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Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier This accessible guide helps new and current dog owners better understand the needs of their beloved pets. Cesar Millan explains that dogs are not complicated, just different from humans. They rely on three key elements in their lives: exercise, discipline, and affection (in that order). The book teaches owners how to change their pet's unwanted behavior by better understanding their "best friends." 2006, Harmony | |
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Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan - Aggression (DVD) Cesar Millan Cesar Millan has an uncanny ability to rehabilitate problem dogs of all shapes and sizes. This DVD focuses on particular techniques for handling aggressive behavior in your pet. DVD Release Date: 2006 Universal Studios | |
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Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan - The Complete First Season (DVD) Cesar Millan This successful National Geographic channel series focuses on Cesar Millan as he makes house calls to deal with anxious, obsessive, aggressive, and just plain neurotic dogs. Millan's basic message is reinforced in virtually every case: don't treat your dog like a human; treat him like a dog, and be the alpha dog of your own household/pack. DVD Release Date: 2006 Universal Studios | |
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The Dog Who Loved Too Much: Tales, Treatments, and the Psychology of Dogs Nicholas Dodman This book offers guidance to assess owner/dog relationships and plan rehabilitation programs based on behavior modification and obedience training. Dodman, a veterinarian, relates actual cases from his clinical practice. The book addresses different types of unwanted behavior: aggression, fear of thunderstorms, separation anxiety, compulsive behaviors, house soiling and many more. Dr. Dodman’s approach works wonders with even the most difficult problems. An excellent book utilizing new discoveries in canine behaviorism to help you better understand the complex intelligent mind of your canine companion. 1997, Bantam | |
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The Hidden Life of Dogs Elizabeth Marshall Thomas In this beautiful account based on thirty years of living with and observing dogs, wolves and dingoes, anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas brings us a completely new understanding of dogs. She allows her dogs to roam free while she follows them on her bicycle, observing their behavior. Thomas neither patronized nor diminished her dogs through behavioral techniques. This book is not a primer on dog obedience; rather it is an affecting account of observing dogs as dogs with the over-riding question in Thomas’s mind: what do dogs want most? The surprising answer, to this reader at least, was not food, not sex -- but other dogs. A lovely book filled with insight and compelling stories. 1996, Pocket Books | |
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How to Be Your Dog’s Best Friend: The Classic Training Manual for Dog Owners The Monks of New Skete This informal, friendly guide includes a step-by-step training manual as well as a philosophical discussion of the spiritual benefits of owning a dog. Owners are advised to think of themselves as the dog’s alpha figure to train with praise instead of punishment and to beware of becoming the dog’s maid or doorman. Throughout the authors reflect on the deep spiritual connection between humans and dogs. 2002, Little, Brown | |
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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog John Grogan Marley was a sweet, affectionate puppy who grew into a lovably, naughty, hyperactive dog. With a light touch, the author details how Marley was kicked out of obedience school after humiliating his instructor. Among other misdeeds, he swallowed an eighteen-karat solid gold necklace. Grogan's chronicle of the adventures his family enjoyed with the overly energetic but endearing dog is delivered with big-hearted humor. 2005, William Morrow | |
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Natural Dog Training: Working From the Dog’s Point of View Kevin Behan Professional dog trainers try this method and are amazed at the results. These techniques are similar to the methods used to train search and rescue dogs, drug enforcement dogs and police dogs. The approach is entirely positive, using positive reinforcement and working with the dog’s natural desires and instincts. The trainer assumes that the dog is eager to please his master and only needs to be shown how. 2002, Xlibris Corporation | |
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Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs Caroline Knapp Reeling from the death of both her parents, a breakup with a long-term boyfriend, and her newly won sobriety after twenty years of alcoholism, Caroline Knapp falls in love with a mixed breed dog she discovers at an animal shelter. Lucille offered Knapp companionship and more: “consistency, continuity, connection. In a word, love.” In Pack of Two, Knapp explores the partnership between human and dog and the mysteries of the canine mind – how dogs love, how they think, and how they see human beings. This book pays homage to the wonderful and complex relationship between one woman and her dog. 1999, Delta | |
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People Training for Dogs: The Dog Whisperer | |
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When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy The authors compile hundreds of anecdotes from the published works and field studies of noted scientists to support their belief that animals possess an emotional sensibility not unlike that of humans. Chapters address emotions such as fear, love, grief, compassion and appreciation of beauty. The authors clearly make a moral case for ceasing the exploitation and slaughter of animals. 1996, Delta |
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