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In Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dog’s behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by our emotion. The dog doesn’t respond to its owner based on what the owner thinks, says, or does; it responds to what the owner feels. And in this way, dogs can actually put people back in touch with their own emotions.

Keep your hens safe and your eggs coming—whether you’re in a tiny urban yard or a wide-open homestead. This step-by-step audio guide shows you exactly how to outsmart predators, use space wisely, and keep birds healthy in any climate, on any budget.

In this book, renowned Canine Behaviour Specialist Sarah Rutten shares her 20 years of expertise as a force-free trainer, bringing to life this funny, no BS look at dogs and dog behaviour. Learn the insider tricks that professional dog trainers rarely share, to achieve incredible results and build a stronger bond with your furry, four-legged family member.

In this audiobook you will learn BEGINNER TO ADVANCED training methods which if implemented correctly will save you time, frustration and ensure you have a happy, healthy, well behaved dog.

Barking Up the Right Tree offers proof that aversive punishment seldom works to eliminate undesirable behavior or to get the dog back on track. Dunbar presents numerous nonaversive yet highly effective solutions for misbehavior and noncompliance—simply by using the words you teach, and without even raising your voice.

Do you have a dog that doesn't enjoy the show ring? Do you have a dog that is shy or fearful in the show ring? This book is for anyone who shows, works with or lives with a shy or fearful dog. Vicki Ronchette is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer who is also an active show dog exhibitor, owner, handler and breeder. She coaches people all over the world on how to train their show dogs using positive methods and how to work with fearful show dogs.

Zak George is a new type of dog trainer. His fresh approach puts a strong emphasis on the relationship with the individual dog - informed by breed-specific traits - allowing people to treat the root cause of behavior issues rather than the symptoms and teach their dogs faster without the use of punishments or stress. For the first time, George has distilled all the information from his hundreds of videos into one master guide.

Badly misunderstood by his family and teachers, Martin escaped from endless bullying by running away from home and eventually adopting or being adopted by six street dogs. Camping out in barns, escaping from farmers, and learning to fend for himself by caring for his new friends, Martin discovered a different kind of language, strict laws of behavior, and strange customs that defined the world of dogs.

If you’re anything like most new puppy parents, it won’t take long to realize that your fuzzy little bundle of joy can also bark, chew, jump, and mysteriously get into A LOT of trouble around the house. Don’t panic - slowly remove the shoe from your pup’s mouth and open this book, because it’s time to start successfully training.

Do you suffer from crippling performance anxiety in the show ring? Do your ring nerves affect your ability to compete with your dog? In this audiobook Professional Dog Trainer and Sport Coach Vicki Ronchette helps the listener understand why they suffer from anxiety in dog sports and offers practical tools and techniques for people.

Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod - the 1,180-mile sled-dog race through the Alaskan wilderness - in dangerous ignorance and with a fierce determination. For 17 days, he and his team of dogs endured blinding wind, snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, hallucinations - and the relentless push to go on.

From Buck Brannaman, best-selling author of The Faraway Horses, Believe: A Horseman's Journey continues to chronicle Buck's efforts as a catalyst and mentor through the stories of thirteen people with whom he has worked.

A collection of articles, based on modern science, using force-free and fear-free methods. It includes solutions to common issues from pre-puppy to adulthood. The book is a compilation of articles written by these professionals on various aspects of puppy and dog ownership, care, training, and managing and treating behavior problems.

Natural Dog Training is about how dogs see the world and what this means in regards to training. The first part of this book presents a theory for the social behavior of canines, featuring the drive to hunt, not the pack instincts, as seminal to canine behavior. The second part reinterprets how dogs actually learn. The third section presents exercises and handling techniques to put this theory into practice with a puppy. The final section sets forth a training program with a special emphasis on coming when called.

Does your dog bark at everyone he sees? Are you trying hard to settle your dog on frantic, noisy walks? Do you live with canine reactivity and wish you could turn things around? Are you looking for a solution and guidance to properly help your worried best friend? From this audiobook, you will learn: what your dog is trying to tell you, how to communicate in a way that you both understand, how to ensure you are fully meeting your dog’s needs, why your dog acts up and why he can’t help it, and much more.

A New York Times bestseller about how cats conquered the world and our hearts in this “deep and illuminating perspective on our favorite household companion” (Huffington Post). House cats rule bedrooms and back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, even cyberspace. And unlike dogs, cats offer...

Is caring for your stressed-out dog making you feel like a prisoner in your own home? Does your dog freak-out when you leave? Globally respected, certified dog trainer Julie Naismith has helped thousands of stressed owners get their dogs past separation anxiety.

Best-selling author Michael Korda's Horse People is the story - sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes sad and moving, always shrewdly observed - of a lifetime love affair with horses, and of the bonds that have linked humans with horses for more than 10,000 years. It is filled with intimate portraits of the kind of people, rich or poor, Eastern or Western, famous or humble, whose lives continue to revolve around the horse. Korda is a terrific storyteller, and his book is intensely personal and seductive, a joy for everyone who loves horses.

Hutton has now written a fascinating full biography of Sergeant Reckless, who earned two Purple Hearts for her heroic efforts, among other military decorations. Hutton has spoken with the marines who fought alongside Reckless and tells the complete and captivating tale of how a would-be Korean racehorse became one of the greatest Marine Corps wartime heroes. Sgt. Reckless brings the legend back to life more than half a century later.

The Lick of Love takes us on a tour of Julian's colourful life - and wherever life has taken him, Julian has had a dog by his side. Fanny the Wonder Dog, who came into Julian's life when he was somewhat adrift, propelled him up the ranks of the alternative comedy circuit and onto television. Valerie, the whippet cross-breed escorted Julian through his 40s, the Germaine Greer to his Bernard Manning.