DogBooks

BOOKS ON DOGS

So That Others May Live: Caroline Hebard and Her Search and Rescue Dogs by Hank Whittemore and Caroline Hebard. An auto biography of one woman's disaster relief efforts with her rescue dogs.
The Dog Who Would Be King: Tales and Surprising Lessons from a Pet Psychologist by John C. Wright, Ph.D. Join Dr. Wright on his rounds as he helps dogs with problems.
The Tellington TTouch by Linda Tellington-Jones. A revolutionary natural method to care for your favourite animal. A technique that promotes healing, training and communicating with animals by touch.
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home by Rupert Sheldrake. An exploration of animal behaviour that shows a strong connection between humans and animals that defies scientific understanding.
The Dog Who Loved Too Much: Tales, Treatments and the Psychology of Dogs by Nicholas H. Dodman, DVM.
Handbook of Behaviour Problems of the Dog and Cat (Veterinary Handbook Series) by Gary M. Landsberg, DVM.
How You Can Save Your Dog's Life: First Aid For Dogs by Bernadine Cruz, DVM. 45 minute video on choking, fractures, heatstroke, snake bite, poisoning, drowning, frostbite burns and more.
The Dog Who Spoke With Gods by Diane Jessup. Premed student encounters Damien, a dog in UW research lab. Her world is turned upside down from wanting to follow in her father and grandfathers shoes as cardiac surgeons to finding her compassion and love for a research dog and her rescue, at great expense, of this remarkable dog. Reviews: "This book tells of boundless loyalty, the ways of cruelty is born of ignorance, and, especially, the redemption that comes from love. This book reads like a thriller, but it will break your heart. Diane Jessup is a writer of grace and insight; The book has the weight of a classic."
A Dog's Life by Peter Mayle. The author tells about finding a stray dog in Provence, France and adopting him. The story is told from the dogs perspective from his humble beginnings fighting siblings for liquid sustenance until the day he establishes undisputed control of the Mayle household.
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams. The author who is best known for the book, Watership Down, writes of two canine heroes, Snitter and Rowf who are fugitives from the horrors of an animal research center. The escape from man's cruelty is only the beginning of their chilling experiences as they flee to the isolation and terror of the wilderness.
The Company of Dogs edited by Michael J. Rosen. 21 stories by contemporary masters, from Ann Beattie to Thomas McGuane. Wonderful stories that dog lovers will cherish. All profits from this book are donated to animal welfare agencies throughout the country from rescue and intervention services, spaying and neutering clinics, education to insure humane treatment of the animals.
Mondo Canine compiled and edited by Jon Winokur. A treasury of quotations, anecdotes, essays and lore in celebration of Doggie Joie De Vivre. Stories include writing by Will Rogers and E.B.White.
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat. This book reads like fiction and is the story of the authors childhood in Canada growing up with his best friend and companion. Very touching, funny and great read for all dog lovers.
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowatt. Author's true account of his two summers and one winter in Manitoba studying as a biologist for the Canadian government the wolves and caribou in that territory. What he discovered did not make the governmentt happy as they wanted research found to back their desire to eliminate the wolf population. Anyone who saw the movie and loved it will appreciate the book even more.
Travels With Lizbeth by Lars Eighner. The travels of the author and his faithful companion, Lizbeth. The author was homeless and he and Lizbeth traveled twice from Texas to California, hitchhiking, dumpster diving for food and having numerous adventures along the way. A literary success with the publishing world.
Old Dogs Remembered edited by Bud Johns. For anyone who has ever loved and lost a dog to death this book is for you. Short stories by the greatest authors like James Thurber, John Cheever, Eugene O'Neill, Raymond Carver and others who have all lost their beloved companions and written about it.
The Body Language and Emotion of Dogs by Myrna M.Milani, DVM. A practical guide to the physical and behavioural displays owners and dogs exchange and how to use them to create a lasting bond.
The Intelligence of Dogs by Stanley Coren. The author who is a Psychology Professor at the University of British Columbia and also a prize winning dog trainer and authority on dog intelligence lists 133 breeds of dogs and ranks them in intelligence. The author also shows how a dog's mental abilities are shaped by his genetic makeup and the forces of evolution in operation.
The Hidden Life of Dogs by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. The author who is a novelist and anthropologist writes an account of thirty years of living with dogs, wolves and dingoes and the ways their lives intertwined with her own. The book chronicles the lives of a dozen dogs based on hundreds of thousands of hours of observation.
Dogs Never Lie About Love by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. The author draws from myth and literature to show a depth of canine emotional complexity. He navigates through the rich universe of dog feeling to its essential core, their "master emotion": Love.
Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Dog Stories compiled by Roger Caras. 495 pages of short stories by 31 Master storytellers.....from Zane Grey, Jack London, D.H.Lawrence, Arthur C. Clarke and many more. Excellent reading.
The Company of Wolves by Peter Steinhart. This book covers it all when it comes to today's wolf and the impact and feelings it brings out in humans. From the woods of Ontario to an Indian village in northern Alberta to a wildlife refuge in North Carolina to Arizona, New Mexico and Yellowstone Park where reintroduction of the wolf is still a hotly debated subject.