Meet Your Dog

Author: Kim Brophey
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452149305
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
“Based on the latest findings in the field of canine cognition and behavior, this book is an invaluable resource.” —Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard To Think Straight About Animals Every dog owner knows that along with the joy can come the stress and frustration of behavioral problems, which are expensive to diagnose and treat. Enter Kim Brophey, award-winning canine behavior consultant. Using cutting-edge research, Brophey has developed a groundbreaking system that allows owners to identify what their dog is struggling with, why, and how they can fix it. Brophey’s approach is unlike anything that has been published before and will give dog owners a new understanding of what motivates and affects their dog’s behavior. This innovative technique rethinks the way we categorize dogs, and distills information from over twenty scientific disciplines into four comprehensive elements: learning, environment, genetics, and self. With revolutionary tips for specific dog breeds, this book will change dog owners’ lives—and lead to happier human-canine relationships. “It’s refreshing to finally find a book that takes into consideration the many predispositions to behavior problems in dogs . . . teaches us to really see the dog in its entirety.” —Alexandre Rossi, author of A Dog at the Keyboard

Test Your Dog

Author: Rachel Federman
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007278217
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
The perfect book for dog lovers everywhere - is your dog king-of-the-hill...or run of the mill! Does your dog respond to hand gestures? How about facial signals? Can he perform tricks both inside and outside? Now you can find out just how smart your dog really is by giving him or her the Dog IQ Test. With three fun quizzes designed to measure your dog's communication skills, social behaviour, motor skills and memory, you'll finally discover if your dog is really a canine Einstein. Test Your Dog also comes complete with guidelines on analyzing your dog's score, tips for improving your dog's IQ and amusing illustrations throughout.

How Smart is Your Dog?

Author: D. Caroline Coile
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439639293
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Discusses how a dog's body works, how it perceives the world, how it communicates and responds, and dogs' health concerns. Includes related activities and experiments.

The Intelligence of Dogs

Author: Stanley Coren
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743280873
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Combining heroic stories of dogs with the latest scientific and psychological information, this book has provoked controversy with its lists that rank more than 100 breeds and its exciting new insights into the thoughts, emotions, and inner lives of dogs.

What Color Is Your Dog?

Author: Joel Silverman
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1593788630
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
This exciting dog training book is based on the original techniques of Hollywood dog trainer and Animal Planet's Good Dog U host, Joel Silverman. In What Color Is Your Dog? Silverman presents his groundbreaking color-coding technique, developed over his thirty-year career training dogs for film, television, and commercials as well as working with killer whales in Sea World. By determining what color is an owner's dog, he is able to recognize and then enhance his dog's behavior, following the techniques outlined in the book.Silverman's advice for new puppy owners is to develop a strong, trusting relationship with their puppies in their first thirty days. He shuns traditional concepts of beginning the puppy's lessons as soon as the puppy comes home; instead he proposes that new owners spend time having fun, building trust, and enjoying the first month of the relationship. By increasing the dog's trust and "like" of his owner, the dog becomes more willing and eager to please and work with his owner/trainer.The main gist of the book comes from Silverman's color system in which five basic canine personalities or temperaments are assigned colors. With the descriptions of the five colors in hand;Blue (a fearful, rather skittish type dog), Green (a more or less bashful pooch), Yellow (the ideal, easygoing companion dog), Orange (excitable, but relatively under control dog), and Red (the hyper, high-strung dog that bounces off the walks as soon as bark);an owner is able to determine which color best matches his dog's temperament and approach the dog's lessons accordingly. The dog owner's goal then is to move his dog as close to the middle of the color spectrum (Yellow) as possible by using the training practices outlined in the book.Silverman devotes a full chapter to each of the five colors, explaining what makes each color type tick and how owners should best handle such a dog.The second half of the book focuses on training tools and techniques and teaching specific cues (sit/stay, stay, come, and no). There is also a chapter for the puppy owner giving helpful advice on special techniques to use for puppies.

Hyperbole and a Half

Author: Allie Brosh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451666187
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!

Test Your Dog's IQ

Author: Sourcebooks Inc
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402208952
Category : Animal intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
My dog's a genius! (Or not...) Whether your dog is a pure genius, a laid-back Lassie, or a wild thing, you will both enjoy the interactive games in this test. Quick, fun questions assess your dog's personality and intelligence on many levels: Alertness Adaptability Memory Physical intelligence Sensory perception Test Your Dog's IQ is a great way to spend time with that loyal companion you adore!

Dog Detectives

Author: Kat Albrecht
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
ISBN: 1617811173
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
The book presents detailed, step by step, reward-based training methods as well as information on how to assess a dog's potential to be a dog detective and what you need to know as a prospective handler. Whether you desire to perform this service professionally or as a hobby, you can help people suffering from the trauma associated with a lost pet.

Feline Diagnostic Imaging

Author: Merrilee Holland
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118840941
Category : Medical
Languages : de
Pages : 648

Book Description
Vorrangig werden radiologische und Ultraschallverfahren vorgestellt. Komplexere Bildgebungsverfahren wie Computertomographie und MRT werden ebenfalls präsentiert. Das Referenzwerk enthält mehr als 1.750 hochwertige Abbildungen und ist eine wahre Fundgrube für Veterinärmediziner, die sich insbesondere auf die Behandlung von Katzen spezialisiert haben. Feline Diagnostic Imaging beschäftigt sich zunächst mit der Auswertung von unauffälligen und pathologischen Röntgenaufnahmen des Thorax, Abdomens und des Bewegungsapparats. Im Anschluss werden Diagnosen aus gängigen echokardiographischen und Ultraschalluntersuchungen erläutert. Auch beschreibt das Referenzwerk bildgebende Untersuchungen des Schädels mittels Computertomographie sowie Gehirn- und Wirbelsäulenerkrankungen, die über ein MRT erkannt werden können. - Präsentiert bildgebende Techniken und konzentriert sich dabei auf die Anforderungen bei der Untersuchung von Katzen. - Legt den Schwerpunkt auf gängige Verfahren, behandelt aber auch komplexere Bildgebungstechniken. - Gibt einen vollständigen Überblick über diagnostischen Imaging-Verfahren bei Katzen. - Mit einer Fülle von Tipps und Tricks für die Behandlung von Katzen. - Ein Muss für Veterinärmediziner, die sich auf Katzen spezialisiert haben. Feline Diagnostic Imaging legt in einzigartiger Weise der Fokus auf Katzen und ist daher ein Muss für Veterinärmediziner, die ihre Kompetenzen bei diagnostischen Bildgebungsverfahren verbessern möchten. Das Buch eignet sich ebenfalls hervorragend für Fachtierärzte für Radiologie, Studenten der Veterinärmedizin und Kliniker.

Breeding and Training Versatile Hunting Dogs

Author: Bob Farris
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985413382
Category : Hunting dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
Breeding & Training Versatile Hunting Dogs for Hunting and Hunt Tests is the first book covering both breeding and training of your versatile dog for upland bird hunting, waterfowling, shed hunting, blood tracking, along with numerous human interest chapters. This book starts with the most insightful and complete explanation of what a quality breeding program involves: how to breed better dogs, how to achieve genetic diversity, selecting the best stud dog, reading a pedigree including the different breeding coefficients and how to use Hunt Test information to support breeding decisions. Bob's Cedarwood Pudelpointers (clients purchasing pups) have seen nearly 400 NAVHDA natural ability test entries across North America with a 90% success rate passing this test since he began his breeding program. Also, 175 NAVHDA utility test entries had a 74% success rate. Bob gives outstanding coverage of how to train your dog for any of the Hunt Test organizations offering natural ability tests as well as their utility tests. Of the 106 dogs Bob trained/handled in NAVHDA's natural ability test he earned 81 Prize 1s and of the 49 dogs trained/handled in utility he earned 15 Prize 1s with all dogs prizing. He has paid his dues in the testing arena and his record speaks for itself. A hunter who sees 80 to 100 days annually in the field supports his knowledge to training for hunting wild birds. This book gives excellent advice on training your dog for hunting. Bob covers chukar hunting tactics, waterfowling from a blind, duck searches, tracking wounded big game and off season shed hunting. You do not want to purchase a versatile pup or plan to test your pup in any of the offered hunt tests without reading this book.