Complete Puppy Care

by Amy Shojai

A definitive guide for adopting puppies, puppy health care, pet first aid, dog behavior information and positive training how to advice from pet expert Amy Shojai. Packed with veterinary medicine facts, dog health and care how-to tips, and fascinating information and advice. The perfect holiday puppy gift for dog lovers! Learn Categories training puppies, puppy care, dog care and health, veterinary medicine, behavior, puppy training book, dog breeds, dog first aid

352 pages, Paperback

First published August 26, 2014

About the author

Amy Shojai has been reinventing herself for years. She writes THRILLERS WITH BITE! in her debut thriller LOST AND FOUND that features a service dog, hero cat, an animal behaviorist named September Day, and assorted mayhem. The sequel HIDE AND SEEK continues the story with terror from the past revisiting the heroine. The next book in the series, SHOW AND TELL brings the story full circle. The 4th title FIGHT OR FLIGHT introduces some new characters and challenges. And book #5 HIT AND RUN answers many questions about September's past.

Amy's a certified animal behavior consultant, and the award-winning author of 35+ best-selling pet books that cover furry babies to old-fogies, first aid to natural healing, and behavior/training to Chicken Soup-icity. She created the puppies.about.com site and was the cat behavior expert at cats.About.com. Amy has been featured as an expert in hundreds of print venues including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, and Family Circle, as well as national radio and television networks such as CNN, Animal Planet's DOGS 101 and CATS 101. She brings her unique pet-centric viewpoint to her Bling, Bitches & Blood Blog, public appearances.

Reviews

[Carrie Lahain · Rating 5 out of 5]

* Received a gift copy with a request for an honest review

Owning and caring for your puppy requires planning and some basic know-how if your fur baby is to grow into a healthy, happy family member.

This is a comprehensive and spirited guide to puppy care that covers everything from selecting the best pup for your personal situation, bringing it home and settling it in, training, and health care. Shojai has a friendly, entertaining writing style that makes even "textbook" type information interesting. There's a lot of useful information on different breeds and whether a pure breed or mixed breed is best for your needs. Shojai's training section offers tips on teaching all the basic commands. There is some great advice on communicating with your pet. Shojai explains some common behavior issues that can come with a new pup--like "pee-mail"--and how to correct the problems in a kind yet effective manner.

Although the book is geared for puppy owners, a lot of the information is applicable to older dogs. My two dogs are both seven. Shojai's book helped me understand some of their behavior quirks a little better. One happy result is that the cat box raids have lessened!

This is a great general reference book, the kind you'd refer to throughout the life of your pet.

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book!! This book is written in an easy to read style and explains things very well. It starts with how to choose the right puppy for you and all the steps to take after that to get ready. It covers how to care for them in all aspects....feeding, training, socializing, illnesses, etc. I found this book when we had 2 weeks to get ready for our puppy. We had previous puppies, but it had been 12+ years so we needed a refresher course. I read the entire book thru before puppy arrived, but have referred back to it many times already. I highly recommend this book if you are looking for or are getting a puppy!!

[Neil Plakcy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amy Shojai provides a ton of useful information on choosing and caring for a new puppy in this book. I found the sections on Puppy Care 101 and Puppy Sociability and Training particularly useful, and now I know why my puppy's leg kicks when I scratch his belly! Overall a very good book for all puppy owners.

[Amy Shojai · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most up to date information available on your pet of choice--PUPPIES! With more than two-dozen adorable puppy pictures and expert advice on behavior, care, adoption and first aid, COMPLETE PUPPY CARE should be the go-to choice for your furry best friend.

Another winner from the author of COMPLETE CARE FOR YOUR AGING DOG and ComPETability (behavior advice for multi-dog households), this book on all things puppies adds to your expert dog book library to keep pets happy and healthy at all ages.