Understanding and Training Your Dog Or Puppy

H. Ellen Whiteley

Sunstone Press, 2006 - Pets - 288 pages

Why do dogs bark? Why do dogs like to bury bones and dig in the dirt? Can you train them to refrain from these natural behaviors? How do you choose the perfect canine companion? Can you "allergy-proof" your dog? Can you train your dog to like the mailperson? Your boyfriend? Your grandchildren? How do you know if a dog is depressed? Stressed? Sick? Happy? In fourteen information-packed chapters, H. Ellen Whiteley, D.V.M., answers these and hundreds of other vital questions about raising healthy and happy dogs in your home. Each chapter includes a letter from a concerned dog owner, and Dr. Whiteley's advice to that owner. Whiteley, an award-winning author, draws upon her experiences as a practicing veterinarian and her years as pet columnist for publications such as "The Saturday Evening Post," "Woman's World," "Milwaukee Sentinel" and others to write a book filled with interesting and insightful anecdotes about dogs and their people that will keep you turning pages long after you've discovered the answers to your specific questions.

Contents

• In the Beginning: 2
• RelationshipsDogs and People: 17
• The Ancestral Type: 32
• Personality Plus: 39
• Matching Owner and: 48
• Where to Find a: 55
• PuppiesThe First Weeks: 65
• Four to Twelve Weeks: 72
• Introducing a New Baby: 82
• Smell: 90
• Other Senses: 97
• Intelligence and Communication: 105
• The Essentials: 127
• How Dogs Learn: 149
• Naming: 156
• Exercise Training: 162
• The Sick Injured and Neurotic: 189
• Sex Pregnancy and Parenthood: 211
• Life Expectancy: 232
• 63: 233
• The Aging Body: 238
• Behavioral Problems Associated with Aging: 244
• Grief: 250
• Making Arrangements: 256
• Hospice Care: 265

Popular passages

Page 18 - What is man without the beasts? If all the Beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.

Page 12 - ... spread around. The dog was in a large pot over the fire, in the middle of the lodge, and immediately on our arrival was dished up in large wooden bowls, one of which was handed to each. The flesh appeared very glutinous, with something of the flavor and appearance of mutton. Feeling something move behind me, I looked round, and found that I had taken my seat among a litter of fat young puppies.

Page 12 - I was ready to accompany him. I went to one ; the women and children were sitting outside the lodge, and we took our seats on buffalo robes spread around. The dog was in a large pot over the fire, in the middle of the lodge, and immediately on our arrival was dished up in large wooden bowls, one of which was handed to each. The flesh appeared very glutinous, with something of the flavor and appearance of mutton.

Page 11 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow : for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Page 8 - of Appius Julius and Publius Silius when as a result of the case of Germanicus's son Nero punishment was visited on Titius Sabinus and his slaves, a dog belonging to one of them could not be driven away from him in prison and when he had been flung out on the Steps of Lamentation would not leave his body, uttering sorrowful howls to the vast concourse of the Roman public around, and when one of them threw it food it carried it to the mouth of its dead master ; also when his corpse had been thrown...

Page 12 - The flesh appeared very glutinous, with something of the flavor and appearance of mutton. Feeling something move behind me, I looked round and found that I had taken my seat among a litter of fat young puppies. Had I been nice in such matters, the prejudices of civilization might have interfered with my tranquility ; but, fortunately, I am not of delicate nerves, and continued quietly to empty my platter.

About the author

H. Ellen Whiteley is the author of "Understanding and Training Your Cat or Kitten," "Animals and Other Teachers" and the coauthor of "Women in Veterinary Medicine: Profiles of Success," all from Sunstone Press, as well as "Train Your Dog in No Time" from Que Publishing. She has been a veterinarian for over thirty years, with job descriptions as diverse as military veterinarian; national rabies awareness spokesperson; poultry inspector; instructor of veterinary technology; and practicing veterinarian. An avid hiker, Whiteley has trekked in Nepal and climbed Africas Kilimanjaro. She and her husband George live in Guadalupita, New Mexico. For more information, visit her website: www.DrWhiteley.com

Bibliographic information

• Title: Understanding and Training Your Dog Or Puppy
• Author: H. Ellen Whiteley
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Sunstone Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0865345104, 9780865345102
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Pets / Dogs / Training & Showing; Pets / Food & Nutrition