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Adopted Dog Bible Petfinder.com
Harper 2009 0061435597 / 9780061435591 New softcover Cover crease (transit damage)
The old rules don't always apply to adopted dogs, whose training, past behaviors, and health histories may be a mystery. At last, here's the one-stop bible that acknowledges their special needs and covers every detail of daily life. In chapters reviewed by experts in veterinary medicine, nutrition, and training, pet parents will learn:
* Where to find your perfect canine companion
* All about breeds and mixed breeds and how you can adopt any type of dog
* Smart guidelines for adoption success
* Realistic expenses of dog care
* What to expect when you bring your new pup home (and long after)
* How to prevent runaways and protect your dog from all types of harm
* Clicker, target stick, and other re-training methods
* Humane ways to modify undesirable behaviors
* How to introduce new diets and take the guesswork out of feeding
* Holistic and conventional medical treatments
* Daily hygiene and caring for your sick pup inside and out
* The impact of travel and changes at home
* What to do when it's time to say good-bye
Plus recipes, doggy workouts, heartwarming true stories of adopted dogs and their happy parents, information on saving dogs on a larger scale, and much, much more!
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Adopting the Racing Greyhound: 3rd Edition Cynthia A. Brannigan
Howell 0764540866 / 9780764540868 New Softcover
Since the first edition of this groundbreaking book was published, tens of thousands of people have been inspired to adopt ex-racing Greyhounds. These gentle, lovable dogs have special physical and emotional needs, and no other guide is more authoritative or complete in preparing potential Greyhound owners for the responsibilities involved than Adopting the Racing Greyhound.
This fully updated edition features veterinary information not available elsewhere, backed up by painstaking research by some of the country's leading authorities. Respected greyhound authority Cynthia Branigan - who has helped place more than 4,000 ex-racers through her organization - provides updated statistics on the costs of adoption as well as new health information, such as safe new flea, tick and heartworm preventives, anesthesia protocols for Greyhounds and suggestions on purchasing veterinary insurance.
Branigan carefully explains how potential adopters can decide whether a Greyhound is the right dog for them - a critical issue in successful adoptions - and covers everything from feeding and grooming to training to extending the dog's life span. She helps readers prepare a Greyhound for the arrival of a new baby; decide whether or not to add a Greyhound to an existing pack of dogs; determine when to return an adopted dog; and locate adoption agencies throughout the world. Branigan also offers a wealth of updated information on medical conditions in Greyhounds and the latest in tests and treatments.
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After the Finish Line: The Race to End Horse Slaughter in America Bill Heller
BowTie Press 2005 1931993602 / 9781931993609 Softcover New
A Kentucky Derby winner should not end up slaughtered. No horse should. Read what really happens .. After the Finish Line. Bill Heller exposes the ties that the horse slaughter industry has to racing in this brutally honest and very important book for fans of the sport at any interest level. Includes some very positive 'what you can do to help' sections.
Discover secrets of the horse industry you didn't know:
# 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand wound up slaughtered
# A former harness-racing horse saved from slaughter led the funeral procession for Ronald Reagan
# A national retirement program matches discarded horses with discarded people - inmates
# Two slaughterhouses in Texas operated despite a state law banning horse slaughter
# An entire industry was built around extracting the urine of pregnant mares for treating menopause
# One dedicated woman helped pass an anti-slaughter referendum in California
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Angel Animals - Our Spiritual Connection with Animals Anderson, Allen and Linda
Plume 1999 0452280729 / 9780452280724 Trade Paperback New copy
A brave dog dives into a raging river and pulls its drowning owner to safety on the shore. A cat's incessant mewing and scratching at the neighbors' door alerts them that its owner is in desperate trouble. Animals never cease to amaze us with their capacity to offer unconditional love, provide companionship and perform courageous feats. Allen and Linda Anderson are the founders of Angel Animals - an organization that informs the public about the bonds between humans and their pets. Drawing on countless stories from people around the globe, the husband-and-wife team shows how both wild and domestic creatures have made a significant difference in people's lives in Angel Animals.
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Animals in Peril John Hoyt
Avery 1994 0895296489 / 9780895296481 New Softcover
Thoroughly researched and documented, this book will startle hardcore conservationists and convince skeptics. Written by the chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States, Animals in Peril completely shatters the myth that "sustainable use"-the international commercial trade of wild animals and their products-is a viable approach to wildlife management. For decades, politicians and respected conservation groups such as the World Wildlife Fund have supported the practice-with devastating results. Hoyt presents countless case studies and documented reports describing the losses suffered. Sustainable use maintains that "if an activity is sustainable, for all practical purposes it can continue forever." The stories are heartbreaking and include accounts of the exploitation and depletion of parrots, whales and ocean fish, while the entire second section is dedicated to the concept's utter failure in protecting elephants. Hoyt recognizes that it is pointless to condemn the current system without proposing alternatives and in his final section he does just that, exploring less destructive ventures, such as eco-tourism, which has been shown to protect wildlife and natural resources while providing truly sustainable benefits to the local population. Hoyt has written an important book for those concerned or curious about the future of the world's wildlife.
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Bandit: True Story of One Dog's Rescue from Death Row Vicki Hearne
Skyhorse Publishing 2007 1602390703 / 9781602390706 New Softcover
Employing a unique combination of psychology, philosophy, sociology, and dog training theory, Vicki Hearne recounts her experiences with Bandit, a dog deemed so dangerous that the state of Connecticut condemned him to death. Hearne rescued Bandit and was soon entrenched in a legal battle that extended well beyond his case as she fought to prove that no dog is inherently vicious. She quickly discovered the factors that contributed to Bandit's behavior and set about releasing the essentially 'good dog' that lay within.
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Beyond the Homestretch: Saving Racehorses Lynn Reardon
New World Library 1st Edition 2009 1577316479 / 9781577316473 New Hardcover
In Beyond the Homestretch, Lynn Reardon shares an unlikely story. In 2002, she quit her Washington DC–area office job and moved to rural Texas to open the racehorse adoption ranch LOPE (LoneStar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers). Since then, LOPE has helped transition more than 725 thoroughbreds into new homes. Though now the director of this high-profile organization, Reardon didn’t learn to ride until she was an adult. Here she presents a vivid inside look into the world of horse racing, complete with colorful horses, jockeys, trainers, and gallop girls, depicting the insights horses can offer when we reevaluate our relationship with them.
In this riveting account, Reardon encounters dozens of unruly racehorses, all with special needs, unusual histories, and distinct personalities. As she fumbles to help them find new careers, they return the favor by becoming her most memorable mentors in horsemanship and life philosophy. Horses such as Tawakoni, the son of a Kentucky Derby winner, and Endofthestorm, the speedy bay who required an emergency tracheotomy, give Reardon an apprenticeship in facing fear and finding a new life. Reardon may have saved these horses’ lives, but she points out that they saved hers as well.
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Clever As A Fox - Animal Intelligence Yoerg Sonja I.
Bloomsbury 158234115X / 9781582341156 1st US Edition 2001 Hardcover, DJ, 228 pages New copy
A lively, insightful look at the world of animal intelligence. Recent evidence has dismissed the belief that animals are simply reflex machines, acting without thought or real consciousness. In response, there has been a rush to examine animal intelligence. Yet what, precisely, is intelligence? Is it the ability to learn, the ability to remember, or the ability to survive? What delineates instinct from intelligence? Why are dolphins smarter than eagles and bees smarter than worms? Are cats smarter than dogs? Clever as a Fox explores the often-misconstrued world of animal intelligence. From B.F. Skinner's behaviorism to evolutionary biology, Dr. Sonja Yoerg examines the ways we have come to view motivation and intelligence in animals. By evaluating our complex relationships to animals - why we eat some animals while pampering others is often predicated on a commensurate belief in intelligence - Dr. Sonja Yoerg offers us a better understanding of our own way of thinking. Entertaining, and scrupulously researched, Clever as a Fox will challenge your previously held notions about animals and the measure of intelligence, both theirs and ours.
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Cormac: The Tale of a Dog Gone Missing Sonny Brewer
MacAdam Cage 2007 1596920610 / 9781596920613 New Hardcover
Cormac is a novel based on real events, and tells the tale of a Golden Retriever who ran away from his Alabama home while the owner was on a book tour in San Francisco.
Cormac had always been afraid of storms, they made him cower and tremble. Or, in this case, run. Maybe if Cormac's master had not been away from home, and his food and water poured for him by a stranger s hand, things would have been different. But on that day the young dog took off into an adventure that would land him in the bed of a red pickup truck, driven by a mysterious woman who would hand him over to the dog pound, and the dog pound would hand him over to a rescue group who would take him to a clinic to be fixed by a routine scalpel and end his royal lineage. Cormac would be hauled to Connecticut in the back of a van, and turned over to another rescue group that would offer him for adoption on the internet. These things are known because Cormac's owner, Sonny Brewer, went door to door in his neighborhood gathering one clue and then another, one bit of information and then another. The trail led him to the dog pound and beyond.
If you're a dog lover, then Cormac is a must-read. Even non-dog-lovers should understand the utter sense of hopelessness that Brewer endured, and the powerfully cathartic ending.
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Dead Meat Sue Coe
Four Walls Eight Windows 1996 156858041X / 9781568580418 Softcover New
Political artist Coe spent years visiting slaughterhouses and meat farms in the U.S., Canada and England. Although she was not allowed to photograph on the premises, she was permitted to draw and sketch, and much of this work is jarringly graphic.
Coe's illustrations, which appear regularly in such publications as the New York Times and the New Yorker, have the sharply lined, affecting realism of a Diego Rivera mural. Her first-person account is matter-of-fact, thoughtful and engaging. Coe's book is political, and she clearly hopes it will make readers think twice about what they put into their mouths, but she does not preach and is unafraid to confront her own complicity: "Every dollar I get drips with blood too," she writes. Her empathetic rendering of the workers she encounters is reminiscent of Studs Terkel at his best, and the parallels she draws between society's treatment of meat animals and its working classes are disturbing and convincing. Cockburn's introductory essay traces the history of the meat industry with his customary shrewd sociopolitical insight, but without falling into polemics. Dead Meat will appeal not just to those interested in animal rights, but to anyone who cares about how society functions.
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Do Animals Have Rights? Alison Hills
Totem 1840466235 / 9781840466232 Softcover New Copy
In this superbly accessible book, Alison Hills carefully examines the arguments for both sides and defends a practical, livable idea of the ethics of animals, distinguishing ways in which animals are our equals from ways in which they are not.
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Do Over Dogs:Give Your Dog a Second Chance for a First Class Life Pat Miller
1929242697 / 9781929242696 New Softcover
What exactly is a Do-Over Dog? It might be a shelter dog you're working with to help her become more adoptable. Perhaps it's the dog you've adopted, rescued, or even found running stray who is now yours to live with and love .. forever. Or it could be the dog you've lived with for years but you realize he still has 'issues' that make him a challenging canine companion. A Do-Over Dog is any dog that you think needs - make that deserves - a second chance in life.
Noted author and trainer Pat Miller has spent her life working with both people and shelter dogs, family dogs, and dogs with behavior problems. In her newest book she shares the wisdom of her years in the field of force-free, positive dog training to help give people and pets a first class life.
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Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath Erika Ritter
Key Porter 1st Editon 1554700760 / 9781554700769 New hardcover
How do we reconcile treating our pets like pampered house guests but slaughtering other species of animals for food? As Erika Ritter explores in this fresh, fascinating and eye-opening new book, at the heart of this relationship is a paradox - a relationship that is almost schizophrenic in its absurdity.
In a recent survey, 70% of respondents identified their family pet as 'a member of the family.' Even as these animals are revered as loved ones, the meat, fish, and dairy industries continue to thrive. Speaking to this disparity, Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath addresses this fascinating subject. Using interviews with philosophers, scientists, farmers, poets, and commentators, Ritter explores our complicated - and often inconsistent - relationship to the animal world.
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Dogs I Have Met - Autographed Ken Foster
Lyons 1599211297 / 9781599211299 Softcover New copy - Signed by the Author
Ken Foster knows that a dog can change a person's life. And that several dogs can change even more. For The Dogs Who Found Me, the author appeared in major media interviews and received hundreds of letters and stories about other karmic canine rescues. Many of these heartwarming stories are now compiled in this all-new follow-up to the original bestseller. Dogs I Have Met introduces us to injured California pit bull Jimmy, among others, as well as to one woman who opened her house to 55 stray dogs.
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Dogs I Have Met: And the People They Found Ken Foster
Lyons Press 1599211297 / 9781599211299 New Softcover
Ken Foster knows that a dog can change a person's life. And that several dogs can change even more. For The Dogs Who Found Me, the author appeared in major media interviews and received hundreds of letters and stories about other karmic canine rescues. Many of these heartwarming stories are now compiled in this all-new follow-up to the original bestseller. Dogs I Have Met introduces us to injured California pit bull Jimmy, among others, as well as to one woman who opened her house to 55 stray dogs.
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Emergency Animal Rescue Stories Terri Crisp
Prime 2002 0761563547 / 9780761563549 New Softcover
Riveting Accounts of Extraordinary Animal Rescues and Reunions. When the wrath of nature in the form of fire, flood, hurricane, or earthquake strikes, who saves the animals? EARS (Emergency Animal Rescue Service) comes to the rescue and helps countless animals survive the most horrific of natural and man-made disasters. Inside are the real-life stories of the former director of EARS, Terri Crisp, and the organization's many dedicated volunteers across the nation, and how their efforts have saved countless animals from certain death. You will be moved by the courageous, poignant, and at times humorous accounts, including: - Libby, the dog who was rescued from Texas oil fields and is now the official taste-tester at a dog bakery in California - How quick thinking and a hoist saved a cow trapped on the railroad tracks - How Bumpus, the fantastic, fearless, fireproof feline, survived disfiguring burns and became a hero These and other stories are sure to inspire and thrill as well as make you appreciate the wonderful bond that exists between animals and the special people who care enough to save them.
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Equine Angels: Stories of Rescue, Love, and Hope Frank Weller
Lyons Press 2008 159921444X / 9781599214443 New Hardcover
Equine Angels is a celebration of the journey of horses and foals saved from slaughter. Accompanied by more than 130 stunning full-color photographs, it tells the surprising and moving stories of how these foals have changed the lives of the human families who adopt them - for the rescuers are often the ones rescued when opening their hearts to an unwanted foal.
Mares are kept pregnant because their urine will then contain estrogen, a vital ingredient for a hormone replacement therapy drug called "Premarin". The Pregnant Mares' Urine, PMU, is often collected in harsh conditions for the mares and when the foal is born it is frequently considered an innocent but disposable by-product of the process. What happens next to the foals, who might otherwise go to slaughter, is the heartwarming subject of this book. What happens to people along that rescue path, is the magical soul of this book. The photographs and stories feature ruggedly beautiful horses in their natural splendor that transform from once-wild creatures into loving and intelligent companions, bonding with their human families. Included are stories of successes great and small: foals growing up to be national competitors, therapy helpers, and members of families that are healed by the love of a horse.
Uplifting, with gorgeous photography, Equine Angels will inspire, delight, and teach life lessons through the wisdom received when connecting with these noble equine souls.
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For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement Kathryn Shevelow
Henry Holt and Co. 2008 0805080902 / 9780805080902 New Hardcover
The engaging story of how an unlikely group of extraordinary people laid the foundation for the legal protection of animals In eighteenth-century England - where cockfighting and bullbaiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine - the idea of animal protection was dismissed as laughably radical. But as pets became more common, human attitudes toward animals evolved steadily. An unconventional duchess defended their intellect in her writings. A gentleman scientist believed that animals should be treated with compassion. And with the concentrated efforts of an eccentric Scots barrister and a flamboyant Irishman, the lives of beasts - and, correspondingly, men and women - began to change.
Kathryn Shevelow, a respected scholar, gives us the dramatic story of the bold reformers who braved attacks because they sympathized with the plight of creatures everywhere. More than just a history, this is an eye-opening exploration into how our feelings toward animals reveal our ideas about ourselves, God, mercy, and nature. Accessible and lively, For the Love of Animals is a captivating cultural narrative that takes us into the lives of animals - and into the minds of humans - during some of history's most fascinating times.
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FOUND DOGS Tales Of Stray Dogs Elise Lufkin
Lyons Press 2005 1592286151 / 9781592286157 Softcover
Every year, millions of dogs are abandoned - at animal shelters, racetracks, or on the side of the road. Many of these animals end their days without ever knowing a caring human hand, but some are fortunate enough to be found and given a second chance. And these dogs, often rescued from death's door, seem to have even more than the usual canine capacity for love and loyalty. Found Dogs is full of wonderful photos and words by people who have adopted dogs in myriad ways. Celebrities from Peter Mayle, Jamie Lee Curtis, Al Gore, and Bobby Short to everyday heroes who have found dogs - from purebreds to scruffy mix-breeds - that have become service dogs, protectors, and friends, offering solace, aid, companionship, and inspiration. Found Dogs is a moving tribute to the power of love between people and dogs - how that love has transformed dogs who were lost, and the people who were lucky enough to find them. About The Author: Elise Lufkin has been involved with dogs all her life. For many years she worked with various animal shelters, socializing dogs to make them better candidates for adoption. She has been active in promoting humane education projects. Lufkin was one of the founders of New York City's Great American Mutt Show, a hilarious annual event promoting public awareness of the value of adopting mixed breed, unwanted, and abandoned animals. She and her dog, Posy, are active in a Pet Partners program and regularly visit residents at a nearby nursing home.
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Give a Horse a Second Chance J. R. Wise
Lyons Press 2007 1592289770 / 9781592289776 New Hardcover
Every year hundreds of thousands of people adopt feral mustangs and other untrained horses as well as rescue previously abused animals. Give a Horse a Second Chance helps the reader decide which 'gift horses' are within their ability to help and then describes how to go about giving the animal a happy, healthy, and useful environment and life.
The author, a longtime expert dealing with rescue horses, offers practical and sympathetic information on such subjects as:
* Why adopt a horse?: the pros and cons of adoption
* Adoption process: where to look and how to adopt
* Choosing a horse: breeds and types, conformation, age, temperament
* Homecoming: introducing the horse to its new home
* Veterinary considerations: including conformation and soundness issues
* Caring for an equine senior citizen: care and exercise for the older animal
* Training: replacing bad habits with good ones
* Selling or donating the horse: if you can no longer look after the animal.
With an appendix by natural horsemanship trainer Dan Bowman and a list of equine adoption agencies, Give a Horse a Second Chance is a comprehensive and compassionate guide to this timely subject.
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