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Cat Behavior Reading |
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Cats & Kittens |
| Cats & Kittens is your source for entertaining and authoritative information about cats. Each issue is packed with fascinating articles, including breed profiles, medical reports, training advice, cats at work, and cat collectibles, plus a variety of amusing, startling or entertaining stories about cats. |
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Cat Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook |
| Every cat owner will find valuable guidance for all aspects of feline care, from day-to-day care to handling emergencies, in this clearly written reference. Organized by signs and symptoms, it also includes information on feeding and nutrition, medications, pregnancy, and a special section on training.
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Delbert G. Carlson, James M. Giffin |
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The New Encyclopedia of the Cat |
| The new Encyclopedia of the Cat is the definitive guide to the history, anatomy, and behavior of the feline species. Cats Past and Present: Chronicling the history of the cat, world-renowned veterinarian and author, Dr. Bruce Fogle, explains how one subspecies of the wildcat developed a tolerance for living near humans and became the domestic cat we know today. |
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Bruce Fogle |
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Cats Have No Masters...Just Friends: An Investigation into the Feline Mind |
| Often misunderstood and sometimes misjudged, cats remain the most mysterious of our domesticated companions. Yet with a little patience and a lot of love, cats will enter your hearts on soft paws and remain there with an infinite amount of devotion. Author Karen Anderson explores some of the mistakes cat owners may unknowingly make while raising their feline friends. |
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Karen Anderson |
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Living in Shadows: How to Help the Stray Cat in Your Life (Without Adding To the Problem) |
| A step-by-step guide to the care of stray and feral cats. Here is everything you need to know to give your feral or stray cat a quality life, including how to care for, feed, and control the population by humanely trapping to spay or neuter. Also detailed information about taming feral cats and kittens, managing more than one stray, and caring for orphan kittens. |
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Ann K. Fisher |
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The Stray Cat Handbook |
| "Finally, a book that deals with stray cats; a how-to guide to trapping and dealing with a stray cat. As a pet owner, animal lover and director of a humane organization that deals with stray cats every day, this book gives us one more tool to offer to people who want to help the thousands of strays that wander our streets. Bravo!" Joseph J. Sprague, Jr., Executive Director, Tree House Animal Foundation |
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Tamara Kreuz |
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Dog Behavior Reading |
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Dog Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook |
| This is the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, up-to-date dog care book available anywhere. This all-new edition of the popular classic contains important changes and new information about: |
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James M. Giffin, Liisa D. Carlson |
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Me and My Dog: The Care and Keeping of a Girls Best Friend |
| A Great Book. It has wonderfull pictures, interesting info and quizzes, and helpfull tips for girl who own, or are about to own a dog. Everything for training a dog to stages of a dogs life, you will find it in here! |
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Maxine A. Rock, Amanda Haley |
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Aspca Complete Dog Care Manual |
| A comprehensive canine care reference contains sections on nutrition, health, essentials of care, feeding, grooming, first aid, caring for older dogs, obedience training, and other key topics. By the author of Know Your Dog. |
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Bruce, Dr. Fogle, Roger A. Caras |
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The Holistic Dog Book: Canine Care for the 21st Century |
| The Holistic Dog Book addresses your whole dog and all the ways you can bring a more natural approach to your dog's care. Whether you're interested in essential oils, homeopathy, natural diets, herbal remedies, acupuncture, massage or emotionally satisfying training, you'll find what you need to make well-informed decisions about what's right for the both of you. |
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Denise Flaim, Michael W. Fox |
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Real Food for Dogs: 50 Vet-Approved Recipes to Please the Canine Gastronome |
| Lots of people enjoy making or buying treats for their pets, but wouldn't it be wonderful to cook a real meal for the four-legged member of the household? Quirky yet practical, these cookbooks provide recipes that are nutritionally balanced and veterinarian-approved. They even include sections on "tandem" recipes - recipes for humans that, with slight modifications, can also be served to pets. |
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Arden Moore, Anne Davis |
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The New Encyclopedia of the Dog |
| This best-selling DK title has been enhanced with 148 new pages featuring magnificent photographs of America's favorite pet. The book covers every breed known to man with all the distinctive details of each. |
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Bruce Fogle |
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General Behavior Reading |
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Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats |
| A classic natural pet-care book from two celebrated veterinary specialists in chemical-free nutrition, treatment, and natural healing for pets, Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats offers valuable natural and holistic advice on a host of pet topics, including, but not... |
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Richard & Susan Pitcairn |
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The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care |
| Alternative health titles are topping bestseller lists as people search for effective, natural ways to care for themselves and their families--and, as every pet owner knows, house pets are family too. |
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C. J. Puotinen, Beverly Cappel-King |
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The Nature of Animal Healing |
| The Definitive Holistic Medicine Guide to Caring for Your Dog and Cat. The Nature of Animal Healing is a groundbreaking, inspirational contribution to animal care. Dr. Martin Goldstein, one of the most successful and best-known holistic veterinarians in the country, offers here, for the first time, invaluable insights into how to give our pets a healthy, happy, and long life. |
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Martin Goldstein D.V.M. |
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Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food |
| This book was the first to expose the shocking practices within the pet food manufacturing industry. Since the book's publication in 1997, she has been calling attention to the dubious ingredients and methods employed by many firms. |
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Ann N. Martin, Shawn Messonnier, Michael W. Fox |
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Guinea Pig Behavior Reading |
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Hamster Behavior Reading |
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My Hamster and Me (For the Love of Animals Series) |
| Here are games, activities, toys, owners' checklists and much more to help make owning hamsters lots of fun for both pet and owner. Books in the For the Love of Animals series are for new and inexperienced pet owners, parents whose kids would like to have a pet, and kids who simply want to know more about animals that make good pets. Emphasis is on building loving relationships between owners and pets. |
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Peter Hollmann, Monika Wegler |
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Hamsters A to Z |
| The hamster is the most popular of the rodents that are commonly kept as pets in many countries today. Both Dwarf and Syrian hamsters make ideal pets because they are small, inexpensive, take up little room, and generally have good temperaments. However, they still need all the commitment of any other pet, including a regular care routine, attention from their owners, and veterinary treatment when they are ill. This book explores how hamsters became part of our lives and how we can best understand and care for them. |
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Lorraine Hill |
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Gerbil Behavior Reading |
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Mice Behavior Reading |
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Mice: Everything About History, Care, Nutrition, Handling, and Behavior |
| This book instructs on all the essentials of keeping mice. Barron's comprehensive Complete Pet Owner's Manuals are heavily illustrated and filled with useful information. They instruct owners on how to care for their dogs, cats, birds, fish, and other animals. Books give advice on purchasing and acquiring, health care, feeding, and much more. |
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Sharon L. Vanderlip D.V.M. |
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Rat Behavior Reading |
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Rats: Complete Care Guide |
| Debbie Ducommun is a blessing to anyone who owns pet rats! With a long history of experience with rats, as a veterinary technician, pet store manager, and with a degree in animal behavior, the author is highly qualified to advise pet rat owners, from the neophyte to more experienced persons. |
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Debbie Ducommun |
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The Proper Care of Fancy Rats (Proper Care) |
| More than just a guide to the proper care of rats, Nick Mays' excellent book is also a history of human-rat relations, an introduction to rat genetics, and a full color guide to many of the breeds of "fancy" rats. Well-written and logically organized, this is the best kind of reference book: both informative and fun to read. Although the book's historical survey of the "rat fancy" concentrates primarily on the United Kingdom, this fascinating story will surely be appreciated by rat lovers throughout the world. |
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Nick Mays |
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