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In a dog's heart what our dogs need, want, and deserve-and the gifts we can expect in return  Cover Image E-book 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.

Summary:

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.

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  • 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.

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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.
Subject: Dogs > Psychology.
Dogs > Behavior.
Human-animal relationships.
Genre: Electronic books.

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