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In Worry Free Walks, superhero dog-training specialist Dominic Hodgson deconstructs the dog walk and gives you a simple and straightforward, step-by-step guide that will get you from your front door to the park bench without any pulling, lunging, barking, or shouting.

Discover the astonishing lessons rescue dogs can teach us about life, love, and ourselves As seen on BuzzFeed’s "Best Books Gift Guide" In the follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Rescue Road, acclaimed journalist Peter Zheutlin offers a heartwarming and often humorous new look into...

A name is destiny...or is it? Young Vicky is reeling from the loss of her old horse Joe, but eager to help the flighty, impossible to ride young mare, Witch. Unpredictable and dangerous, Witch's future is bleak. In her first moment with the horse no one trusted, Vicky changed Witch's name to Gidget, a hopeful benediction. "If only changing her name is all it took to change behavior," the farm owner laments. Despite her new name, Gidget, the horse formerly known as Witch, struggles to abandon old, unstable habits.

A weekend competition turns deadly in this seventh Raine Stockton Dog Mystery. While Raine and Cisco stalk a killer, back home a 20-year-old mystery is unfolding--one that will have devastating consequences for Raine and those she loves. And every hour that passes brings a deadly threat closer.

January is known as the dead season in the small Smoky mountain community of Hanover County, North Carolina. For dog trainer and wilderness expert Raine Stockton, who hasn't had a client in six month, this season has been deader than most.

The One-Month Cure for "Useless" Dogs helps you create the dog of your dreams in only 30 days. This innovative fast-track program by canine psychology specialists Ray and Emma Lincoln features gentle and fun games and activities to shape canine minds and true, meaningful benefits with no repetitious obedience drills, silly tricks, or breaking a sweat. This easy, flexible program is designed for busy schedules and for "real" people and "real" dogs- including condo dwellers, busy parents, seniors and even "spoiled", "lazy", and "hyper" dogs.

Grab a special boxed set featuring romantic detectives, Grace and Jack, and their magical cats. Magical white cat Tatania helps her human operatives solve mysteries without missing a nap. In Splendid Summer, when Grace Wentworth loses her last living relative and all her money, hot Detective and WWI Aviator Jack Brewster gets the case. Grace is learning to lead her own life instead of just following it around. Startled by Grace's lack of deference to him, Jack recognizes his romantic equal.

Have you been thinking of getting a puppy or have already brought one home and wish to have an amazing experience with this little furry friend so that he/she grows to become your best furry best friend? You are about to discover exactly how to turn your puppy owning experience one that you are proud of and not one you dread by learning exactly how to train him/her the right way to ensure they grasp everything you teach them!

There’s tons of advice on how to spot good & bad breeders & then choose a healthy pup with a good temperament.

Wenn du gehst, bleibt etwas Beruhigendes zurück. Dein Zuhause passt auf dich auf ist eine einfühlsame Meditation für Hunde, die hilft, sich während deiner Abwesenheit sicher und geborgen zu fühlen. Die ruhige, klare Stimme vermittelt dem Hund Vertrauen und Orientierung: Die Umgebung ist sicher. Du bist nicht allein. Alles ist gut. Ideal für Hunde mit Unsicherheit beim Alleinsein oder für Alltagssituationen, in denen du den Raum oder das Haus verlässt. Die Meditation wirkt wie eine sanfte Brücke zwischen deiner Präsenz und der sicheren Umgebung deines Hundes.

What appeals to you about beekeeping? Is it the prospect of producing your own honey and having the delicious natural product fresh on your breakfast table every morning? Or is it the fascination for the organism "bee", which stands out as a masterpiece of evolution? Perhaps it is a mixture of both. When you hold this book in your hands, you have an exciting journey ahead of you! Perhaps the first bees are already buzzing in your garden and flying from the hive to collect plentiful honey. Or maybe you're just toying with the idea of eventually acquiring a colony.

Susanne Schötz is hard at work on breaking the cat code. She is a professor at Lund University in Sweden, where a long-standing research program is proving that cats do actually use vocal communication-with each other and with their human caretakers. Understanding the vocal strategies used in human-cat communication will have profound implications for how we communicate with our pets and has the potential to improve the relationship between animals and humans within several fields, including animal therapy, veterinary medicine, and animal sheltering.

We recently toilet trained our little ball of fur, Princess Peanut, and now we can enjoy a litter-box-free, fresh-smelling home. In the process we have saved plenty of money, and we can avoid those unwanted arguments about whose turn it is to clean up after the cat. Know the best part about all of this? We completed the entire process in less than three months! Yes, that's right. Less than three months. We're so proud of our little Princess Peanut that we want to share our experience with you.

Wer möchte ihn nicht, den problemlosen Vierbeiner, der mit uns durch dick und dünn geht? Dabei ist es keine Zauberei, solch einen Traumhund zu besitzen. Die Grundvoraussetzung schaffen Sie selbst, indem Sie Ihren Welpen von Anfang an richtig erziehen. In diesem Ratgeber von der erfahrenen und erfolgreichen Hundetrainerin Katharina Schlegl-Kofler erhalten Sie ein optimales Trainingsprogramm mit Übungsplänen für die ersten acht Wochen Ihres Welpen im neuen Zuhause. Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen machen alles leicht nachvollziehbar.

The last thing Bree Connor expected after being diagnosed with a terminal illness was a second chance at life. But somehow, that's exactly what she got.

Roger Windsor’s stories of life as, first, a naïve student at vet school, then as a junior vet in general practice, and finally as a senior member of the Veterinary Investigation Service running a laboratory in Africa, certainly give James Herriot a run for his money. His vignettes of animal woe and human frailty have enduring appeal, and the story of setting up such a valuable service in Botswana, and helping to build that country’s agricultural and forensic veterinary resources, is truly fascinating.

Tie-down roping is a tough competitive sport that is thrilling to watch and compete in. Learning the ropes as a beginner can be challenging, so we are going to lay it all out for you. There is information in this book for everyone, from professionals all the way to the very beginner just starting the process of learning the ropes. We cover everything about the sport of tie-down roping, from learning how to rope, the sanctioning bodies, a brief history of the event, and the tools of the trade you will need to learn and succeed.

Can’t find the perfect Irish gift? Don’t know what to give a cat lover? The Cats of Ireland is full of cat adventures, fun facts, and cat stories galore. My name is Seamus Mullarkey, and over the past two years I’ve been collecting fun facts and tantalizing tidbits all about The Cats of Ireland—now available in a fun collection—that's even tastier than a bowl full of cream!

It may surprise you to learn that just as with humans, studies have shown that certain sounds reduce stress in cats. However, their preferences are quite unlike our own. This audiobook is intended to provide you with the tools needed to produce the most calming effects possible. Cats have their own innate response to sound based on brain development and vocalizations. Though strange to our ears, species-specific music has proven to be remarkably effective in studies around the world.

Katzen machen Menschen glücklich, wenn sie sich wohlfühlen... Katzen sind höchst sensible Geschöpfe. Mit den Menschen verbindet sie von jeher eine besondere Beziehung. Wir lieben ihr unabhängiges Wesen, ihre Genussfreude und ihr Schnurren. Doch auch Katzen haben eine Seele. Nicht immer bedeutet das Schnurren ein Wohlgefühl. Denn Katzen reagieren auf die Menschen und spiegeln auch ihr Verhalten wider. Manchmal verbirgt sich hinter einem scheinbar gelassenen Stubentiger eine sehr besorgte Katze. Sie spürt, dass "ihr" Mensch nicht mit sich im Reinen ist.