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Puppy's First Steps

The Whole-dog Approach to Raising A Happy, Healthy, Well-behaved Puppy
(Book - 2007)
Average Rating: 3 stars out of 5.
Puppy's First Steps


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A comprehensive, accessible, and humane guide to puppies from one of the world's premier veterinary schools. This whole-dog approach--a unique combination of training, behavior, and health care--is based on cutting-edge research and real day-to-day clinical experience. The faculty of the Tufts University

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A comprehensive, accessible, and humane guide to puppies from one of the world's premier veterinary schools. This whole-dog approach--a unique combination of training, behavior, and health care--is based on cutting-edge research and real day-to-day clinical experience. The faculty of the Tufts University Cummings School, led by the renowned animal behaviorist Nicholas Dodman, provides information on the health and behavior of puppie, covering everything from how to pick a puppy, what to feed him, and how to housetrain, to why puppies behave the way they do and what to do in a host of medical situations.--From publisher description.

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Additional Contributors: Dodman, Nicholas H.; Lindner, Lawrence
Imprint: Boston - Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 286
ISBN: 9780618663040, 0618663045, 9780547053615
Call number: 636.70887 P984 2007
Language: English
Contents: Before the puppy comes home. How to select a puppy
Upon arrival. Getting puppy settled in ; Puppy's physical well-being: preventive medical and health care ; The best puppy diet ever ; The socialization period
Puppy insights. How puppy perceives the world around him ; Young dogs and young children under the same roof
Sit! and other tricks. Training your pup ; Housetraining ; Nipping behavior problems in the bud ; Environmental enrichment
In the event of illness. Is it a medical emergency?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Before the puppy comes home. How to select a puppy -- Upon arrival. Getting puppy settled in ; Puppy's physical well-being: preventive medical and health care ; The best puppy diet ever ; The socialization period -- Puppy insights. How puppy perceives the world around him ; Young dogs and young children under the same roof -- Sit! and other tricks. Training your pup ; Housetraining ; Nipping behavior problems in the bud ; Environmental enrichment -- In the event of illness. Is it a medical emergency?
Statement of responsibility: by the Faculty of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University ; edited by Nicholas Dodman with Lawrence Lindner
Characteristics: xvii, 286 p. :,ill. ;,24 cm
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This is a very basic knowledge introduction to first time puppy owners. It provides information that every puppy owner should know regarding training, health, socializing, and puppy development stages.

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