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How to Raise a Happy Dog

So they love you (more than anyone else)
By Sophie Collins
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In How to Raise a Happy Dog, Sophie Collins provides practical advice and insights for dog owners, focusing on creating a loving and fulfilling environment for your canine companion. The book explores essential aspects of dog care, from understanding their needs to fostering a strong bond through activities and adventures. Each chapter is filled with tips to ensure your dog leads a joyful and enriching life.
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You might enjoy this book if you're an adventurous pet owner eager to explore new ways to nurture a joyful and content canine companion. This book could be particularly appealing to those who love both travel and animals, offering insights that enhance the bond with your four-legged friend while embarking on new adventures.

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How to Raise a Happy Dog focuses on the happiness to be found in the person/pet relationship and includes dozens of ideas for activities and hacks you can build into daily life with your pet, from spontaneous play and activities to making them the perfect sleep spot.

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We know how important happiness is for ourselves, but when it comes to pets, ensuring they're happy—as opposed to just obedient—is often underrated. Yet, there's plenty of fresh science indicating that a happy, engaged pet is easier to live with and contributes to the owner's happiness as well.

How to Raise a Happy Dog demonstrates what you can learn from your pet's behaviour and body language. It offers a wealth of practical methods to boost your pet's happiness levels and shows how to connect with them in a manner they'll appreciate. Building on recent scientific developments in animal behavioural science, this book's techniques aim to improve inter-species understanding by encouraging desirable behaviour while discouraging undesirable actions.

Divided into six chapters, each contains a variety of easy-to-follow activities that owners can undertake themselves. This book serves as an invaluable resource for building and strengthening the bond between human and dog.

Sections include:

  • How to get to know your dog better
  • How to foster happiness through various activities, from exercising to playing
  • A guide to different stages of a dog's life and tailoring activities for puppies or ageing dogs

Perfect for dog owners who want to understand their canine friends as individuals, this indispensable book offers a fresh perspective, packed with tailored ideas for having fun with your pet and explanations for behaviours that might have previously seemed perplexing.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711281769

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Ivy Press

Illustration: 120+ illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 145.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Sophie Collins is a writer, editor and pet lover. She is the author of the popular dog behaviour books Why Does my Dog do That?, Why Does my Cat do That? and Games & Tricks to Teach your Dog.

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