E-book
In a dog's heart [electronic resource] : what our dogs need, want, and deserve-and the gifts we can expect in return / Jennifer Arnold.
Shares inspiring and scientifically important stories of dogs who have changed the world, from a rescued Labrador who detects bombs on the Israeli border to a Lab-Golden mix who provides comfort to child cancer patients at an Atlanta hospital.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780679643722 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0679643729 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 230 p.) : ill.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | In their heart of hearts -- What dogs want -- The gift of good health -- Keeping our dogs healthy -- Veterinary health -- Safe havens -- Worldly dangers -- Inner dangers -- Teaming up -- Pick of the litter -- Adopting an adult dog -- The ties that bind -- Better together -- Canine contentment -- Reason enough -- Veterinary emergencies -- Common household toxins -- Desensitization and counterconditioning for dogs exhibiting specific-object guarding -- Teaching the gentle mouth to an adult dog -- The super dog protocol -- Socialization checklist -- Teaching the tug and retrieve -- Desensitization schedult for mild separation anxiety. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Dogs > Psychology. Dogs > Behavior. Human-animal relationships. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
