Puppy's first steps
Subtitle: the whole-dog approach to raising a happy, healthy, well-behaved puppy
By: by the Faculty of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University ; edited by Nicholas Dodman with Lawrence Lindner.
Contributors: Dodman, Nicholas H.; Lindner, Lawrence.; Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780618663040
Subjects: Puppies.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Before the puppy comes home. How to select a puppy; title: Upon arrival. Getting puppy settled in ; Puppy's physical well-being: preventive medical and health care ; The best puppy diet ever ; The socialization period; title: Puppy insights. How puppy perceives the world around him ; Young dogs and young children under the same roof; title: Sit! and other tricks. Training your pup ; Housetraining ; Nipping behavior problems in the bud ; Environmental enrichment; title: In the event of illness. Is it a medical emergency?