Category: Human-Animal Relationship Books
And Baby Makes Four: A Trimester-by-Trimester Guide to a Baby-Friendly Dog
Having a baby should be an exciting and celebratory time for parents-to-be. However, if there is a pet in the household, there may be concern about how he will react to a newborn addition to the family. And Baby Makes Four provides expecting parents with straightforward instructions on how to prepare the family dog for [...]
Every Dog Has a Gift: True Stories of Dogs Who Bring Hope & Healing into Our Lives
Inspiring stories of dogs who do good. Anyone who has ever had a relationship with a dog will tell you: They want nothing more than to give love and be loved in return. In Every Dog Has a Gift, Rachel McPherson draws on her experience as the founder and executive director of The Good Dog [...]
Moments With Baxter: Comfort and Love from the World’s Best Therapy Dog
‘Baxter’s inspirational story reminds us how dogs can teach us to live fully in each moment, even if that moment may be our last.’ –Cesar Millan, professional dog trainer and star of Dog Whisperer ‘A testimony to the powerful connection between pets and people.’ –Joe Camp, author of The Soul of a Horse and creator [...]
Found Dogs: Tales of Strays Who Landed on Their Feet
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 [...]
Dogs and the Women Who Love Them: Extraordinary True Stories of Loyalty, Healing, and Inspiration
When the nurturing nature of women meets the loyalty and unguarded affection of dogs, remarkable stories ensue. This book showcases these amazing connections and the resulting courageous and compassionate acts of love and healing they bring about — for the dogs, the women, and all of the people whose lives they touch. Readers laugh, smile, [...]
Dogs: A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution
Biologists, breeders and trainers, and champion sled dog racers, Raymond and Lorna Coppinger have more than four decades of experience with literally thousands of dogs. Offering a scientifically informed perspective on canines and their relations with humans, the Coppingers take a close look at eight different types of dogs—household, village, livestock guarding, herding, sled-pulling, pointing, [...]
The Beginner’s Guide to Animal Communication
The ability to communicate with animals is not a rare gift, but a skill we all possess. On The Beginner’s Guide to Animal Communication, author and teacher Carol Gurney brings nearly 20 years’ experience in interpreting the language of animals to anyone seeking a “heart-to-heart” connection with the special companions in their lives. From developing [...]
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth: How to Talk to Animals and Get Answers
Drawing on years of experience working with pet owners and rescue services, Amelia Kinkade shares the program she developed to foster interspecies communication. She offers guided meditations and other accessible exercises designed to increase intuition, teaching readers that they really can “talk with the animals,” share memories and make plans, negotiate the house rules, diagnose [...]
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul: Stories About Pets as Teachers, Healers, Heroes and Friends
Animals bring out the goodness, humanity and optimism in people and speak directly to our souls. This joyous, inspiring and entertaining Chicken Soup collection relates the unique bonds between animals and the people whose lives they’ve changed. Such as the dolphins who helped a paralyzed woman heal when doctors offered little hope; the dog who [...]
Dog House: A Love Story
Dog House wasn’t supposed to be a book about love. It was supposed to be a hugely funny account of the dogs in Carol Prisant’s life. And not just the dogs, but that first bird she found at Woolworth’s, the monkey that fell in love with her husband’s leg, the thankless tiny turtle, and the [...]
Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet
A wonderful, helpful book filled with information and guidance. Treats this serious subject with sympathetic feelings. An excellent guide allowing us to understand that we are not alone with our grief. Anyone who has a pet should read it. -Dog Week Written with compassion and understanding; truly required reading for any pet owner. -Dog World [...]
Angel Dogs: Divine Messengers of Love
With a well-earned reputation as man’s — as well as woman’s — best friend, dogs have an uncanny ability to sense exactly what their human friends need. Gathered from thousands of stories Allen and Linda Anderson have received, as well as their own experiences, Angel Dogs demonstrates that dogs are not only faithful companions but [...]
The Language of Animals: 7 Steps to Communicating with Animals
A Step-by-Step Program for Communicating With Your Animals The human-animal spiritual connection is a powerful one. In this astounding guide, renowned animal communicator Carol Gurney draws upon fifteen years of successful communication with animals to offer animal lovers what they’ve always longed for: a simple, effective method for “listening to” and communicating with their animals. [...]
Learning Their Language: Intuitive Communication with Animals and Nature
Almost everyone has had a moment when they’ve felt a strong connection to an animal. Animal communicator Marta Williams says this is the basis of animal communication and it’s a skill anyone can learn. Williams’s background as a scientist informs her logical, step-by-step approach to learning the “language” of animals – a process combining mental [...]
Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills
A compelling true story of one dog’s rescue from a Pennsylvania puppy mill This touching narrative uses the poignant makeover of Gracie, a sickly Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, to tell the story of America’s hidden puppy mills-commercial kennels that breed dogs in horrific living conditions and churn out often-diseased and emotionally damaged puppies for sale. [...]
