Prayers and Spiritual Lessons from Our Beloved Companions
A whimsical, earnest tribute to the hidden spiritual wisdom of our loyal canine companions. Dog Psalms is a heartwarming book that celebrates the spiritual gifts of our canine companions. This beautifully illustrated collection of meditations and prayers reflects on the spiritual nature of dogs and the role they play in our lives. Throughout ......
Connecting the emergence and development of certain dog breeds to both scientific understandings of race and blood as well as Britain's posture in a global empire, The Invention of the Modern Dog demonstrates that studying dog breeding cultures allows historians to better understand the complex social relationships of late-nineteenth-century ......
Dogs have lived with humans for thousands of years as working partners. By the nineteenth century their role expanded to companions. American dog literature reflects this gradual but dramatic shift that continues even today. Our household dogs are quite literally closer than ever to us: sleeping in our beds, getting dressed in Halloween costumes, ......
From the time he was four, Aaron Wilson had begged his parents for a dog. Finally, on his sixth birthday, they agreed to visit their local shelter. They had their minds set on a cute pup. Then, just as they reached the end of a long row of cages, they came upon the only calm dog in the building. The dog sat there, unmoving, and looked at them, ......
On the heels of his highly-acclaimed novel Jenny Willow, Mike Gaddis reaches again into a half-century love affair with pointing dogs and upland birds to retrieve the true-life story of Zip Zap, his greatest English setter. Gaddis swore to be painfully selective in choosing the puppy that would accompany him as he pursued his dream of competing in ......
This collection of essays celebrates the working retrievers, the Labs, Brittanies, and Goldens Chris Madson has trained, worked, lived with, and loved over his and their lifetimes. There are stories of choosing the right pup and the trials of the early years; stories of time in the fields hunting pheasant, prairie grouse, and Gambrel's quail; and ......
The story of a bird dog's early years, showing how an owner selects a pup and finds a trainer. Tips on housebreaking, socialization, basic commands, field training, whistle training and ranging methods, types of training collars, using a check cord, release and fetch commands. Interviews and insights with longtime pointing-dog owners, trainers, ......
Every day, service dogs, therapy dogs, screening dogs, guide dogs, and military working dogs help humans in many ways. Read about the amazing world of working dogs as you learn to summarize data.
Come, Let Me Guide You explores the intimate communication between author Susan Krieger and her guide dog Teela over the ten-year span of their working life together. This is a book about being led by a dog to new places in the world and new places in the self, a book about facing life's challenges outwardly and within, and about reading those ......
