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Canine Tracking Guide details the two most common uses of the canine nose: following blood trails for wounded game and tracking humans (from lost children and missing hikers, to escaped convicts). The author explains the concept of human scent and how the amazing canine nose functions and then elaborates on the basic training principles, commands, exercises and patterns used in tracking work. Whether a reader is working with hunting dogs, police dogs,...
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In addition to introducing readers to the various breeds and strains of herding dogs in the world, Herding Dogs discusses the working styles, instinct tests, trials and training for all working farm dogs. From the basic skills of stock-dog training to the types of herding styles to the commands used to direct dogs at work, this useful handbook also advise newcomers on how to select the right puppy for a working ranch or hobby farm situation, how to...
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One of Kennel Club Books' Country Dog titles, Hunting with Spaniels covers everything you need to know about selecting, training, and caring for flushing spaniels, including basic first aid. Lessons include basic training, using birds and bumpers, commands, obedience, field training, using whistles, retrieving, acclimating to the sound of gunfire, retrieving in water, marking the object, and quartering a field. Includes a section on The American Kennel...
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Author Nona Kilgore Bauer begins Retriever Madness with a chapter called "Know Your Retrievers," and few know their retrievers like this expert author, trainer, and breeder. Bauer introduces the readers to the six retrievers recognized by the American Kennel Club, among them two of the most popular companion dogs in the world, the Labrador Retriever and the Golden Retriever, along with other superb overachievers: the Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Flat-Coated...
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Does one good turn deserve a murder?
Despite all her good intentions to focus on a healthy lifestyle and leave crime solving to the professionals, Andi Grace Scott has run right smack into another investigation-literally. Who'd have thought caring for stray cats and a healthy morning beach run could lead to murder?
Andi Grace has found another body and a young woman who needs help. Solving this puzzle will come with a cost. This time, catching the...
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Who'd have thought mulch could cause such a stink?
Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott is happy to score some free mulch from one of her brother's landscaping jobs--until she discovers the dead body buried beneath the bark.
Worse, her brother's landscaping tools were used to commit the murder. Once the police arrest her brother and seem happy to have "caught their man," Andi Grace has no choice but to track down the real killer. She'll risk...
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