A comprehensive guide to understanding a range of alternative and supplementary treatments for animals. It helps pet owners and caretakers understand their options. It provides advice and shows how to select a practitioner and to determine whether more than one alternative therapy is appropriate.
Canadian history is full of touching stories of animal companionship. From Grey Owl and the Beaver People to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's 'little angel dogs' to Emily Carr's menagerie, this title includes stories that describe notable people and their relationships with their pets.
Suitable for those who love animals, this title shows how to tune into what they are really thinking and feeling, helping us to bond with them. It provides techniques that range from communicating with the furry, feathered and scaly friends who share our homes, to larger animals such as horses and even Anne the Elephant.
A celebration of the wonderful world of animals as seen through the eyes of a small town veterinarian. It helps readers gain insight into the pathos and passion, the mundane and incredible, the thigh-slapping humour and the crushing sadness of a vet's life as he seeks to mend and restore people's treasured companions.
Offering pet care tips, this book tackles everyday pet illnesses, quirky behaviours, and animal smells and stains by tapping into the power of brand-name products. It presents remedies for a range of pet troubles, from bad breath and skunks to hot spots and ticks.
Unravels the painful experiences of animals in this life and past lifetimes and makes readers aware of their companionship as they try to assist our healing - even manifesting our disease in their own bodies. This book examines the past life connections between humans and animals and the healing potential for us.
Provides insights from those who have studied the lives of pets and other animals. This title invites readers to explore their own spirituality, through the lens of the animals who share their lives. It celebrates the love and life and learning our pets bring to us, and the many ways they can open us to the world of the spirit.
Extend and enhance the quality of your pet's life Be proactive about your pet's wellness and let Dr. Stacy show you how a reasonable combination of proven Western veterinary know-how and time-tested Eastern therapies can promote health and vitality for your furry companion.
Micro Pigs are adorably cute and make fantastic family pets. As well as being affectionate and fantastic fun, they are extremely intelligent, easy to house train. The author provides facts on how to choose a micro pig, what you need to keep them happy and how to make your home 'pig friendly'. She explains how to train and take care of your pig.
Don't have enough space for a dog or a cat, or does the landlord not allow them. How about being entertained by a ferret, a cricket or some snails. Maybe you prefer a cool, black-hooded rat? Or are yabbies and axolotls more your style? This is just the book for animal-loving families interested in pets with a difference.
The idea of keeping a few pigs has undergone something of a renaissance and never before has it been so popular. This is a guide to getting started - whether your interest is filling your freezer, starting a new business, managing land the traditional way, or simply taking on some charismatic pets.
Photographs by top photographers capture intimate and entertaining moments from the daily life of the young of so many species, highlighting their common behaviour in play and at sleep, in their relations with their parents and other members of their species.
We take for granted the need to consider nutritional benefits of the food we eat, but what about the meals we provide for some of our best friends - our pets? This book explains what each group of animals needs in its diet. It discusses different sorts of pets, including dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, snakes, turtles and lizards.
Here is a comprehensive guide to treating small pets, such as dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rodents, reptiles, and birds with homeopathic remedies. It includes essential information on the principles and practices of homeopathy, as well as practical guidance for owners, breeders, and veterinarians.
An introductory guide suitable for aspiring pig-keepers. It includes guidance on how to feed, house and breed healthy and happy pigs. From introducing the many breeds to sourcing the perfect pig for you, it encompasses various aspects of pig keeping and is complimented by photography.
Raising chickens in neighborhoods and suburbs is at an all-time high. Many families are choosing to add this feature to their lifestyle for the cost-savings and fresh eggs while learning a fun hobby. This book provides the detailed how-to and ideas for those intending to join the chicken-raising community.
Recorded live at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the "Selected Shorts" program that airs nation-wide. The cast of characters in this compilation is a menagerie of animals - cats, dogs, birds, even a dragon - and their owners.
Friendly, dependable, intelligent, and easy to care for, donkeys are increasingly prized by small-scale farmers, horse lovers, and animal enthusiasts. This title offers a comprehensive overview of this hardy creature. It offers what donkey enthusiasts need to know about the animal's history, physiology, behaviour, and breed characteristics.
A practical guide to choosing and caring for puppies and dogs, kittens and cats, small mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and fish. It includes various pet types, with advice on pet characteristics, the most suitable pets for children, and how to choose the best pet for your family's lifestyle.
Reveals a collection of images that may change the way we view our favorite animals. Following the conventions of human portraiture, this title features photographs from the author's "Animal Series". It includes the photographs of Babies, Pouched, Forest, Farm, Hoofstock, Birds, Primates, Cats, and Reptiles.
This guide has been prepared to aid people who want to use Bach Flower Remedies to help their animals. It draws on insights from animal behaviourists combined with practical examples of how the remedies may be used. This book will become required reading for everyone who cares for animals.
Do you ever wonder if there's a soul link between you and your pet? What if they could talk? What would they say? And do you believe that your pets go to heaven? This book explores the many spiritual aspects of animals, with tips on how to achieve closer communication with your pet.
Providing information on animal health, this title covers the full spectrum of today's pets, from dogs, cats and horses to birds, reptiles, fish and other exotic pets. With a focus on preventive care, it helps pet owners partner more effectively with you to keep their pets feeling their best.
There are many reasons for keeping ducks and geese. Not only are they lovely to look at, they will entertain you with their antics and make perfect 'pets' for adults and children alike. This book covers topics such as selecting the right breeds housing, grass runs and ponds feeding, breeding, and showing and exhibiting ornamental waterfowl.
Offers information about a variety of effective healing modalities you can easily use at home to treat your pet. This book helps you learn about how to pre-test remedies, how pets age, what to have in a first aid kit, first aid for emergencies, poison-proofing your home, and how to provide for your pet if you are no longer there.
Energy healing is a non-invasive, complementary therapy that can be used to help your pet's health and behaviour. This guide provides advice on when, where and how to use hands-on healing to treat your pet. Case studies of pets who have been helped by hands-on healing are provided throughout.
Offers hope that your pets can heal and also provides practical 'how-to' information. This book shows you how to: select the highest quality commercial pet foods; prepare a natural whole food diet for your pet, when you are on a busy schedule; monitor dietary changes; and discover the effectiveness of herbs for healing your pets.
Do our pets have souls? With true stories from the pets' owners, this title helps to find out about: pets who revisit their owners after death; pet messengers, who bring back news of passed loved ones; psychic pets; pets and reincarnation; wild animals and their souls; and, how to communicate with your pet on a soul level.
Modoc, the elephant, and Bram, his faithful companion and trainer, formed a bond that lasted their entire lives. Late in their relationship, Modoc was sold behind Bram's back and vanished for more than 20 years. This text records the heart-wrenching events that followed.
Offers information you need to understand sustainability in the context of pet ownership and arms you with the know-how to make the best choices for your pet and the planet. This title explains the environmental consequences of pet ownership and also offers alternatives to the everyday choices pet-owning family makes.
A guide that helps you discern how much you're already exchanging feelings, words, and pictures with your pet. It demonstrates that animal companions give humans the opportunity to enact leadership and responsibility in their thoughts and feelings to ensure harmony at home.
Drawing on his own experiences of working as a vet, Malcolm Welshman brings to life a wealth of colourful characters - including the formidable practice receptionist, Beryl, with her one steely eye - and an ark's worth of marvellous animals. As enchanting as it is funny, this wonderful story will delight any animal fan.
A collection of stories that intend to provide hope to those who have ever wondered if they could overcome a difficult start. It features stories of animals from National Service Dogs to dogs with disabilities, from donkeys to parrots that brought joy and hope into people's lives.
Focuses on new approaches to the management of wild animals in captivity. This text surveys field and captive studies of animal behaviour, advances in captive breeding, research in physiology, genetics and nutrition, and new thinking in animal management and welfare.
Dealing with aspects of pet loss, this book includes: stages of grieving; when mourning mask deeper problems; dealing with those who don't understand; helping children cope; considering euthanasia; missing: when pet loss isn't death related; special loss: losing a service dog; remembering a pet; and when to get another pet.
Intended for those enthusiasts who want to take intelligent, loving care of their pets - whether that pet be a dog, cat, bird, fish, or some exotic species. This book covers: preventive health care, diet, grooming, training, diseases, traveling with pets, selection, first aid, anatomy, holistic pet care, and much more.