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Explains how dogs and cats communicate with their tails, ears, facial expressions, voices, and posture, and helps pet owners end destructive behavior and develop a mutual relationship.
From Burghoff, host of the PBS series "Pets: Part of the Family*, " comes a collection of truly amazing animal stories. With illustrations by award-winning artist Greg Dearth, these tales define the depth and timelessness of the human-animal bond. 10 illustrations.
Filled with easy-to-follow illustrations, fascinating photos, and amusing sidebars, a guide to improving human-dog relations focuses on the communication skills of canines, revealing secrets to decoding their special language. Original.
"A first-of-its kind, in-depth investigation into how companion animals and their humans have carved out a new type of family - the multi-species family - in which identities like parent, child, grandparent, and sibling transcend species to create new forms of kinship"--
Explores the opportunities in animal careers, focusing on ten specific occupations, discussing education, training, and skills needed, salary ranges, and ways to prepare for a career.
The ultimate etiquette book for dogs! Master trainers tell how to make your dog a model citizen in every situation. You'll find practical advice on topics such as: Getting Rowdy ... Greeting Dogs ... Making Mischief ... And Hogging the Couch "The Well-Mannered Dog shows exactly how to help dogs behave in specific situations and places-- in parks, on the road, in the air, even when visiting friends. "The Well-Mannered Dog is part of the Dog Care Companions, a series of books for pet lovers on behavior, health care, training, communication, and more. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The day isn t far off when no college student can graduate without having given serious thought to our relations with animals, and to how to make our relations with animals less detrimental for them. Animal studies, clearly, is a burgeoning field. Jane Desmond has been a pioneer in the field for years, conducting research onsite at major museums, taxidermy conventions, pet cemeteries, a professional conference for pet obituary writers, attending primatology meetings, and many behind-the-scenes visits to zoos as well as hands-on work with veterinary medicine, in which she has recently earned a degree. In this book, we accompany the author as she meets Kanzi the bonobo, watches an elephant pai...
There is a difference between acquiring and having a pet and opening one's heart to a pet. Open Your Heart with Pets explores this difference, helping you to get the most of your experience with your pet - or with someone else's if you are not able to have your own right now. This book will: Help you to understand the emotional, mental, and spiritual benefits of caring for a pet. Provide you with many resources to initiate and continue the heart-opening process throughout the pet's life and beyond. Assist you in understanding what pet is the best choice for you. Book jacket.
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.