Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam

Cracker is one of the United States Armys most valuable weapons: a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. Shes a Big Deal, and she likes it that way. Sometimes Cracker remembers when she was younger, and her previous owner would feed her hot dogs and let her sleep in his bed. That was nice, too.
Rick Hanski is headed to Vietnam. There, hes going to whip the world and prove to his family and his sergeantand everyone else who didnt think he was cut out for warwrong. But sometimes Rick cant help but wonder that maybe everyone else is right. Maybe he should have just stayed at home and worked in his dads hardware store.
When Cracker is paired with Rick, she isnt so sure about this new owner. Hes going to have to prove himself to her before shes going to prove herself to him. They need to be friends before they can be a team, and they have to be a team if they want to get home alive.
Customer Review: Cracker
BEWARE: This book is an amazing story, but, be warned it is full of curse words and talks of smoking in positive light etc... I am glad I have a child that came to me upon reading the first bad word. I then blacked out the word and all the ones in the rest of the book. That done ...it is a great book. It is too bad the author felt that she should put this in what otherwise would have been a good story. I don't think it is too much to expect a children's book to be free this.
Customer Review: This book is great.
"CRACKER" is one of the greatest books I have ever read in my life. It was very suspensful and mind racing. I give this book a two thumbs up. This should be on your list of books to deffinently read

There are many dogs out there that are aggressive, and if you have one you know what a problem that it can be. There are many great programs that you can buy that will teach you techniques on how to stop your dog's aggression. But what some of the lower quality programs don't teach is what kind of aggression you dog has. Knowing this can be extremely important when trying to change this behavior. Here are some of the types.

Aggression because of fear is a common one. A scared, nervous and insecure dog usually will snap, bite, and aggressively bark. This can be because of things like loud unexpected sounds.

A lot of dogs are aggressive just because they have a dominate personality. This is one of the worst types of aggression. This is because you dog may try and scare people on purpose, and may only like 1 or 2 people it knows. This selective mentality is not a dog that you want to own.

Some dogs are very possessive and they take this emotion out in the form of aggression. When a dog gets close to something sometimes it will guard it to his or her death. Stopping this type of aggression usually requires you trying to give you dog something else to grow attached to.

Finally a lot of dogs are aggressive if their territory is invaded. They will growl, and bite when someone or something approaches. Usually the only approach to this kind of aggression is to tire your dog out and then show them new things.

Most aggressive dog behavior can be controlled. All that you need to do is to find the right program out there that will teach you how to change your dogs' mindset and you will begin to see results.

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Play Together, Stay Together - Happy and Healthy Play Between People and Dogs

Play is fun, but don't be fooled into thinking it's just goofy or frivolous. Play is powerful stuff, and it has a profound influence on your relationship with your dog. This engagingly written booklet shows how play can enhance your relationship with your dog, improve your dog's responsiveness, and provide your dog with the mental and physical exercise he or she needs. Inside is up-to-date research on how to tell your dog you want to play (most of us aren't very good at it!), some charming tricks and games to wow your friends, and an important section on how not to play with your dog. If you'd like a happier, more responsive dog and a closer relationship with each other, then this booklet is for you.

Volunteering for the Chihuahua and Small Dog Rescue has made it clear that sometimes it's very difficult to determine what breeds have combined to make some dogs. Until recently, a guess was all that could be done.

Dog Breed Testing kits are now readily available and are more affordable than ever before.

Why is it so important to know the breeds present in a dog? Dog Breed Testing can tell you how big or small your dog might be. It might help you determine grooming for your dog. It can even determine what illnesses and diseases your dog might be prone to, due to genetics.

The most important reason is to help you determine your dog's potential temperament. Temperament is like the character of your dog. It's what has been handed down from generation to generation to make a breed what it is.

Temperament is why Border Collies like to herd. Temperament is why Labradors like to retrieve. Temperament helps determine if a dog is going to be good with children, or if they are going to like to running with you. It can help you understand your dog and its behavior.

We have a little 5 pound dog named Leon. He is black and tan, similar to a Doberman. We were told when we got him at 7 weeks, that he was a Chihuahua and we had no reason to think otherwise.

As he grew, we noticed that his head wasn't as round as a Chi's and he was rather lanky to be a pure Chihuahua.

Temperament wise, he was mostly Chihuahua, although he seemed to tolerate strangers better and he learned things very quickly. It took him only five minutes to learn the command "sit" when he was only 9 weeks old.

We thought that this was due to the fact that we took him everywhere and that we used positive training methods. As an adult, he is a very well adjusted dog and he is even registered as a therapy animal.

Everywhere we went, people would always ask what he was, even though Chihuahua owners always knew he was a Chi. Most people focused on his coloring and guessed he was a Miniature Pinscher.

When we noticed an advertisement for a Dog Breed Testing Kit, just had to see for ourselves what genetics had made this wonderful dog.

The kit came in the mail and was self explanatory. There are levels to each breed present that make up Leon and they will be indicated in descending order. For instance, Level One is any breed that is 75% or more present in Leon, Level Two is any breed or breeds that is 37%-74% present in Leon all the way down to Level Four.

We were sure that he is mostly Chihuahua, but very curious to see what other breed or breeds could be in his ancestry.

We took the cotton swab and ran it inside his mouth for the determined amount of time and were careful not to contaminate the evidence as we shipped it back to the laboratory.

Two weeks later, we got a letter in the mail stating that there weren't enough cells to test and they asked for another sample.

We thought that this was due to his small size and did another sample, but using his gums to get the sample, instead of the inside of his cheek.

Two weeks later, the packet came in the mail and it was proven that there were only two breeds present in his little lineage. He was Chihuahua in Level Two and he was poodle in Level Three.

We decided that this meant that one of Leon's grandparents was a poodle and that one of his parents was half poodle, half Chihuahua.

After knowing what dog breeds make up little Leon, there are a few things about him that now make sense.

His large ears that stand straight up are clearly the end result of a poodle that has large ears that lay down and a Chihuahua that has smaller ears that stand up.

His small frame and skinny body are clearly that of a Poodle, while his coloring is obviously from the Chihuahua breed.

Understanding his temperament is the most valuable information stemming from the results of the Dog Breed Test.

Taking after his Chihuahua side, Leon is very entertaining and lively. He is very playful and has lots of energy. He has bonded closely with one of his owners and cries if she leaves. He very tough and is an excellent watch dog.

On the other hand, he loves to play with dogs of all different sized and shapes and he meets most strangers with a friendly wag of his tail. He is extremely intelligent and he is really easy to train. These are the traits of the Poodle Breed.

Having the Dog Breed Test done on Leon has helped us to understand is behavior better and helps us to keep him happy.

If you ever have a chance to use the Dog Breed Testing Kit, we don't think you should hesitate one bit. It was an interesting and informative test that has brought us closer to our Leon.

Written by Jennifer Andrade of A Dog for Life, LLC , dedicated to helping you choose and find the best dog for your family. We also feature many other resources that help you have a more positive and closer relationship with your canine companion. You can find us at http://www.adogforlife.com/dog-blog

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Perhaps you already have a loving canine companion and everything is great except one little thing - your dog's digging behavior. I can see you nodding your head in agreement. Maybe you'd like to get a dog but the picture of a dog digging up the backyard you've worked so hard on makes you think twice. You might have heard the saying, "You can have a yard, or you can have a dog."

It's true that dogs like to dig, but all is not lost. It doesn't have to be an either/or situation. Here are a few tips to help keep your yard intact:

If you don't already have a dog, consider the breed you would like to get and do research to see if they are known diggers. Huskies, Malamutes, and Terriers are breeds that have a tendency to dig. However, remember each dog has its own personality and you won't be absolutely sure your dog likes to dig until you get him home (and after you've fallen in love with him.)

If your dog just has to dig, designate a digging area. Maybe you have an unfinished section on the side of the house where it's okay to dig. If you don't, put an open-bottom sandbox filled with dirt somewhere in your yard and make that the dig spot. You will have to train your dog to only dig in that area. Hide a few dog biscuits in the sandbox and start digging to give him the idea. Praise him when he digs in the right spot and correct him when he digs outside the designated area. If you're watching your dog closely and diligently, it shouldn't take him long to figure it out.

If there is a particular area that your dog likes to dig, you can shovel some of his own poop onto the spot. Dogs won't dig there for obvious reasons.

If you like your flower garden and your pooch likes your flower garden, change the type of flowers you plant. A prickly rose garden will keep the dog out and still give you pretty flowers to look at.

Change your dog's outside boundaries. If your dog is allowed to freely roam the entire backyard all day long, you're just asking for some casual digging to happen. Think about restricting him with a gated area or shortening his time outside.

These are just some ways to stop a dog from digging; using a designated area for the dog who must dig, restricting your dog's access to the yard, planting hardier, thorny plants, and using a deterrent. Try these strategies to save your yard while still keeping your beloved dog.

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The Dog That Stole Football Plays

Trouble and struggle erupt on Mike's football team when Harry, his telepathic dog, is forced to remain home, unable to give the team his supernatural advice. Reprint. C. "
Customer Review: 1st grade football fanatic could not put the book down
My newly-reading first grader couldn't put the book down. He finished the 47 or so pages in no time. The vocabulary was challenging, the plot interesting and the illustrations "grown up." It would be interesting to boys and girls, football fans and non-fans alike. If your child is not reading at the 1st grade level and able to decipher a few words like "triumphant" and "defenseman", I recommend Leonard Kessler's "Kick, Pass and Run." The difficult words are one's like "receiver" or "touchdown." Would work for a younger early reader. Note that it is easier, but still about 64 pages long.
Customer Review: Football dog!
This book is so good. The dog steals football plays to make his owner's team win. They win a lot of games with his help. One day Mike told his dog not to come with him and he didn't. Guess what happened then? Read this book to figure it out. You'll love it.

Dog rescue shelters are centers that are licensed to take care of stray dogs. Some are non-profit groups that extend their help to the society in caring for lost and abandoned pets. These are the places where beloved, outlawed, neglected, and hurt dogs are put. Some of the animals in the dog rescue shelters, which now have facilities around the world, were captured by the dog catchers patrolling in villages. The dogs caught are usually aggressive. Most of them are cross breed dogs and tends to stay and poop in the streets. As such, the authorities would have to take some action and catch them for placement in dog pounds. There are times that the dogs in rescue shelters are those that were rescued from abusive environments.

There are almost 100,000 plus dog rescue shelters in the world. One of the dog rescue shelters that can be found in the world is the Animal Placement Bureau which is located in United States of America. In this rescue shelter, some of the available dogs are for the elite classes of the society. Examples are Papillion, Chihuahuas and Pomeranians. And because these dogs are put in rescue shelters, they are spayed and neutered as necessary to avoid having many pups and many dogs to take care of. Pet dogs and cats tend to be overpopulated in these places. In the rate that they mate, dog rescue shelters would need one person for every 7 dogs or cats present.

Dog rescue shelters allow dog enthusiasts to take care and adopt some of the dogs they have spayed and neutered. And by adopting these dogs, they are also helping the society. Buying dogs at shelters become the better alternative to households that require pets. They won't have to pay too much for a dog unlike when they go straight to the breeders. But as the dog's new owner, they would have to provide the same amount of care and attention that the dog needs.

The dog rescue shelters will have the last say whether they will let the dog to be adopted or not. Some rescued dogs are fit for training to be guard dogs, therapy dogs, or sport dogs. Examples of the dogs that can be used in these kinds of works are Saint Bernard, Labrador Retrievers and Dalmatians. And because almost all of these dogs are big and aggressive, they need to undergo rigorous obedience training to be duly partnered with a police officer. After several lessons and tests, the dog will become a police dog or a bomb sniffing dog. The dogs will be able to help the police as they track the bombs perpetrated by terrorist groups.

Still in the US, a good example of their dog rescue shelter is Heidi's Legacy Dog Rescue. The objectives of this dog rescue shelter are almost similar to the rest of the dog caring institutions. They wanted to give each dog they have a loving family to take care of them and will treat them well. This shelter keeps a website and from there, it is possible to read many interesting stuffs, which will almost convince you to adopt a dog. And because almost all of the dogs that are available in Heidi's Legacy are toy dogs, you will surely end up finding the perfect one for you or your loved one. Toy dogs are cute furry creatures that will help you remove stress.

Dog rescue shelters are also responsible to find the rightful owners of the dogs that they have captured. They can also make the decision whether or not they should punish the owners or just charge some fees to spend on the finances of the dogs. Even though the dog is a crossbreed, neglected by the owner or already abandoned, the owner should still be the one to be responsible for that dog's welfare.

While dog rescue shelters continue to save dogs, it still is fast filling up with abandoned and beloved dogs. So as a responsible pet owner, you should always look after your pet and know where it is going to or frequenting. Don't let it stray too far as it may be mistaken as a lost, abandoned, or neglected dog. And you surely would be fined heavily for it.

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Let's Talk with Puppy Dog - All About A B C's

Uses a Creative Learning Method that reinforces basic concepts, increases vocabulary, and gets your child talking with confidence

This can be difficult for your dog to comprehend from other commands. Teaching your dog to "sit" is asking him/her to take a specific action. Here you are asking your dog to do nothing, but to hold still in it's current position.

Teaching The Stay Command

You want to combine stay with another command, such as sit or down. Start with sit. When your dog is sitting, don't praise immediately, but tell him/her "stay." You'll be using the same brisk tone you use to give your dog the sit, stand and down command, so he/she knows you're asking it to do something, but he/she doesn't know what. Odds are he/she will sit there and look at you. After just a few seconds of holding the sit, praise your dog with a treat.

With stay, you should use a release word before you praise, to let the dog know he/she is done. Most trainers use "okay." At the end of a successful stay, say, "Okay! Good boy/girl!"

If he/she breaks the sit, put him/her into sit again, tell him/her stay again, and release and praise after a few seconds of sitting. Remember, make the stay for a very short period when you start, because you want your dog to be doing the correct thing so you can praise and reward him/her. It won't take long before your dog realizes that holding still and keeping in a sit is what you want.

Now start inching further away from him/her while your dog stays, and making the stay longer. You should be able to work up to a minute stay. Then begin combining stay with the down command, and follow the same procedure as with the sit-stay. Give the command, and release and praise within a few seconds, gradually increasing the time and your distance from the dog.

If you've followed these steps, you have a dog with a good basic grounding in obedience training. Now you'll want to take him/her out into the wider world and continue on with training. You can sign up for obedience class, and investigate other interesting fields for a trained dog, such as retrieving and agility.

Derrick Madison has two wonderful dogs, and shares his dog training methods on his blog. For more information on dog training techniques, and how to deal with problem dog behavior, you can visit his blog at: Dog Behavior Training 101

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Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!, The

Sesame Street veteran and Emmy Award-winner Mo Willems returns with a fast, funny follow-up to Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!--only this time, the short-tempered pigeon faces his perfect foil in a "special guest star" duckling. In the previous Pigeon book, author and illustrator Willems expertly distilled the escalating emotions of preschoolers all too anxious to get their way. The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog--also a simple and sparsely illustrated story--explores the flip side of that coin, exposing the poker-face persuasive powers of young negotiators. The pigeon just wants to greedily eat the hot dog that he's found: "Oooooh! A hot dog! Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!" Then along comes the duckling, "scooty scoot scoot!" with his insistent questions about hot dogs: "What do they taste like?...Would you say that it tastes like chicken?...Hey, I'm a curious bird." At first, the pigeon entertains the duckling, "Each morsel is a joy! A celebration in a bun!", but then he soon suspects the little bird might have designs on his delicious dog. In the end, of course, the clever duckling gets his way--and half of the hot dog: "You know, you're pretty smart for a duckling." (Ages Baby to Preschool) --Paul Hughes
Customer Review: The Pigeon series is wonderful!
I bought this book as a gift for my 7 year old niece and 3 year old nephew. They LOVE it! My niece called me just to read an excerpt to me. This whole series about the pigeon is fantastic and I think kids can really relate to it. I highly recommend it!
Customer Review: Great Willems Book
This is an excellent book by Mo Willems again! Second only to "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late" in our house, this funny comedy act between the Pigeon and the duckling is classic. Learn how they becomes friends and why sharing is fun in this book.

Stopping dog barking can be somewhat difficult if you don't know what you are doing. Before I learned some dog training advice I had a difficult time getting my dog to stay in one spot more than a second! Fortunately, it is not hard to train a dog to stop barking and simply takes some knowledge of dogs and why they are barking.

Dogs bark for many different reasons. Some of these reasons can include, but aren't only, frustration, separation anxiety, or territory. A dog barking is always for some reason. Dogs don't just bark to bark. If they did...neighborhoods would have sound proofed gates.

One way to stop your dogs barking is by teaching him a command that is linked with making him stop barking. Simply tell him the command whenever he begins to bark. Make sure he knows that this command is telling him not to bark and not reinforcing his barking. At first, this will be somewhat difficult as when a dog barks it is usually totally consumed by what it is barking at.

It is somewhat difficult getting a dogs attention when they are barking. A good solution to this would be to make some distraction that will take your dog's attention. A good distraction would be a sound. Dogs are very perceptible to sound so if you provide a provocative sound then the dog will immediately turn towards the sound and seem to forget what it was barking at.

For example, ring a loud bell and the dog will turn towards the bell and stop barking. Eventually it will link the bell to the sound if you do this enough times. You won't even have to ring the bell as the dog will know the sound is coming when he just sees the bell.

Another way for stopping barking is to keep the dog occupied and busy when you are lone. If your dog suffers anxiety when he is left alone then this is a good solution. Leave some new things or games for your dog to do when you leave it alone. Try hiding treats around and having the dog search for them when you are away. Or buy some toys that moves around and he'll chase it. Your dog will forget it was even alone. This technique is good, however, is not a great permanent solution.

Having to give your dog something to do every time you leave is not reasonable and will take lots of time. It is better to train your dog to behave well.

Thomas Rye recommends a great program for stopping dog barking Anybody can do it and will get a much better behaved dog

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