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In a dog's heart, what our dogs need, want, and deserve-and the gifts we can expect in return, Jennifer Arnold

eng

illustrations

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non fiction

In a dog's heart

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Jennifer Arnold

what our dogs need, want, and deserve-and the gifts we can expect in return

Shares inspiring and scientifically important stories of dogs who have changed the world, from a rescued Labrador who detects bombs on the Israeli border to a Lab-Golden mix who provides comfort to child cancer patients at an Atlanta hospital

In their heart of hearts -- What dogs want -- The gift of good health -- Keeping our dogs healthy -- Veterinary health -- Safe havens -- Worldly dangers -- Inner dangers -- Teaming up -- Pick of the litter -- Adopting an adult dog -- The ties that bind -- Better together -- Canine contentment -- Reason enough -- Veterinary emergencies -- Common household toxins -- Desensitization and counterconditioning for dogs exhibiting specific-object guarding -- Teaching the gentle mouth to an adult dog -- The super dog protocol -- Socialization checklist -- Teaching the tug and retrieve -- Desensitization schedult for mild separation anxiety