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Happy Hound: Develop a Great Relationship with Your Adopted Dog or Puppy | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan, C Daffron
Publisher: Logical Expressions, Inc.
Category: Book
Buy New: $19.95
New (15) Used (8) from $17.48
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1757438
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 220
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0974924520
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9780974924526
ASIN: 0974924520
Publication Date: November 20, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
When you adopt a dog or puppy, you are thrust into a strange new world where you don't even speak the language. In Happy Hound, you'll learn solutions to everyday problems dog owners face. Unlike breed-specific or veterinary books, Happy Hound is tailored to the special needs and issues related to living with a rescued puppy or dog. Many shelters give you a packet of information, but especially at smaller shelters they just can't afford either the time or money to provide a lot of information. Happy Hound is designed to fill that need. Plus, if you've ever read a dog book where you wondered if the author ever even owned a dog, you'll find Happy Hound a refreshing change. The book is filled with sidebars and anecdotes about the antics of the author's gang of four dogs. You'll never be left feeling like your dog is "really different" from anything you've read. Even though every dog is special, no dog is perfect!
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| Customer Reviews:
A book for real people with real dogs April 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a complete joy this book provides!
There are lots of behavior and training books available, and most every one I've read leave me feeling totally incompetent as a pet owner. As much as I follow the prescriptive advice, problems still persist: barking, marking, and terrorizing the cats, to name just a few issues. Susan's clean writing style and total honesty about the ups and downs of finding the right balance in living with a pet conveys the feeling that you're sitting at a kitchen table together having a conversation. She lets you know that she's been there, and that many times it's a trial and error process of finding just the right approach that works for you and your dog.
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Connie
Happy Hound, Happy Owner April 12, 2007
"Happy Hound" is a good book for people living with rescue dogs or any dog, I might add. Using her own dogs as examples, Susan Daffron emphasizes that no two dogs are alike and that different training techniques will be necessary for different dogs. This is an important concept for people who have limited knowledge of breed characteristics and think that because their former dog behaved a certain way and was trained (or not) a certain way they expect a new dog to behave the same way.
"Happy Hound" has helpful advise about feeding, grooming, medical problems, house manners, etc to give readers an idea of the level of commitment required to raise a dog. And last but not least, the author emphasizes that it takes time and patience to raise a dog you can live with.
And, if you can't make a long term commitment for the life of the dog, you should consider not adopting.
I recommend it!
Carol Kinne
Rescue Volunteer in Central NY
Great Book For Any Rescue Group February 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Happy Hound by Susan Daffron is a great book for rescue groups to give to their new adopters. It gives the new owners of the rescue dog a very clear insight into the type of "baggage" nearly every rescue dog brings into a new home. This is different from the usual "how to" book that is written on teaching a new dog the desired behavior and manners in their new home. So many times a rescue group has no knowledge of a rescue dogs past so it's difficult to understand some of their puzzling behaviors. Susan's book will help solve some of these puzzles by helping you to understand the possible reasons for these behaviors.
I recommend it.
Sue Kabler
St. Louis Samoyed Rescue
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