative steps to correct the problem, and prevent future misbehaviors.

About the Author

Gary R. Sampson, DVM, is a veterinarian who specializes in behavioral problems in dogs and cats. Dr. Sampson, whose practice is well known throughout the Midwest, was recognized as “Best Veterinarian” by Indianapolis Monthly magazine in 2004.

Dick Wolfsie is an Emmy Award winner who works for WISH-TV in Indianapolis. He is the author of seven books, including Barney: The Stray Beagle Who Became a TV Star and Stole our Hearts. His humor column is syndicated in twenty-five newspapers.

Product Description

A comprehensive, working guide on training dogs for basic obedience and handling dogs for show. Provides several solutions to try for the most common dog behavior problems. Workbook available.

From the Back Cover

Terrell’s encyclopedia was written by Nick Terrell to share his wealth of experience and knowledge of dog training. It was written especially for people who want the very best behavior from, and relationship with, their dogs - people like you. Nick Terrell has a real love for dogs; in fact, a love for animals of all kinds. As a small boy, he became enamored with countless fish, snakes, tadpoles, rabbits, pigeons, and other pets. He found them, and their varying behavior, interesting. Raised by his Grandfather, a horse trainer, nick showed an early understanding of animals, and of their behavior. This was noticed by his science teacher, who encouraged Nick to put his expertise to work by raising and breeding animals for test. Beginning in the late 1940s, Nick began training dogs, and entered many of them in the American Kennel Club’s certified obedience trails. His dogs proved to be consistent winners, scoring as high as 199 of a possible 200 points on two occasions. Those successes led Nick to open a training school, Dog Services of America, where he began a series of dog obedience training classes, which he named “Home Obedience Training.” In fifty years of classes, Nick and his assistants have worked with more than 10,000 dogs (and their owners). Nick also personally trained many hundreds of dogs in private training sessions at his Dog Services of America kennels. Throughout his dog training career, he has learned or developed many unique methods for creating strong and loving bonds between dog and owner. Those methods are outlined in this book. Nick earned a Bachelor of Human Relations degree from Missouri Valley College, and a Masters Degree in Psychiatric Social Work from the University of Kansas. He has earned the Master of Respect and Obedience title from the many dogs he has trained during his career.

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It’s hard enough for different people to live together let alone different species. What people often regard as doggy misdeeds are simply cases of dogs being dogs. In the Dog Behavior Answer Book, pet expert Arden Moore unleashes great advice on how to bridge the people-pet communication gap. Read this incredible book and you’ll learn new insights into the canine world, prevent problems, and meet your dogs on a richer, deeper level. Go fetch this book!

Marty Becker, Host, The Pet Doctor, PBS

What a great way to learn how to better communicate with our dogs, and why it is they do what they do. This book addresses some quality questions with in-depth answers that help develop that strong bond with Fido. Arden’s writing style packages useful information in a fun and entertaining way.

Nick Sveslosky, Editor, Fido Friendly Magazine

“This concise, small-format book in a question-and-answer format takes you through puppyhood to greet-and-sniff to your aging pet.  Baffling habits and destructive behavior are some of the many topics covered.”

Asbury Park Press, Jan. 15, 2007

Product Description

It happens all the time. Just when Max’s owner thinks she has him figured out, he exhibits a bewildering fear of the neighbor’s skateboard. Or, despite endless corrections, Bailey still refuses to understand that she doesn’t belong on the leather armchair.

Then there are the dogs that almost always behave appropriately and predictably but can still display a few surprise reactions in situations that disturb their routines. Houseguests might be ruining Buster’s sense of order — taking over his favorite room and distracting his humans from important things like fetch and dinner. And that dog park near Sadie’s new house is terrific, but she might be having a tough time understanding the rules of etiquette.

To all these situations and a hundred more, dog expert Arden Moore provides answers that clearly explain canine actions and reactions, and then helps readers with suggestions for modifying unacceptable behavior. For every canine misdeed, there is a human counter-response to fix the problem. Read about both sides of the story in these friendly questions and answers, taken from real-life situations with real dogs. There is hardly a behavior that will not have dog lovers nodding their heads in recognition.

The Dog Behavior Answer Book will solve the mysteries of canine shoe theft, food guarding, and grass eating for puzzled humans everywhere.

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