Honoring Our Animals
Discover a personalized path to recovery with Honoring Our Animals, your daily source of solace and strength throughout the year. Losing a beloved animal companion is a profound experience, filled with deep emotions and challenging moments. Honoring Our Animals is your steadfast companion on this journey, offering 365 entries of consistent guidance and support. Each day, find a dose of comfort and a touchstone to help structure your grieving process, ensuring you never feel alone. This comprehensive and compassionate guide addresses a wide range of emotional experiences, from anticipatory grief to sudden loss. It provides relevant and heartfelt advice tailored to your specific situation. With practical exercises and tools, you'll gain actionable steps toward healing, helping you navigate your grief with understanding and care. Some common situations the book addresses: "My pet has just received a terminal diagnosis. What can I possibly do to prepare?""The loss I am experiencing is more painful than any I have experienced.""The people in my life don't understand the depth of my sorrow.""I feel guilty about re-homing a pet.""I just experienced an unexpected and tragic loss.""I'm grappling with behavioral euthanasia.""I don't know how to go on without my beloved."You might not see it right away, but it is possible to recover from the loss of your companion animal. Acting as a supportive listener, this book affirms your feelings and provides a safe, nonjudgmental space to express your grief. It honors the profound bond between humans and their pets, recognizing the significant impact of your loss. By offering a blend of different approaches, Honoring Our Animals caters to the unique nature of each grief journey, guiding you in acknowledging the strengths and gifts of your relationship with your pet. By offering daily insights and exercises, Honoring Our Animals stands as a steadfast companion for those mourning the loss of a pet, providing comfort, validation, and practical support every day of the year.
The Camelid Care Handbook for Alpaca & Llama Owners
Are you an experienced or soon-to-be camelid owner looking to deepen your knowledge and avoid common health pitfalls?Without the right knowledge and preparation, camelid ownership can quickly turn into a costly and frustrating challenge - but it doesn't have to be that way.In the Camelid Care Handbook for Alpaca and Llama Owners, Claire Whitehead, a seasoned veterinarian and the UK's foremost camelid specialist, offers a practical and comprehensive guide to caring for your animals. Whether you're a new owner, considering your first alpacas or an experienced breeder, this book will give you the confidence to keep your animals healthy, prevent problems and know exactly what to do if things go wrong.In this book, you'll learn how to: Implement Claire's 10 non-negotiable herd health activities to establish a solid foundation for your herd's well-being.Develop a comprehensive nutrition plan to support optimal health, immunity, growth and fleece production.Protect your animals with effective biosecurity measures and proactive strategies to prevent and manage diseases.Identify early signs of illness, address common health issues and handle emergencies with confidence.Collaborate with your veterinarian and embrace responsible camelid ownership by meeting your legal, ethical and animal health obligations.By following the strategies in the book, you'll reduce the stress of ownership and feel empowered to care for your animals confidently and efficiently. Strengthen your bond with your herd, avoid costly mistakes and create a thriving environment where your alpacas or llamas can flourish.
The Perfect Balance
This book is both a gentle and powerful reminder of the role we play here and now, as the heirs of those who came before us.It goes beyond the future of dog breeding: it calls on us to live our time with awareness, to become thoughtful and responsible stewards of a legacy shaped by knowledge, instinct, and the choices of past generations.Within these pages is a celebration of the beauty and functionality of the dog - particularly the sighthound, a breed close to the authors' hearts. But beyond a love for a specific dog, this is a book about a deeper ideal: profound respect for what a dog truly is, beyond elegance or appearance.Each sighthound carries within it a story of resilience, of adaptation, of instincts passed down through time and blood. The true beauty of this and every breed lies in the unbroken thread that connects it to the past - to the very qualities that enabled it to survive and thrive.This is a journey of understanding: how every breeding decision becomes a vital piece in the living history of a breed. It is an invitation to pause and reflect on what we wish to preserve and protect.Not a nostalgic work, but a thoughtful, respectful exploration - one that urges us to look to the future with open eyes, and a heart in tune with the past.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from My Cat
We learn so much from our cats, and along the way they keep us company, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives. What do we learn from our cats? Everything. They make us better versions of ourselves and show us the power of gratitude, forgiveness, resilience, living in the moment, and so much more. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. If we're sad, they comfort us. If we've forgotten how to have fun, they show us how. They are our therapists, our role models, and our best friends. You'll laugh a lot, tear up a bit, and nod your head in recognition as you read these tales about sharing life with a cat. The lessons we learn from them come in many forms, from the hilarious to the heroic. Prepare to be entertained and inspired as you read these 101 stories organized into 10 fun chapters: - My Very Good, Very Bad Cat - Learning to Love the Cat - Changed by the Cat - What a Character - Cats and Comedy - Opening Hearts - Saving Kitty - Meant to Be - Clever Cats - Quirky Cat Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible.
So, You Want to Get a Dog?
Unlock the Secrets to a Happy, Healthy Dog. Ready to welcome a new furry friend into your life? "So, You Want to Get a Dog? Your Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Breed and Becoming a Responsible Dog Owner" is your essential resource for making informed decisions and ensuring a joyful journey with your pet. Inside, you'll discover: How to choose the perfect breed for your lifestyle. Preparing your home for a smooth transition. Essential health checks to avoid costly mistakes. Tips for helping your dog adjust to their new environment. Building a loving and safe relationship between dogs and children. Maintaining health through proper diet, exercise, and grooming. Recognizing signs of illness early and knowing when to seek help. With practical advice and real-life examples, this guide will help you provide the best care for your dog, ensuring they become a cherished member of your family. Join the journey to responsible pet ownership and create a loving bond that lasts a lifetime!
A Guide to Understanding Your Horse’s Personality
Are you ready to transform your horse's behavior and build a stronger, more trusting bond?This revised and expanded edition of "A guide to understand your horse's personality" is your ultimate guide to understanding and training every equine personality type, ensuring that both you and your horse thrive in your training journey.Personalized training: Discover tailored techniques for engaging and training challenging, hesitant, fearful and reserved horses.Build trust and communication: Learn how to create a safe, supportive environment and master consistent, positive interaction.Overcome common challenges: Find solutions to common training issues, and ensure steady progress with your horse.Enhance your skills: Improve your training methods and develop a better understanding of your horse's unique needs.Do you feel overwhelmed by your horse's challenging behavior? This book provides clear, step-by-step instructions and practical strategies that can help any horse owner ... regardless of experience level ... to achieve remarkable improvements. Whether your horse is reserved, hesitant or overly energetic, you'll find the guidance, you need to succeed.If you want to enhance your horse's training experience and build a more harmonious relationship, this book is for you. Unlock your horse's true potential today!
A Frenchie Life
Celebrate every fabulous trait of the French bulldog with this heartwarmingly illustrated book filled with breed info and tips for pet parents. Sweet scrunched-up faces, bunny-like ears, silly charismatic energy, content to cuddle with you on the couch or play misheviously, the French bulldog deserves to shine in the spotlight. Brimming with helpful tips for new and longtime pet parents alike, A Frenchie Life explores all of the breed's wonderful traits and shares tricks for bonding and making memories with your beloved Frenchie. Filled with beautiful illustrations, this book is divided into sections that describe our favorite Frenchie qualitites, teach their incredible history and characteristics, and share humorous and loveable anecdotes. Learn more about your Frenchie's individual personality while understanding the breed's: Talk and barksFlair for dramaStubbornessLove of the sunChildlike sillinessNeed for attentionHeart of goldAnd more!French bulldogs are adorable, popular pups that have earned their time in the sun. Whether dogs have always been a part of your family or you're considering becoming a pet parent for the first time, A Frenchie Life is sure to convince you to invite this adorable dog to your pack. The Favorite Dog series will captivate hearts and minds with a delightful series of charmingly illustrated books, each dedicated to showcasing the unique personality, history, and charm of our favorite dogs. Through adorable artwork, these books aim to showcase the love we feel for our beloved doggie companions, celebrating their quirks and charm and the special bond they share with us. Titles in the series include: A Labrador Life, A Golden Life
Beyond Goodbye - Healing, Honoring, and Reconnecting After Pet Loss
When a beloved pet leaves your side, the silence can feel unbearable, and the world often fails to comprehend the depth of your grief. Beyond Goodbye validates your pain and provides a compassionate roadmap for healing, honoring the bond you will always carry in your heart.Unlike traditional grief resources, Beyond Goodbye speaks directly to the unique sorrow of pet loss, offering insight into why the connection with our animal companions is so profound-and why their absence leaves such a deep void. Through personal stories, expert reflections, and actionable guidance, Ben Whitlow guides you through the first difficult days, the tangled emotions of guilt, sadness, anger, relief, and the quiet journey toward meaning, memory, and peace.Inside, you will find: Practical support for coping with the initial days following the lossHealing rituals, journaling prompts, and legacy projects.Gentle guidance on navigating guilt, disenfranchised grief, and emotional overwhelm.Reflections on how to maintain the bond-without needing to "move on"Special sections for children, seniors, and anyone whose pet was their emotional anchor.Suppose you've ever felt invisible in your grief-or questioned whether your love and pain "count"-this book is your haven. Whether your loss was sudden, anticipated, or shaped by life's difficult circumstances, Beyond Goodbye reminds you that your bond was real, your sorrow is sacred, and your healing matters. Every page offers comfort, hope, and permission to grieve at your own pace, in your way.Begin your journey toward healing today.Click "Buy Now" to discover the comfort, support, and lasting connection that exists beyond Goodbye.
A Golden Life
Celebrate every fabulous trait of the golden retriever with this heartwarmingly illustrated book filled with breed info and tips for pet parents. Trustworthy, outgoing, and easy to please, with a love of play and an openness to befriend everyone, the golden retriever deserves to shine in the spotlight. Brimming with helpful tips for new and longtime pet parents alike, A Golden Life explores all of the breed's wonderful traits and shares tricks for bonding and making memories with your beloved golden. Filled with gorgeous watercolor illustrations, this book is divided into sections that describe our favorite golden qualities, teach their incredible history and characteristics, and share humorous and loveable anecdotes. Learn more about your golden's individual personality while understanding the breed's: Talk and barksFriendlinessHigh adaptabilityPlayfulnessTrainabilityLove of outdoor playHeart of goldAnd more!Golden retrievers are adorable, popular pups that have earned their time in the sun. Whether dogs have always been a part of your family or you're considering becoming a pet parent for the first time, A Golden Life is sure to convince you to invite this adorable dog to your pack. The Favorite Dog series will captivate hearts and minds with a delightful series of charmingly illustrated books, each dedicated to showcasing the unique personality, history, and charm of our favorite dogs. Through adorable artwork, these books aim to showcase the love we feel for our beloved doggie companions, celebrating their quirks and charm and the special bond they share with us. Titles in the series include: A Frenchie Life, A Labrador Life
Beyond Goodbye - Healing, Honoring, and Reconnecting After Pet Loss
When a beloved pet leaves your side, the silence can feel unbearable, and the world often fails to comprehend the depth of your grief. Beyond Goodbye validates your pain and provides a compassionate roadmap for healing, honoring the bond you will always carry in your heart.Unlike traditional grief resources, Beyond Goodbye speaks directly to the unique sorrow of pet loss, offering insight into why the connection with our animal companions is so profound-and why their absence leaves such a deep void. Through personal stories, expert reflections, and actionable guidance, Ben Whitlow guides you through the first difficult days, the tangled emotions of guilt, sadness, anger, relief, and the quiet journey toward meaning, memory, and peace.Inside, you will find: Practical support for coping with the initial days following the lossHealing rituals, journaling prompts, and legacy projects.Gentle guidance on navigating guilt, disenfranchised grief, and emotional overwhelm.Reflections on how to maintain the bond-without needing to "move on"Special sections for children, seniors, and anyone whose pet was their emotional anchor.Suppose you've ever felt invisible in your grief-or questioned whether your love and pain "count"-this book is your haven. Whether your loss was sudden, anticipated, or shaped by life's difficult circumstances, Beyond Goodbye reminds you that your bond was real, your sorrow is sacred, and your healing matters. Every page offers comfort, hope, and permission to grieve at your own pace, in your way.Begin your journey toward healing today.Click "Buy Now" to discover the comfort, support, and lasting connection that exists beyond Goodbye.
From a Purse to My Heart
Gucci is a cute little puppy who wins everybody's heart. Maybe there is still one heart he has to win.
Old Dog, New Dog
From two revered experts, a concise guide to caring for a beloved senior dog and skillfully introducing a puppy to the household in a way that allows both dogs to flourish It's a natural impulse: As you watch your canine best friend age, you think about getting a puppy, hoping that the new pup will be influenced by the older dog while softening the inevitable loss. But it's challenging to fully support a senior while also trying to meet the needs of a puppy. In this first-of-its-kind guide, senior dog expert Helen St. Pierre and puppy expert Kathy Callahan come together to help dog lovers navigate this terrain with joy and compassion. They'll help you: - assess your older dog's well-being and keep them comfortable and safe - decide whether it's the right time to add another dog - prepare yourself with a refresher on the basics (and the intensity) of puppy care - manage the most difficult aspects of living with both a senior and a puppy And in perhaps its most critically needed chapter, Old Dog, New Dog covers -- with honesty and empathy -- the difficult decision of when and how to say goodbye to your beloved old companion while honoring the deep friendship you'll always keep in your heart.
Dogs & Us
Discover the inner workings of our relationship with dogs in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends.Many of us know the joy, love and chaos of having a dog in your life. But have you ever wondered why we can feel such an attachment to dogs in particular? Pairing adorable images with the latest research, Dogs & Us is an investigation into - and celebration of - human-canine relationships. With the rise of hybrid working and average lifespans increasing, dog owners are spending more and more time with their pets. This book explores how dogs affect and improve a multitude of aspects of our lives, covering themes including affection, calming, exercise, friendship and play. It also captures the link between human wellbeing and our animal companions - a particularly wonderful aspect of life with dogs. Dog lovers everywhere will adore this fresh and vibrant look at the bond we share with our canine companions. With fascinating insights from organisations such as the Human Animal Bond Research Institute, it brings brand new academic research together with playful quotes and images in a collection that will inform, intrigue and delight. Join the growing number of dog owners who want to know more about our relationship with 'man's best friend', and dive into Dogs and Us.
My Special Girls
Have you ever had a beloved pet in your life? Then this book is for you!This book is about that special bond between us and our beloved pets.It is poems of joy, glee, love and adventure. Poems of love given and lives shared with our special pets.
The American Pit Bull Terrier
First published in 1936, Joseph L. Colby's American Pit Bull Terrier is a foundational work that offers an in-depth look at the history, breeding, and character of the breed. Drawing from firsthand experience and extensive knowledge, Colby-a prominent breeder and authority of his time-provides practical advice on training, care, and the unique qualities that define the American Pit Bull Terrier. This classic text remains a valuable resource for enthusiasts, breeders, and anyone interested in understanding of this American breed. The American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) is indeed an American breed, though its roots trace back to England, Ireland, and Scotland.Here's a quick rundown of its origins: The breed developed in the 19th century from crosses between bulldogs and terriers, originally bred in the British Isles for bull-baiting and later dog fighting.Immigrants brought these dogs to the United States, where they were further refined and selectively bred for strength, loyalty, and athleticism.In the U.S., the breed evolved into what we now know as the American Pit Bull Terrier, distinct from its British ancestors.The book includes discussion of dog fighting, as it was written during a time when the breed's historical association with fighting was still openly acknowledged and, in some circles, even accepted. This is no longer the case. Some of the content discusses professional dog fighting.
Dogland
"Delightful." --Town & Country - "Extraordinary...Tomlinson's book is a gem." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) - "Moving...Really broke me." --The Washington Post - "This book wants to lick your face. Let it." --Kirkus Reviews Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Tomlinson explores the bond between dogs and their people in this irresistibly appealing, inside account of the Westminster Dog Show that follows one dog on his quest to become a champion. Tommy Tomlinson was watching a dog show on television a few years ago when he had a sudden thought: Are those dogs happy? How about pet dogs--are they happy? Those questions sparked a quest to venture inside the dog-show world, in search of a deeper understanding of the longtime relationship between dogs and humans, and here, in Dogland he shares his surprising, entertaining, and moving adventures. Spending three years on the road, Tomlinson goes behind the scenes at more than one hundred competitions across the country, from Midwestern fairgrounds to Madison Square Garden. Along the way he is licked, sniffed, and rubbed up against by dogs of nearly every size, shape, and breed. Like a real-life version of the classic mockumentary Best in Show, Dogland follows one champion show dog--a Samoyed named Striker--as well as his handler, Laura King, and his devoted entourage of breeders and owners as he competes in the 2022 Westminster Dog Show. Striker's whole career has been leading up to this moment. As Tomlinson writes, picking a top show dog is like drafting an NFL quarterback when they're still in elementary school. Now Striker has made it to the Super Bowl. Tomlinson takes us on the long road to glory, bringing the dog-show circuit to life as teams scramble from town to town in search of championship ribbons. (Striker and his crew travel in a custom-built RV named after Betty White.) Tomlinson's limitless curiosity about people and dogs reaches far beyond the show tents and into the ordinary lives of dogs. We hear from experts who have discovered new insights into how dogs and humans formed their bond--and how that bond has changed over the centuries. We discover the fascinating origins of different dog breeds, learn about the elaborate breed standards that determine an ideal show dog, and consider the health issues that can arise in purebred dogs. We also meet dog lovers who applaud every dog, regardless of breed, simply for being themselves, such as WeRateDogs, the social media phenomenon with millions of followers, all for posts celebrating the day-to-day goofiness in most dog owners' lives. "A big ol' slobbering smooch of optimism, laughter, and happiness" (Joe Posnanski) Dogland takes us on a rollicking tour through the rituals, tricks, and wonders of the dog-show world--and reveals what matters most for the happiness of dogs and dog lovers everywhere.
