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| Each month we select the cream of the crop books for the animal enthusiast. You may select from the list below or click on this link: Find Animal Related Books!
Purchasing books via the clickable titles helps fund this not-for-profit organization and shelters in the area. Thank you! |
 Dogs Home Alone By: Roger Abrantes
Book Description
an overview of current international literature regarding the behavior and behavioral evolution of horses, both feral and domesticated. The material is organized in sections on behavioral development, reproductive behavior, social behavior, ecological influences, and applied ethology in horse care and management. |
 So You Want To Be A Dog Trainer By: Nicole Wilde
Book Description
Dr. Ian Dunbar, veterinarian, animal behaviorist and author: "If you want to succeed in the dog training business, you must read this book!" |
 Horse Behavior By: George H. Waring
Book Description
an overview of current international literature regarding the behavior and behavioral evolution of horses, both feral and domesticated. The material is organized in sections on behavioral development, reproductive behavior, social behavior, ecological influences, and applied ethology in horse care and management. |
 Dog Language: An Encyclopedia of Canine Behavior By: Roger Abrantes, Alice Rasmussen (Illustrator), Sarah Whitehead (Editor)
Book Description
An outstanding, comprehensive work that provides the educational tools necessary to help owners and their dogs adapt quickly to vision problems with minimal stress |
 Living With Blind Dogs: A Resource Book and Training Guide for the Owners of Blind and Low Vision Dogs By: Caroline D. Levin
Book Description
An outstanding, comprehensive work that provides the educational tools necessary to help owners and their dogs adapt quickly to vision problems with minimal stress |
 Positive Reinforcement: Training Dogs in the Real World By: Brenda Aloff
Book Description
Operant conditioning is a specific type of learning whereby behaviors are altered or changed primarily by manipulating the consequences that follow them. |
 Pet Loss: A Thoughtful Guide for Adults & Children By: Herbert A. Nieburg
Book Description
Thoroughly researched and expertly written, this comprehensive guide is a must for animal lovers dealing with the loss of a pet. | |
 When Your Pet Dies By: Diane Pomerance, Ph.D
Book Description
A great book, with good insight about people who have experienced a loss of a pet. Compassionate and understanding. |
 Dog Law (4th National Edition) By: Mary Randolph
Book Description
A creative, informative, legal analysis of dog do’s and don’ts…well researched and helpful. |
 Why the Wild Things Are: Animals in the Lives of Children By: Gail F. Melson
Book Description
In short, Melson has provided a fascinating picture of the complex roles that animals can play in the psychological lives of children. Melson has an engaging style, and the general reader - particularly parents and animal lovers - will find this book useful and interesting. |
 Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training By: Karen Pryor
Book Description
"Whatever the task, whether keeping a four-year-old quiet in public, housebreaking a puppy, coaching a team, or memorizing a poem, it will go fast, and better, and be more fun, if you know how to use reinforcement."--Karen Pryor. |
 Clicking With Your Dog: Step-By-Step in Pictures By: Peggy Tillman
Book Description
Clicker Training: Step-by-Step In Pictures. Teach you dog the friendly, easy way to sit to greet people, walk on a leash without pulling, come when called, stay home alone quietly, find the right place to "go" and play hide and seek and other fun games and tricks. |
 The Cautious Canine By: Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D.
Book Description
So much aggression in dogs results from fear, but fear-based problems can become worse if treated incorrectly. This booklet provides a step-by step explanation of desensitizing and counter classical conditioning. It can help you solve minor behavioral problems and prevent serious ones, whether your dog fears include the vacuum cleaner, people with hats, or the stranger at the door. The oh-so-important details related to identifying exactly what triggers your dog, creating a step-by-step treatment plan, monitoring your progress, and why you need to treat the fear and not just your dog's reaction to the fear are covered. This book is on the top ten of the Dogwise book catalog and has helped thousands of dogs and their owners around the country. |
 Dog Behavior : An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet By: Ian Dunbar
Book Description
Dr. Ian Dunbar, renowned dog trainer and behaviorist, explains how dogs think, how dogs learn, and why they act the way they do. Dog owners who understand these issues can better train their dogs and develop a closer relationship with their pets |
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