Washoe County Library System

In Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dog’s behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by our emotion. The dog doesn’t respond to its owner based on what the owner thinks, says, or does; it responds to what the owner feels. And in this way, dogs can actually put people back in touch with their own emotions. Behan was originally trained under the dominance...

Features all the practical advice you need to ensure a happy home for your small pet: choosing and buying, housing, feeding and nutrition, general care, handling, exercise, breeding, grooming and showing. Covers all the familiar types of small pet - including smooth-coated and long-haired varieties - as well as more unusual pets such as chipmunks, spiny mice and sugar gliders. Fully illustrated with over 250 photographs for identification and to show...

"Bixby Alexander Tam (better known as Bat) has only one month to prove that he can take care of Thor, an orphaned baby skunk. Bat has autism, which sometimes makes it frustrating for him to get along with people -- but not with animals. So how can he make his mom see that he and Thor are meant to be together?"-- Libraryaware. When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal...

The little girl wants a pet, but her mother says "We'll see". So the girl tries a rock that she names Fluffy as a pet. Next a glove, a candy wrapper, and a balloon are pets. With imagination, anything can be a pet. But what will be the best pet of all.

Meet E-Sup, a very affectionate, gregarious wolf hybrid and his mate, Daza, a very sweet, yet mysterious, 100 percent wolf. Join the author as she shares a deeply spiritual and loving relationship with them, where the rewards far outweighed the many challenges. Her spirit never felt so free, nor her inner strength so strong and centered, as during her life with E-Sup and Daza. To this day, she can see the vision of their smiling faces and feel their...

"Describes the characteristics and behavior of pet turtles, also discussing the physical appearance and place in the history of turtles"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of the tarantula and offers advice on how to select, house, care for, and keep a pet tarantula happy.

"When Kitty's owners have finally had enough of her bad behavior, it's time to ship her off to obedience school"--

"At the pet show, there are so many different types of pets! With dogs and cats, horses and chickens, hamsters and chinchillas--and many, many more--this book celebrates animal companions of all shapes and sizes"--

After accidentally swallowing her grandson's pet fly, Grandma tries to retrieve it by consuming progressively larger animals.