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If you want to teach your children to understand dogs' behavior, then keep reading. It is always hard to get children's attention, especially if you want to teach them something.Using my knowledge of child psychology and as a children's book writer, I created this book to meet parents' needs and the children's enjoyment.This book is suitable for children ages 5-9 but will get the whole family involved while having fun discovering why dogs behave the...
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Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither--and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a spokesperson, someone who will assert their specific needs. Renowned anthrozoologist Dr. John Bradshaw has made a career of studying human-animal interactions, and in Dog Sense...
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Dogs are the most social animals on the planet, second only to humans in their ability to read and understand emotion. Even chimps and bonobos, our closest genetic relatives, are no match for dogs when it comes to social cognition. Jennifer Arnold understands this better than anyone, having spent the past 25 years training service dogs for people with disabilities at Canine Assistants. She is a pioneer in the emerging field of "bond-based" dog training,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Meeting a new dog is exciting, but it can also be scary. This humorous how-to manual shows kids the best ways to interact with unfamiliar dogs, providing helpful tips about all sorts of dog behavior. Children often don't understand what dogs' actions mean and can misinterpret a threatening signal for a friendly one and vice versa. Kids and parents will return to Wendy Wahman's playful illustrations again and again for useful reminders: Slow Down....
10) How dogs work
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English
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How well do we really know dogs? People may enjoy thinking about them as "man's best friend," but what actually drives the things they do? What is going on in their fur-covered heads as they look at us with their big, expressive eyes? Raymond Coppinger and Mark Feinstein know something about these questions, and with How Dogs Work, they're ready to share; this is their guide to understanding your dog and its behavior.
Approaching dogs as a biological...
12) Daisy
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
86 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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Charles has his hands full fostering a Boston terrier named Daisy who chews things up every time she is left alone, but since Charles can't stay with her all the time, he must find a way to break her habit if she is ever going to be adopted.
13) Roy digs dirt
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Roy is a West Highland terrier who loves to dig in the dirt and mud; sometimes he buries things, and sometimes he finds things, but mostly he just likes to dig--even though he does not like the bath that may follow the digging.
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HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2003], c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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26 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Describes how dogs communicate with people through their behavior and sounds and explains how to talk back to them using sounds, behavior, and body language.
15) Our very own dog
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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27 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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A little girl and her family adopt a dog named Sophie, and they prepare their house, learn about dog behavior, and train her.
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