The Whole Dog Journal Handbook of Dog and Puppy Care and Training: the one book EVERY dog owner should have

With the amazing array of pet care books available today, how do you choose the best ones? Books on dog training, health care, behavior, alternative medicine, canine sports and more fill store shelves. And many of them are very helpful. But if you only buy one book to help you care for your dog, this should be the one.

The Whole Dog Journal Handbook of Dog and Puppy Care and Training equips you with the tools to understand your dog, to encourage his physical and emotional wellness and to elicit his full potential and vitality – and to do it naturally.

This all-new, fully illustrated handbook (edited by WDJ founding editor Nancy Kerns) features the most up-to-date information, condensed from articles published in The Whole Dog Journal. You’ll receive positive training, behavioral, and health care advice from established pet writers such as Pat Miller, CJ Puotinen, and Dr. Randy Kidd.

In this book, you’ll find:

• advice on behavior and positive training techniques (including a chapter on difficult dogs)
   
• a guide to dog nutrition and feeding (everything from kibble to canned to raw)
   
• information about treatments such as chiropractic care, herbal remedies, massage, acupuncture, and homeopathy
   
• detailed, easy-to-read veterinary coverage of all aspects of canine health
   
• separate chapters for puppy training, senior needs and canine cancer
   
• ways to strengthen the dog/human bond
   
• methods to improve your dog’s health and vitality
   
• tips on how to have fun with your dog

The Whole Dog Journal has been a respected dog magazine since its inception in early 1998, offering well-researched, in-depth articles about all things dog. The premier periodical of natural dog care, WDJ covers raw and commercial diets, positive training, and alternative health care modalities. It also evaluates products of all kinds – and since the magazine does not carry advertising, its writers and editors can offer a completely objective opinion.

The editors of the Chicago Tribune agree, selecting WDJ as one of their 50 Best Magazines, two years in a row.

I, personally, have subscribed to WDJ for years and have found it an invaluable resource in caring for my dogs. I have piles of back issues that I still refer to when I am in need of help. I have even used an herbal supplement I read about in WDJ to fight my dog’s cancer. (And after a year and a half on this and other natural treatments, he is still going strong.)

The Whole Dog Journal Handbook of Dog and Puppy Care and Training is simply the most comprehensive book I have found yet on caring for a dog, from puppyhood through the senior years, from training to feeding to medical care. And it is the one book I would not be without.