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Happy Dog, Happy You: Quick Tips for Building a Bond With Your Furry Friend
Pet expert Arden Moore offers hundreds of games, reward-based training routines, and grooming tips that will keep your dog healthy, happy, and engaged. Filled with practical tips and techniques for strengthening the bond between you and your canine companion, this fun and informative guide will have you learning the secrets of doggie massage and jumping behind trees as you play hide-and-seek. Enjoy hours of dog-filled fun while inspiring your pet to be the best he can be.
- GenresAnimalsNonfictionDogs
295 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2008
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Arden Moore
83 books15 followersArden Moore is an animal behavior consultant and the author of 20 books on cats and dogs, including What Dogs Want. She has appeared on The Today Show, Fox News, CNN Headline News, HGTV's "Smart Solution," Martha Stewart Living Radio, NPR and hundreds of other programs. She has been the editor of Fido Friendly and Catnip magazines, and host of "Oh Behave!" weekly radio show on Pet Life Radio.com.
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September 21, 2015
This book has some good suggestions for dogs of all sizes and ages. There are both important and fun tips to try out.
March 19, 2019
Great tips and ideas for dog owners with lots of great resources. I hardly do any of this so now I feel like a terrible dog owner.
July 2, 2023
Good advice and tips that are worth a read, but there were far too many dog puns and too much cutesy writing for me.
November 17, 2013
This book lives up to the promise of it's subtitle, it's chock filled with quick tips that are fun and fast to read.
I purchased this book hoping it would be a fun read for my clients while they were waiting to be seen at our hospital.
The book had fun and informative recommendations throughout and there were many factoids that made me think "Yes! I wish every pet owner knew that!"
The travel section was especially informative and introduced me to a whole bunch of websites and resources I hadn't heard of.
The most heartbreaking part of reading dog or cat books, I want to recommend to my clients is when I find suggestions that could potentially be dangerous to my patients.
I've gotten to the point that when a dog or cat book has a section on feeding and nutrition I find myself cringing in anticipation since this is where most end up making dubious recommendations. It doesn't help that there is so much misinformation and controversy surrounding pet nutrition that you can almost never please everyone.
Unfortunately this was true of this book as well. Here were the problems with the food section:
1) Occasionally dogs can fracture teeth on ice cubes so I only recommend them as treats with careful warnings to owners.
2) She recommends owners add various human foods, oils, and other additives to pets food without warning them that if these make up over 10% of the pet's calories per day they can end up with diet imbalances that can be hazardous to their health,
3) She recommends liver as a treat, without warning that giving pets too much liver can lead to Vitamin A toxicosis,
4) She recommends giving supplements to dogs which are not only unnecessary (All AAFCO formulated dog foods will have all the macro and micronutrients pets need) but can give pets more than they need of potentially dangerous metals like Zinc and Iron. These supplements can even be dangerous in people too, as human studies have shown that multi-vitamins can increase risk of disease over time.
5) Even if owners do not treat their grass with chemicals, grass can have parasites on it, blades of grass can get inhaled and caught in the windpipe or lungs, or can irritate the stomach causing vomiting. Even small amounts of vomiting over a long person of time can cause damage to the intestinal tract. I wouldn't recommend pets eat grown grass in even small amounts.
Granted, for most owners these risks will be small, but for the portion of pets that effected, they could be a big deal, leading to extracted teeth, hospitalization, or a shorter life. Plus, it's confusing to owners if a book I recommend gives advice that conflicts with my recommendations.
So overall, feel free to enjoy the helpful tips in this great book, but you might want to check with your veterinarian before you decide what is and is not safe to feed to your pet.
I purchased this book hoping it would be a fun read for my clients while they were waiting to be seen at our hospital.
The book had fun and informative recommendations throughout and there were many factoids that made me think "Yes! I wish every pet owner knew that!"
The travel section was especially informative and introduced me to a whole bunch of websites and resources I hadn't heard of.
The most heartbreaking part of reading dog or cat books, I want to recommend to my clients is when I find suggestions that could potentially be dangerous to my patients.
I've gotten to the point that when a dog or cat book has a section on feeding and nutrition I find myself cringing in anticipation since this is where most end up making dubious recommendations. It doesn't help that there is so much misinformation and controversy surrounding pet nutrition that you can almost never please everyone.
Unfortunately this was true of this book as well. Here were the problems with the food section:
1) Occasionally dogs can fracture teeth on ice cubes so I only recommend them as treats with careful warnings to owners.
2) She recommends owners add various human foods, oils, and other additives to pets food without warning them that if these make up over 10% of the pet's calories per day they can end up with diet imbalances that can be hazardous to their health,
3) She recommends liver as a treat, without warning that giving pets too much liver can lead to Vitamin A toxicosis,
4) She recommends giving supplements to dogs which are not only unnecessary (All AAFCO formulated dog foods will have all the macro and micronutrients pets need) but can give pets more than they need of potentially dangerous metals like Zinc and Iron. These supplements can even be dangerous in people too, as human studies have shown that multi-vitamins can increase risk of disease over time.
5) Even if owners do not treat their grass with chemicals, grass can have parasites on it, blades of grass can get inhaled and caught in the windpipe or lungs, or can irritate the stomach causing vomiting. Even small amounts of vomiting over a long person of time can cause damage to the intestinal tract. I wouldn't recommend pets eat grown grass in even small amounts.
Granted, for most owners these risks will be small, but for the portion of pets that effected, they could be a big deal, leading to extracted teeth, hospitalization, or a shorter life. Plus, it's confusing to owners if a book I recommend gives advice that conflicts with my recommendations.
So overall, feel free to enjoy the helpful tips in this great book, but you might want to check with your veterinarian before you decide what is and is not safe to feed to your pet.
April 1, 2011
An awesome book for any dog owner/lover of dogs. It has lots of great tips to try out to strengthen the bond between you and your dog(s). I first bought this to find out ways to get closer to my best friend, Gracie, my soft coated wheaten terrier, and this book gave me great tips. This book also has lists of websites to go to, which is nice. I especially liked the health section because it taught me things I didn't know about dogs' health. Overall it was a nice, quick read filled with cute dog phrases and great tips.
February 1, 2012
Its very informational, it also has short tips and comets, its like a printed out copy of dog facts on Facebook!
April 22, 2014
This book is great for a new-dog owner. It really helped me better how to understand and interact with dogs, and I am no longer afraid.
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