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Non-Fiction Books About Dogs

Bad dog: a love story by Martin Kihn

Chow hounds: why our dogs are getting fatter and a vet's plan to save their lives by Ernie Ward

The complete idiot's guide to positive dog training by Pamela Dennison

Dog games: stimulating play to entertain your dog and you by Christiane Blenski

Dog sense: how the new science of dog behavior can make you a better friend to your pet by John Bradshaw

Dog walks man: a six-legged odyssey by John Zeaman ; map illustrations [end papers] by Claire Zeaman

Every dog has a gift: true stories of dogs who bring hope & healing into our lives by Rachel McPherson ; with Deborah Mitchell

The friends we keep: unleashing Christianity's compassion for animals by Laura Hobgood-Oster

Good old dog: expert advice for keeping your aging dog happy, healthy, and comfortable by the faculty of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University ; edited by Nicholas Dodman, with Lawrence Lindner

I [love] my dog!: the all-around guide to choosing, training, grooming, and caring for your best friend by [editor, Lauren Kuczala] ; with photographs by Laura Moss

Imagine life with a well-behaved dog: a 3-step positive dog-training program by Julie A. Bjelland

Mini encyclopedia of dog health by Roberta Baxter, Chris C. Pinney

Oh my dog: how to choose, train, groom, nurture, feed, and care for your new best friend by Beth Ostrosky Stern with Kristina Grish

Saving Gracie: how one dog escaped the shadowy world of American puppy mills by Carol Bradley

Scent of the missing: love and partnership with a search -and-rescue dog by Susannah Charleson

Through a dog's eyes by Jennifer Arnold

Your dog: the owner's manual: hundreds of secrets, surprises, and solutions for raising a happy, healthy dog by Marty Becker with Gina Spadafori ; foreword by Nicholas Dodman

Dog training for dummies by Jack and Wendy Volhard

Be the pack leader: use Cesar's way to transform your dog— and your life by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier

Getting in Ttouch with your dog: a gentle apporach to influencing behavior, health, and performance by Linda Tellington-Jones with Gudrun Braun ; translated by Christine Schwartz

Rescue me by Bardi McLennan

Show dog: the charmed life and trying times of a near- perfect purebred by Josh Dean

Good dog!: the easy way to train your dog by Sarah Whitehead

How the dog became the dog: from wolves to our best friends by Mark Derr

Dog Types: Using Character Differences for Education and Training by Waldek, Jana

Things your dog doesn't want you to know: 11 courageous canines tell all by Hy Conrad and Jeff Johnson ; art direction, Dean Stefanides

Puppies for dummies by Sarah Hodgson

Top dog by consultant editor, Kim Dennis-Bryan ; [contributors, Ann Baggaley ... [et al.]]