Pets category: 9357 books
by Matt Whyman
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Keeping pets is a lovely idea. When building a family, they complement the kids. But what happens when things get out of hand? For writer and house husband, Matt Whyman, it's a case of catastrophe management in coping with four children and all the ill-advised animals amassed by his career wife, Emma....
The Secrets of Lost Cats
One Woman, Twenty Posters, and a New Understanding of Love
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
You've seen them. Hanging on telephone poles and posted on supermarket bulletin boards.
But have you ever wondered about the stories behind them?
When her orange tabby, Zak, disappeared, Nancy Davidson did what countless people before her had done. She made a lost cat poster. And after...
Gerbil
An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2007
Gerbils are inquisitive, inexpensive pets that are particularly popular with young children. This guide will provide everything the new owner needs to care for pet gerbils, as well as insight into (and great photos of) the many varieties of gerbil available.
Health and Nutrition for Dogs and Cats
A Guide for Pet Parents
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
If cats and dogs could write an instruction manual for their humans, Health and Nutrition for Dogs and Cats would be the result. While many cat and dog lovers want to feed and care for their pets as best they can, finding information on how to do it is often difficult or confusing. This book sets...
Flower Essences for Animals
Remedies for Helping the Pets You Love
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
This treasury of holistic pet care wisdom honors our animal friends by enhancing the quality of their lives through natural remedies. Established in 1977, Spirit-in-Nature Essences is the oldest flower essence line within the U.S. World acclaimed, their life changing benefits have proven true in over...
by Linda Sacco
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2016
This book contains all the information a dog seeker needs to know to help match their lifestyle to a designer dog. Over 10 of the most popular designer dog "breeds" are profiled including the Cockapoo, Chiweenie, Labradoodle, Puggle, Goldendoodle, Cavachon, Mal-Shi, Cavapoo, Border-Aussie,...
by Jack Penn
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
The mystery of the Pug seems to have links all the way to before 400 B.C. and the Orient. China was the first to be the source of the breed by providing pets to the Buddhist monasteries in Tibet. Consequently, in Chinese art and paintings, three dogs dominated the era: the Pekingese, the lion dog,...
Cat Facts, The Series #9: The Pet Parent's A-to-Z Home Care Encyclopedia
Cat Facts, The Series, #9
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
CHAPTER "I" from CAT FACTS! Your Quick Tips Source
More than 86 million pet cats today are kept in forty-five million U.S. households. Now, from one of the most trusted cat care authors of the last twenty-five years comes the definitive reference for adopting, keeping, and maintaining...
Parrot Training
A Guide to Taming and Gentling Your Avian Companion
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007
In paperback at last — the definitive guide to parrot training.
Originally published as The Pleasure of Their Company: An Owner's Guide to Parrot Training, this amply illustrated book is just what parrot owners need to bring up happy, well-behaved pets. You get:
Hands-on advice from...
A Parrot for Life
Raising and Training the Perfect Parrot Companion
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
This useful book covers a variety of important topics like housing, nutrition, health care, training, and travel. It also provides insightful discussion on keeping a parrot healthy and content throughout an owners life changes, such as marriage, moving, and adopting other pets. Written by an experienced...
by Martin Monderdale
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
African Grey Parrots are exceptional birds. They are intelligent, curious and emotional. They create great bonds with their owners and they generally want to please their owner. They are able to learn words, to understand words and to learn tricks. This might all sound like great fun but they also...
by Marie Murray
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This delightful book contains a comprehensive guide to the care and management of budgies as pets. Complete with a number of heart-warming and interesting photographs of budgies, 'The Talking Budgie' is a great book for budgie enthusiasts both prospective and existing, and contains all the information...
by Alyson Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Having FUN With Ferrets!
Do you own or have thought about owning a ferret? These furry creatures are becoming popular for various reasons.
They are a fairly small species and are kept indoors by their owners. Ferrets are sociable animals. They are
considered "exotic" pets and...
My Patients Like Treats
Tales from a House-Call Veterinarian
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
It’s all fun and games until somebody ends up in a cone: Gives “animal lovers a glimpse into a veterinarian’s life . . . sometimes humorous, often poignant” (Suzanne Clothier, author of Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs).
Physicians used to make house...