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Training my two german wirehaired pointers, Oreo and Lilo.

 

 

Phantom, my fox terrier, learning how to tube behind our boat!!!  He LOVES swimming!!

 

 

Lilo, hanging out on the back of the boat after a swim!!

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Recommended Reading List

 

 

 

 

 

Recommended Reading List

Title Author
After You Get Your Puppy Dr. Ian Dunbar
Before You Get Your Puppy Dr. Ian Dunbar
Body Language and Emotions of Dogs Dr. Myrna Milani
The Culture Clash Jean Donaldson
Dog Behavior-Why Dogs Do What They Do Dr. Ian Dunbar
Good Little Dog Book Dr. Ian Dunbar
How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With Rutherford & Neil
How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks Dr. Ian Dunbar
On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals Turid Rugaas
The Other End of the Leash Dr. Patricia B. McConnell
The Power of Positive Dog Training Pat Miller
The Toolbox for Remodeling Your Problem Dog Terry Ryan
Understanding Your Dog Dr. Michael W. Fox

Can't find what you are looking for in the book stores??
Check out www.dogwise.com, they have a wonderful selection of dog books, DVD's, and videos

 
     

Fun and Trivia

 

Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog...Sidney Jeanne Seward

 

 

Isn’t it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book??...E.C. McKenzie

 

 

Mixed Breed—cross and pointer with a setter and you’ll get a pointsetter—a traditional Christmas pet

 

 

At the tail end of The Beatles song A Day in the Life, an ultrasonic whistle, heard only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.

 

 

Don’t make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans, or they’ll treat you like dogs

 

 

Scientiests have recently claimed that dogs do in fact laugh.  This laughter is expressed through “play panting” among joyful canines

 

 

If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate and their offspring, could produce over 66,000 puppies in 6 years

 

 

94% of pet owners say their pet makes them smile more than once a day

 

 

A dog says more with his tail in moments than his master can say with his tongue in hours

 

 

The world’s smallest dog, in length, is Heaven Sent Brandy, a female Chihuahua owned by Paulette Keller, which measured 6 inches from the nose to the tip of her tail on January 31, 2005