Choosing and Keeping Chickens

Do you raise chickens as part of the family or as a livelihood? Are you looking for helpful information to provide the best care for your chickens? Or are you just curious to learn more about this popular animal? 
Choosing and Keeping Chickens provides detailed information about the most prevalent types of chickens. Learn all about their appearance, key traits, general temperament, health concerns, and estimated life span. This book also describes characteristics of the eggs laid by each type of chicken as well as birds that best mix with each breed, so you can make better choices in setting up your coops. Seasonal guides detail the changing needs of chickens over the course of a year and reveal what every chicken keeper should look for as well as how to best arrange chicken housing during various climates. 
Whether you seek help with your chicken keeping, or just want to know more about chickens, Choosing and Keeping Chickens can help you become more knowledgeable about this fascinating bird.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

GRAHAM, CHRIS

Pets & Animal Care

TFH Publications, Inc.

Top Tips from Top Trainers features 1,001 exclusive tips from members of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), the most highly regarded group of its kind in the world. Unlike other dog training books that focus on basic advice, this innovative guide offers the average dog owner a plethora of interesting and helpful factoids previously known only by the professional dog trainers who developed them. From everyday problem solvers to cool ideas and time savers, these expert trainers share their favorite positive training methods to help all dog owners become more successful pet parents. The book is organized from A to Z for easy browsing and covers a wide range of care and training tips, from common commands to training equipment, feeding, health, socialization, body language, rewards, house manners, and problem behaviors.

Top Tips from Top Trainers: 1001 Practical Tips and Techniques for Successful Dog Care and Training

Association of Pet Dog Trainers

Nature Aquariums: Complete Works 1985-2009 takes you on a journey through over two decades of the most innovative and breathtaking designs from nature aquarium pioneer Takashi Amano. In this collection of works from the world-renowned aquarist, over 200 vibrant, full-color photos display the captivating beauty of nature aquariums while providing detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to create your own aquatic masterpiece. Along with expert advice on plant and fish selection, water chemistry, and maintenance, the author includes essays outlining aquarium aesthetics and his own personal design philosophies to inspire readers to create their own harmonious and tranquil nature aquarium designs.

Nature Aquarium: Complete Works 1985-2009

Amano, Takashi

The Cat Owner's Problem Solver is an in-depth cat psychology manual that explains why cats do what they do and how their natural instincts are at the root of what we think of as "problem behaviors." The book provides countless ways to manage and modify feline behavior, excessive meowing, digging, and many others. It also teaches how to prevent these problems before they occur by recognizing and addressing their potential causes, as well as how to find an animal behaviorist for when a behavior issue is too much for an owner to handle alone. The Cat Owner's Problem Solver is an ideal manual both for cat owners looking to address existing behavior problems and for those with new cats who want to prevent any issues in the future.

The Cat Owner's Problem Solver: How to Manage Common Behavior Problems by Thinking Like Your Cat

Bonham, Margaret H.

This all-new, highly visual guide is written by a parrot behavior specialist and provides concise yet complete coverage of key subjects like parrot biology, feeding, housing, and training. An invaluable chapter of frequently asked questions offers expert advice on this very popular species of parrot, while the full-color photos, sidebars, and tip boxes deliver the information in an easy to understand format. The author thoroughly discusses solutions to various behavior problems as well as advice on finding an escaped African Grey.

African Greys (The Birdkeepers' Guides)

Glendell, Greg

Provides information on the care and training of Amazon parrots, covering such topics as parrot biology, selecting a cage and accessories, solving behavior problems, and nutrition and feeding.

Amazon Parrots (The Birdkeepers' Guides)

The World Atlas of Dog Breeds is the largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia of dog breeds available in the world. Three years in the making, this invaluable reference includes more than 420 internationally recognized dog breeds and varieties and provides detailed history, personality, traits, and care and training requirements for every breed. Unparalleled in depth and scope of information, the World Atlas of Dog Breeds offers a compact, user-friendly, and sturdy hardcover volume with the most informative and authoritative dog breed information available today.

World Atlas of Dog Breeds

Dominique De Vito

At a time when pet parents are increasingly alarmed by health scares caused by manufactured pet food, more people are looking to home-prepare fresh and healthy meals for their canine companion. The Healthy Dog Cookbook offers 50 safe, nutritious, and appealing recipes. There are menus for every type and size of dog, from Pointer to Pomeranian. And if your beloved pooch has allergies or a special diet requirement, like wheat-free food, you'll find a recipe that fits his needs. From full-fledged dinners to snacks and treats, you'll find the recipes easy and inexpensive to make. A veterinarian provides health and nutrition comments, and each meal has a nutrition panel and portion calculator to help you give your dog the safest and healthiest diet. Cooking meals from The Healthy Dog Cookbook ensures every ingredient is wholesome and nutritious—and that is good news for your best friend's health and your own peace of mind.

The Healthy Dog Cookbook: 50 Nutritious & Delicious Recipes Your Dog Will Love

Jonna Anne

Mary Straus

Shawn Messonnier

Good Parrotkeeping offers everything a parrot keeper needs to know about caring for his or her feathered friend. Written by an expert on parrot care, nutrition, and training, this all -inclusive guide provides in-depth, coverage of topics vital to proper parrot care, including behavior, housing, feeding , training, and health care. The book features almost every species of parrot that is in the pet hobby, including parakeets, cockatiels, macaws, cockatoos, lovebirds, and conures and organizes them by their keeping parameters.

Good Parrotkeeping: A Comprehensive Guide to All Things Parrot (Good Keeping)

Deutsch, Robin

Many of the most popular dog breeds, including Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, Shetland Sheepdogs, Australian Shepherds, and many of the terriers, are considered to be high-drive or "high-energy" by nature- but even breeds not considered high-drive can have markedly energetic individuals among them. High-Energy Dogs provides the owners of these intelligent and challenging dogs with the tools to manage their diverse physical and mental needs in a positive and fun way.

High-Energy Dogs: A Practical Guide to Living With Energetic and Driven Canines

Tracy Libby

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