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En este libro podremos conocer la labor social de los perros de asistencia y terapia. En este cuento para niños acercamos el mundo de las personas con distintas discapacidades, y como a través de la ayuda de los perros, mejoran su calidad de vida. Smiles CTAC desarrolla programas de Intervenciones Asistidas con Animales y entrega de perros de asistencia en diferentes países.
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If you, or someone you know, have ever had to put a beloved pet to sleep, then you will know the pain and guilt surrounding this most difficult decision. Are we playing God, or are we fulfilling a beautiful and compassionate act of Love? As a pet lover, one of the toughest decisions you may face will be putting your companion to sleep. Regardless of the "when" or "how", it is a heartbreaking decision. Geoffrey Bain has compiled priceless information...
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When I first researched the notion of bringing Sam's life to these pages I discovered how many "Me & Fido" dog stories there really are. I mean, they fill the online book shelves like Alpo fills a Great Dane's dinner plate. Not surprising. I just thought Sam's was different. Why? Because it's not a cute story about a dog on a skateboard, or a scientific journey to educating ourselves on pet learning. There is no dog profiling, no complicated pet psychology...
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With humans, healthy eating is about more than just the food on your plate – it is also about how you think about food. However, with animals - our family pets – healthy eating is a choice that we must make for them, and we are not doing a very good job. We have been sold bad information by Madison Avenue and the pet food manufacturers themselves. Labels on dog and cat food claim to be "scientifically formulated" and "balanced" for a pet's health...
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Dogs enrich our lives, and in turn we would like to give our dogs the best quality of life that we can. Following Aristotle's formulation of the Good Life-feeling good, being good, and doing good-Dr. Harris weaves together anecdotes and observations from his forty years in veterinary practice with current scientific discoveries in medicine, behavior, nutrition, and exercise to reveal how lifestyle determines the health and happiness of our canine...
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A Golden Retriever & His Two Dads is a non-fiction romantic memoir with three main characters, two gay men and a Golden Retriever. They fly to Cape Cod to make a movie based on the true life story of the director, who had two gay dads.
A Golden Retriever named Willy introduces the two guys who fall in love and become his two Dads while working on the film (Wild About Harry). The drama of the movie mirrors the story of their lives. Part travelogue,...
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Canine Nutrition is a compendium of magazine columns and articles published in the last 10 years. They focus on nutrition as it relates to performance, life stages, medical considerations, safety, and ethical issues. The magazines in which the columns/articles originally appeared have largely gone out of business, making the articles difficult to access, even on the web. After being contacted by dog enthusiasts for copies of various articles, Smith...
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In Finding Your Inner Truth, Nicole Gabriel shares her amazing and surprising story of how her life changed unexpectedly and the answers about life that she discovered as a result. She also guides readers in becoming prepared for changes in their own lives, as well as accepting when the Universe is pushing them in a direction they can't understand because ultimately it's for their own good. Nicole's personal journey began with the loss of her beloved...
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This collection of inspirational essays explores the life lessons learned from the loss of a first beloved dog and the puppy who followed her. Each essay closes with a unique recipe that brings the story to life. The recipes-some for people, some for dogs, some for people and dogs-add a wonderful, charming twist that makes this book unique. The book is "a sweet, moving tribute, a love letter, and a testimony to our deep and abiding capacity for love."...
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Ellen, Sherry in the book, first met Mollie, a healthy, four-year old sheltie, at the request of her veterinarian. Mollie's owners scheduled her to be euthanized because she wouldn't obey their commands. The vet horrified by their request decided to find Mollie a new home. She knew Ellen loved shelties and hoped her family would adopt Mollie. When Ellen first brought Mollie home her family was shocked by her behavior. She hid and cowered in fear of...
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This book is a true story of a very strong willed dachshund who is born into a family of dogs with special needs. Smiley and his family have been born into a home that one can only dream of. They are loved and taken care of, in spite of the tremendous challenges that a handicapped family demands. Smiley radiates happiness, warmth and has a spiritual presence that will live long past this book. He reminds us that our challenges are only in the spirit...
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HISTORICAL MEMOIR: IRAN, INDIA, AND NEPAL. In 1972 at the age of 29, Bobbi Phelps Wolverton became a secretary at the Iran Safaris Company in Tehran. Working in a foreign country was challenging and rewarding. Saving a throwaway puppy contributed to those challenges, ones that were both threatening and frightening. From the moment of her arrival in Iran, she bonded with the runt puppy that had been destined to be killed as the dog held no value to...
14) The Educated Dog
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For dog lovers, their own pet is always the world's best dog. When writer Joyce Sherry hears others talk about their dogs, she smiles and nods, but she knows the truth. Her dog, Cleo the Bedlington Terrier, is honestly, without doubt, hands down, the most wonderful dog in the world. This is the story of how a woman, no more eccentric than the rest of us, finds a way to train a terrorist--uh--terrier to be a therapy dog at a school for extraordinary...
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Miracles are surprising and somewhat unbelievable, events that defy nature or scientific laws. Therefore, they are considered to be the work of a "Devine Agency"." Pray for a Miracle" is a term that each of us has heard or said at one time or another in our lives. Two times in my life I have prayed for a miracle and two times a miracle has happened. Our family was traveling on vacation through central Oregon. As we approached the summit of a mountain...
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DR. Mark S. Mathusa has practiced veterinary medicine for over 28 years and has witnessed the horrors associated with vicious dogs and canine attack. The majority of dog attack victims are children. These kids can be maimed, disfigured, or killed. The author knows many of the 4.7 million dog bites that occur annually in the U.S. could be prevented if parents were better informed.
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"Relish the day. If you're not in awe, you're just not paying attention." She hadn't even been in the crowded pound a week, but she'd already developed a nickname, "Knucklehead." As a puppy she destroyed property and precious clothes; as an adult she injured her owner, ruined romances… and changed the world-views of those around her. Have you ever watched an animal and wondered how it thinks, how it sees the world, how it views you? And have you...
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Maggie's Kitchen Tails: Dog Treat Recipes and Puppy Tales to Love was inspired our rescued puppy-Maggie at her age of eight weeks.She is believed to be a German Shepherd and Border Collie She had been beaten, abused and said to have been tossed in a river to drown. When rescued she was afraid and needed special foods due to her lack of proper nourishment and under development. Our book has short stories most of which inspired a special recipe that...
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When award-winning children's author Fiona Ingram (South Africa) read about an abused and abandoned dog called Champ that was left for dead, she was appalled and moved. Appalled that such neglect and abuse could even happen in the first place, and moved by a little dog's immense courage, fortitude, and most importantly his will to live, and his ability to forgive and love humans again. Champ's motto is: "Never give up!" Champ did not give up and he...
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