Having Fun with Your Dog (ASPCA Kids) [Hardcover]

Audrey Pavia (Author), Jacque Lynn Schultz (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: ASPCA Kids

Tons of ideas for having even more fun with your dog!

Dogs are so much fun to be around—that's why they're our best friends, right? But there's so much more you can do with them than play fetch. This book showcases all the fun activities you can share together, like camping, hiking, swimming, agility, flyball, and junior handling. It also shows you how to teach your dog special skills like herding and tracking. Plus, you'll find out ways you can team up with your dog to help others in activities like pet therapy visits or participating in dog walkathons.

Loaded with lots of color photos and friendly information you can trust, the ASPCA Kids books were written by animal lovers for animal lovers—just like you.

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About the Author

Audrey Pavia has written many books about different types of animals, including dogs, horses, rabbits, and even lizards. She and her husband live in California with their many pets. Audrey’s dog, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Nigel, competes in agility. He also loves the dog park and going hiking.

Jacque Lynn Schultz, MA, CPDT, has worked for the ASPCA for more than twenty years. She began as a behavior counselor, then headed the Training and Behavior Department, and is now a senior director in the Community Outreach Department. In her current role, she works with animal shelters across the country to enrich and improve the lives of the animals in their care. Jacque is a popular speaker, an award-winning author, and a certifi ed pet dog trainer. She lives in Brooklyn with Bop, a sassy white cat with orange tabby patches, and Harpo, a blonde Tibetan Spaniel who is a master of many tricks.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 108 pages
• Publisher: Howell Book House; 1 edition (March 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047041085X
• ISBN-13: 978-0470410851
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,533,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in New York City, where I lived until the age of two. When I was still a toddler, my family heeded the westward call and moved to Los Angeles, where I spent my youth. I fell in love with animals and science at a young age, and played "mom" to a variety of pets including dogs, cats, rabbits, lizards, mice, hamsters, birds, snakes, guppies and a horse.

After graduating El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, Calif., I worked at various jobs including key shop manager, and cashier at Sears. At the age of 21, I returned to New York City and became a student at New York University in Manhattan. I graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Journalism and a minor in Astronomy.

While living in New York, I worked for several years as an editor for a home fashion trade magazine, then moved on to become an editor for the American Kennel Club Gazette. After five years with the AKC, I accepted a position as managing editor on Dog Fancy magazine in Irvine, Calif., and moved back to the Golden State. Shortly after, I became editor of Horse Illustrated magazine. I left the position in 1995 to pursue a full-time career in freelance writing and editing.

I live in Norco, Calif., with my husband, Randy Mastronicola. We share our home with an Appaloosa gelding named Idaho Hawk (Bailey); a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Nigel; four cats named Murray, Holly, Cheddar and Stanley; and two rabbits, Prudence and Karma.

Nigel (Ninacorte Nigel Tuff S Nails, NA, NJ) and I compete in American Kennel Club agility events, and are currently working on our Open title. I am also preparing Bailey for a career in competitive trail riding.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Best for children but beneficial for anyone, June 13, 2010

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This review is from: Having Fun with Your Dog (ASPCA Kids) (Hardcover)

Having Fun with YOur Dog provides a worthwhile variety of ideas with examples for interacting with your dog that will develop understanding of how a dog learns and produce confidence and skill in any age dog handler.