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Best Dog Care & Health

How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond
#1 New York Times bestselling author, Cesar Millan shows you how to raise the perfect dog and prevent behavior issues before they start, including: • what to expect from each stage of your puppy's development. • quick and easy housebreaking. • the essentials of proper nutrition. • the importance of vaccinating–and of not over-vaccinating. • creating perfect obedience from day one through rules, boundaries, and calm-assertive leadership. • how to avoid the most common mistakes owners make raising puppies and young dogs. • how to correct any issue before it becomes a problem. • unique exercises and play to bring out the best in every breed. “Millan’s wizardlike facility with dogs–the calm he brings to them, the confident way he handles them–is mind-blowing.” — Newsweek “[Millan] arrives amid canine chaos and leaves behind peace.” —Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker.
Reviews
"I was hesitant to purchase How to Raise the Perfect Dog after reading the reviews that said the book was mostly old stories from Mexico, lacked specifics, and relied on lessons from older dogs in the pack."
"Quick and easy read."
"Okay, not the greatest of information."
"Having previously had a dog I can see where I was making mistakes and how to correct them when I get another dog."
"Great book I wish I bought it before I purchased my puppy."
"I was hesitant at first-- wondering if this was just another way for an established celebrity to make money, but I felt I've walked a way with a much better understanding of what it means to raise a puppy -- IN THEIR LANGUAGE -- then I did more."
"There were other books I bought that I used more and felt helped me more to raise my dog in a smart and healthy manner."
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My Dog Has Died: What Do I Do?: Making Decisions and Healing The Trauma of Pet Loss (The Pet Bereavement Series Book 2)
Start with the supportive tools and compassionate guidance in this book to help you go from grief to gratitude and a forever bond even in pet afterlife. An expert in pet loss grief support, Van de Poll helps readers come to terms with the gravity of emotions they experience while grappling with the death of their beloved companions. These insightful and compassionate chapters include examples, case studies, and questionnaires at the conclusion to help assess where a person may be in the grieving process. Van de Poll ultimately allows readers insight into her expertise as a medium, educating those grieving on spiritual connections and afterlife. by Wendy Van de Poll is a jewel of a guide for anyone who has lost their dog, but will certainly prove useful even to those who are grieving over the loss of their cat, or another adored pet. Van de Poll writes with the compassion and caring one needs during a time such as this, and she achieves this while affirming her authority in the field. Van de Poll validates the grieving process and allows readers with additional tools to assist them on the journey. Offering guidance and compassionate reassurances that most of what a reader is feeling is natural, she then reaches further, covering all the necessary details from helping children understand, making funeral and memorial arrangements, whether or not a reader might be ready to get another dog, and many other areas. by Wendy Van de Poll is a jewel of a guide for anyone who has lost their dog, but will certainly prove useful even to those who are grieving over the loss of their cat, or another adored pet. My hopes are as you read this book as well as the others that I have passionately written will find a special place in your heart and soul to help heal your pet loss journey.
Reviews
"Wendy has been there, too, and shares the missing link in helping us deal with the overwhelming emotion that goes with losing a pet."
"Compassionate and insightful for the end of a beloved pet's life with you."
"She shares information from the nitty gritty about cremation to the cascade of emotions one feels when losing a dog along with stories in a comforting mix."
"Excellent book."
"I remember losing a family pet as a child and having to walk through the grief silently alone."
"She takes the time to help you understand what the grieving process is and how you can manage through it using the old adage, still truthful and useful today “time heals all wounds.” She then helps you to muddle through the difficult time period of giving your pet its proper ending here on the physical realm by making you understand the importance of those tough decisions you need to make such as dealing with the loss with your children, burying your pet, caring for the body until internment and seeking out a new companion, if you so choose. She discusses how to celebrate the happiness, companionship and unconditional love they showed you giving meaning to your life with no fear of guilt in embarking on a new, exciting adventure with your next pet."
"I purchased this some time ago and only now am posting a review."
"I found it easy to read and practical and it covered all aspects of the process of losing a dog."
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Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs
Akin to Monty Roberts's The Man Who Listens to Horses and going light-years beyond The Hidden Life of Dogs , this extraordinary book takes a radical new direction in understanding our life with canines and offers us astonishing new lessons about our pets. Particularly important is the dog's connection to the owner and the ability of the two to communicate effectively: "In each moment that you are with the dog, you must be aware, gently and persistently shifting the balance toward one of mutual agreement and cooperation. Usually Clothier begins by observing her clients interact with their pets: after one owner complained about her dog being disruptive and overly playful, Clothier concluded that the owner's way of physically stopping her dog was in fact causing the dog to be more playful.
Reviews
"This book does a beautiful job of illustrating the zen of life with dogs, that we set our intention to be the best owner that we can be, that we work at it, that we make mistakes along the way, and yet our dogs forgive us and we can forgive ourselves."
"Read this book and you’ll gain insights that have taken me 15 years of living with dogs to realize: listen to the dog, trust the dog, see the dog as it is rather than as you think it is, how to be an ethical and effective leader, how to set limits, what to emphasize in training, how to approach the end of life."
"Writing is superb, Suzanne definitely is a dog whisperer."
"Focusing with my puppy on communication and relationship rather than performance, I have been experiencing to joy of a close connection and thus a qualitative difference in the bond we are forming and the more understanding and loving ways we can now relate to one another."
"This book doesn't read like a guide book, instead it's filled with stories from he author's life that teach and inspire."
"Yes, this book is about dogs and the humans who love them."
"Suzanne's numerous personal experiences throughout her past, give us a glimpse into someone who has worked hard at staying in sink with dogs. ( and other animals) throughout her life."
"Beautifully written, this book is a heartfelt hymn to our animal copilots, as well as to our struggles to transcend human nature."
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Best Dog Breeds

How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond
#1 New York Times bestselling author, Cesar Millan shows you how to raise the perfect dog and prevent behavior issues before they start, including: • what to expect from each stage of your puppy's development. • quick and easy housebreaking. • the essentials of proper nutrition. • the importance of vaccinating–and of not over-vaccinating. • creating perfect obedience from day one through rules, boundaries, and calm-assertive leadership. • how to avoid the most common mistakes owners make raising puppies and young dogs. • how to correct any issue before it becomes a problem. • unique exercises and play to bring out the best in every breed. “Millan’s wizardlike facility with dogs–the calm he brings to them, the confident way he handles them–is mind-blowing.” — Newsweek “[Millan] arrives amid canine chaos and leaves behind peace.” —Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker.
Reviews
"I was hesitant to purchase How to Raise the Perfect Dog after reading the reviews that said the book was mostly old stories from Mexico, lacked specifics, and relied on lessons from older dogs in the pack."
"Quick and easy read."
"have used so many of Cesar rules in training our Pom."
"I have had dogs my entire life."
"Using his methods and book with my puppy."
"The book is good quality and was shipped promptly, but as far as the content.. the first half of the book is all about selecting the right dog."
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Best Dog Training

The Art of Raising a Puppy (Revised Edition)
This new edition of The Art of Raising a Puppy features new photographs throughout, along with updated chapters on play, crating, adopting dogs from shelters and rescue organizations, raising dogs in an urban environment, and the latest developments in canine health and canine behavioral theory. The excellent instruction begins with an in-depth examination of the puppies of one litter from birth through their eventual placements with new owners-- following their social and physical development, their needs, and clues to their emerging personalities. Proposing that the best way to forge a healthy dog-to-owner bond is to prevent problems before they occur, the authors soundly emphasize that a puppy begins its training "the day it arrives home." They teach readers how to choose an appropriate breed and a promising puppy, and how to assume the position of "pack" leader from the start. Sensitive and unimpeachably humane, this handbook places equal stress on the time-consuming responsibilities of dog ownership and on its ultimate rewards.
Reviews
"I completely recommend this book (and also recommend reading more of a dog training manual along side it). The monks, as you might imagine, are more philosophical than other dog training books, this one is less of a manual and more of an education."
"Peek into a fascinating, behind the scenes exploration of the philosophy & strategies successfully used by the Monks in acclaimed German Shepherd rearing & training."
"I would recommend this book highly."
"Very nice."
"I cast a wide net for my puppy training, buying books by "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan, the Dummies Guide to Dog Training, and Brian Kilcommins' "Good Dogs, Great Owners.""
"It provides great insights and unique perspectives."
"But after reading this book, I know exactly what kind of owner I want to be, how I want to raise my new puppy and the relationship I want to foster for the years to come!"
"It is clear the Monks of New Skete sincerely mean well, however their lack of knowledge and training skills is evident in their books. A few of the glaring problems with the books are: They state rightly that it is normal and “to expect some whining this first night” from your new puppy when you go to bed. A better course of action would be for the Monks to structure things so as to prevent unnecessary possessiveness and aggression in the puppies during this extremely sensitive time, when the effects of these experiences are permanent. Leadership doesn't require you to turn into a food container and act like a PEZ dispenser, nor do you need a “behavior science” degree. There are dogs with strong personalities that require a committed leader to maintain control, but the Monks training tools and harsh methods are unnecessary. For a better approach to the housetraining and feeding issues noted above read “The Dog Vinci Code - Chapter 4 “Early Behavioural Development”. With regards to the advice in the “Discipline and Common Puppy Problems” on forcefully dealing with the five-month-old male German shepherd that growls at guests, start with chapter 42, page 247 “Understanding Aggression” and then move to chapter 44, page 260 “Fear and Aggression” for a better approach to dealing with such behavior. For more insight on dealing with a dog that growls, read page 215 in “Bones Would Rain From The Sky” by Suzanne Clothier. Read her book “Bones Would Rain From The Sky” chapter 17 if you want to understand how and when to apply compulsion or coercion if/when persuasion has reached its limits. Suzanne Clothier has been working with animals professionally since 1977, with a deep background of experience that includes obedience, agility, puppy testing, breeding, Search and Rescue, conformation, instructing, kennel management and canine midwifery."
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