Making Money At Home-Pet Minding

Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life

by: Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier

Amazon Price: $4.83 (as of 05/27/2012)

Best book yet by America's leading expert on dealing with dog behavior! We have 15 dogs who have pretty darn good manners thanks to Cesar! We have all his books, and use his methods as best we can, and as a result have a great pack of man's best friends who thank us every day for letting Cesar train "us"!! OUTSTANDING BOOK!! Well done Cesar; thank you for changing our lives.

A Three Dog Life

by: Abigail Thomas

Amazon Price: $0.01 (as of 05/27/2012)

This book is sweet, poignant, and beautiful. It is also gut-wrenchingly honest and realistic about the author's attempts to cope with her life after her husband has a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). He gets hit by a car while walking their dog and their lives are never the same. This memoir is about the author's life and marriage after the accident and for the next five years, until the present day. I loved reading it. I haven't really ever read a book like it.

The author builds herself a life, accompanied by what ends up being three dogs altogether. She still takes joy in her marriage, such as it is. I wish I could put into words how beautiful this book is, but I can't. It is a lovely book with mature topics (grieving, survivor guilt, etc.) for adults or especially mature teens. Highest recommendations.

The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird

by: Bruce Barcott

Amazon Price: $2.40 (as of 05/27/2012)

Sharon Matola is the heroine of "The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw." She is an eccentric American will-of-the wisp who runs a private zoo in the Central American country of Belize. Ms. Matola leads a crusade against the corrupt powers that want to build an environmental damaging dam in the last home of the scarlett macaw. For six years she led an international coalition against the dam and the threats against her. The writing is conversational and it is clear that Mr. Barcott is an environmentist and admirer of Ms. Matola. It is frustrating to read what multinational corporations and powerful governments can do to citizen led coalitions.

Beginning and Intermediate Dog Training

Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 05/27/2012)

Paul's method involves giving a command to the dog, then rewarding that behaviour. So, in the case where the dog is doing something you don't want, like jumping on a guest, instead of saying "No Jumping!" and scolding, you say "Come!", then "Down", and bring the dog to your side. The theory is, instead of telling your dog what you DON'T want, have them do what you DO want, thus eliminating the undesirable behaviour. This way, the dog chooses to "be good", instead of being forced or threatened to "be good".

I recommend it very highly if you are a looking for quick results while maintaining a close and equitable relationship with your dog. If you enjoy a more stern and severe approach involving domination-based punishment, and you are a very controlling person, then don't waste your time. If you are a dog lover willing to put in some time and patience at the beginning in exchange for an obedient dog for the long term, then this method is for you. Paul's dogs obey because they CHOOSE and WANT to, not because they fear punishment.