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This full-day seminar DVD provides an in-depth understanding of who dogs are and why they do what they do, using up-to-the-minute discoveries about genetics, development, physiology and cognition.

 

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  • Love Has No Age Limit

    Love Has No Age Limit

    Welcoming an Adopted Dog into Your Home

    We're excited to announce that Love Has No Age Limit has been nominated for a  Dog Writers Association of America Award!  If you haven't gotten a copy for yourself yet, now is a great time to join thousands of other adoptive parents, shelters and rescues around the world!

     

    Starting at: $9.95
  • Scent of the Missing

    Scent of the Missing

    Trisha LOVES this beautifully written book about the search for partnership and expertise while raising and training Puzzle, a Search and Rescue dog who arrived with an attitude, yet turned into a highly skilled working dog and Susannah's respected colleague and best friend.

    $14.95
Patricia McConnell Blog, The other end of the leash
  1. Is Silence Golden?

    As many of you know, I did a seminar on new research on canine behavior in Madison last October. (Oh, and by the way, have I mentioned it is now available as a DVD — hot off the press? Tee Hee, we’re pretty excited about it!)  It was a great experience for me, because like [...]

  2. Missing the Sense, Scent of the Missing

    Part of the fun of preparing for the seminar I did in Orlando was working on the canine olfaction section. The overall topic of the day was Canine Communication (often compared to primates like us), and most discussions in this vein emphasize visual communication. That’s all well and good, I’m a visual signal groupie from [...]

  3. Therapy Dogs – Born or Made?

    As many of you know I recently presented a seminar on animal assisted therapy in Naples Florida. (Yes, it’ll be out as a DVD later this winter. Happy Dance!) One of the motivations for doing the seminar was the number of clients I had who wanted me to help them prepare their dog for therapy [...]

  4. Cotton Top Tamarins-The World’s Cutest Monkey

    Well, they’re not dogs. Or cats. Or domestic animals of any kind. But I spent two years working with Cotton Top Tamarins and hearing my university BFF describe how she is continuing her work with them was one of the highlights of my trip to Florida. Anne Savage, Senior Conservation Biologist at Disney World, has [...]

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