Great Dog Books for Summer Reading!

Looking for some summer reading?Dog writers Association of America Celebrates Great books about Life with Dogs:

Best general interest book:

The Howell Book of Dogs by Liz Palika

Best Care and Health Book:

The Living Guide for senior dogs by Diane Morgan

The Best Single-Breed Pet Guide:

The Australian Shepherd Published By TFH Publications

Best All-Breed Magazine:

AKC Family Dog Published By:AKC

Best Special Interest Magazine:

Dogs for kids Published By: Fancy publications

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An Orgasm and Fish

"Fish That Fake Orgasms" is a great book that dishes on all the weird mating rituals in the animal kingdom. Here are a few facts from the book featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine:

Sheep Love More Cushion for the Pushin!
-The fattest of one type of sheep mate with the most males since males know they'll likely bear healthy offspring.

Butterflies know how to claim their territory!
-After mating, some male butterflies cover females with an antiaphrodisiacal dust that deters other males. ( I wish I could do that!!!)

Ewwwwww...
-Female goldfish attract potential mates by peeing. Their urine contains pheromones detectable by males.
( Is R Kelly part goldfish?)

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Dog Training Done! Now What?

Teach them some manners!

We love our pets, we make sure they're in good health, that they look good and that they smell good. But what's the use if they're stuck inside all day?

The Miss Fido Manners Complete Book of Dog Etiquette teaches owners and their dogs how to interact in every social setting. So owners can enjoy life with a nice well behaved canine by their side, instead of constantly worrying what they're doing at home, or having to tug at a leash every second.

This is a book that will definitely benefit dog owners, dogs and their friends!

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Dogs Help You Lose Weight

Patti Lawson is the author of “The Dog Diet,” a witty memoir about gaining a dog and losing 30 pounds. Plagued with doubts about her career and heartbroken by the end of a long love affair, Patti turned to two men she always counted on. Ben & Jerry. She ate. Oh yea, she ate. She also got a part cocker spaniel, part German shepherd puppy named Sadie.

Her vet said not to give Sadie any junk food, but just like Patti, that’s all that Sadie craved. Every time Patti whipped out a Big Mac or some java chip ice cream her puppy would jump up on her and try to nose her way through. The only solution: Patti had to change her own diet to be more nutritious.

This book includes recipes, meal plans and how playing with Sadie or doing “Dogercise” helped Patti regain her self confidence and herself. I think the main message of this book can be summed up in a quote by the author herself in an interview with azstarnet.com. "I went out and adopted a dog, but she rescued me," Lawson said. "All of a sudden, I wasn't the center of my world."

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