Learn to love competing in obedienceMost books on competitive obedience focus on the training and ring skills you need to be a winner with your dog in the ring?
When Jon Katz hears about Izzy, a three-year-old Border collie kept alone in a field on an abandoned farm, his heart speaks louder than his head and he agrees to take him in.
Born to a loving and educated New England family, Rachel Page Elliott, known to all as Pagey, was encouraged to develop her interests and talents wherever they would lead her.
Winner of the DWAA Maxwell Award for 2013, Best Paperback BookEnter the show ring fully informedWith the exception of those who are already involved in the world of dog shows, few people know much about showing dogs and what it takes to develop a champion.
The popular and highly respected horse trainer Mark Rashid brings together Western and Eastern philosophies to demonstrate a seamless new incarnation of horse training.
Los lobos viven en manadas, utilizan su aullido como lenguaje propio para comunicarse y gracias a su estructura física pueden adaptarse a una gran variedad de climas.
In these five stories Julia Blackburn recalls the significant animals in her life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father.
Winner of the 2008 AABP Multi-Media Award for Excellence - Best Dog Training Book (Books focusing on dog training issues) Winner of the 2008 DWAA Maxwell Award - Best Dog Training and Behavior Book Jean SpeaksJean Donaldson is widely recognized as one of the most influential leaders in the fields of canine behavior and dog training.
InSight to better understand and train your dogTrainers and animal behaviorists around the globe consider Pam Reid's Excel-erated Learning one of the most important and influential books ever written in the field of dog behavior.
Unlike many of Michael Fox's earlier work which were fundamentally academic studies, Soul of the Wolf was written in a less formal style to help the reader understand the nature of the wolf and to build understanding of the wolf.
Vielleicht hast du es schon erlebt: Ein Summen in der Nähe, ein plötzlicher Anblick einer Spinne oder einer Kakerlake, und sofort zieht sich dein Magen zusammen, dein Puls beschleunigt sich, und der erste Impuls ist, wegzurennen oder zu schreien.
Be informed before you bid farewell to your petOne of the most difficult aspects of being a pet owner is making end of life decisions for beloved dogs and cats.
Three-day eventing, known as the "e;complete competition,"e; requires the same horse-and-rider team to ride a dressage test, a demanding cross-country obstacle course, and a show-jumping round.
Max Edelman was just 17 when the Nazis took him from his Jewish ghetto in Poland to the first of five work camps, where his only hope of survival was to keep quiet and raise an emotional shield.
A well-trained, responsive, and intelligent working cow horse is more than just a pleasure to ride or watch in action; such an animal is an integral part--a prized employee, if you will--of a ranch's workforce.