Dogsmart,9780809231508

Dogsmart

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ISBN13: 9780809231508
ISBN10: 0809231506
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-06-01
Publisher(s): Book Sales
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Summary

This acclaimed guide helps new or prospective dog owners analyze all the variables of having a dog as a pet.

Table of Contents

Introduction IX
PART I: Finding the Dog You Want 1(142)
1 In a Mirror Dimly: How Our Orientations Toward Dogs Influence Our Relationships with Them
3(34)
2 Form, Function, and Selection: How Our Knowledge of the Canine Past Can Help Us Select a Pet with a Rosy Future
37(34)
3 Inner and Outer Spaces: How the Human and Canine Senses of Place Influence Our Relationships
71(34)
4 A Meeting of the Minds: How the Principles of Pack Behavior Shape Our Relationships with Our Dogs
105(38)
PART II: Keeping the Dog You Find 143(228)
5 Training a Keeper: Selecting the Best Training Program to Fit You and Your Dog
145(40)
6 Baits and Switches: Determining If, and What, Training Aids Will Work for You and Your Dog
185(36)
7 The New Millennium Workout: Designing a Healthy Human-Canine Exercise Program
221(32)
8 Nouveau Nutrition: Choosing a Canine Feeding Program You and Your Dog Can Both Enjoy
253(38)
9 Well and Good: Selecting the Best Health-Care Program for You and Your Dog
291(40)
10 A Dog to Keep Forever: Maintaining a Lifelong Living and Learning Program for You and Your Dog
331(40)
Index 371

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