People Trainining for Good Dogs by Melissa Berryman @PTFGD

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What inspired you to write your book?
You may have spent months or even years deciding what
breed or size of pet that’s right for you and your family. Yet
your ability to choose does not guarantee that your dog will
act in a predetermined manner or that you won’t be sued or
lose your homeowner’s insurance. The truth is that in the eyes
of the law, dogs are considered property. Property that can
cause damage and serious injury. Regardless of how much you
love and care for your dog, most communities hold dog owners
strictly liable for their pets’ actions. Simply teaching your dog
to sit, stay, down, come, and heel is not enough to protect
your liability. When today’s society reinforces misconceptions
about dogs then is unapologetic when there is an accident,
you can be left on your own and your dog can be punished.
How can you be prepared when most dog obedience classes
do not emphasize, or even include, information on community
safety and breeders are marketers for the breeds they love?
People Training for Good Dogs addresses just these issues then
teaches you how to easily protect your family and to navigate
safely through your life with your beloved dog.
As a former animal officer, I
witnessed every failure imaginable
among dogs, their owners, and her
community. Drawing from these experiences
and my knowledge of both human
and canine behaviors, I
created the People Training for Good
Dogs program to help owners incorporate
the canine point of view into dog
owners’ handling skills.

Genre and Targeted Age Group
Non-Fiction

About your Book:
Imagine your reaction if your child’s friend grabs the remote control
of the TV you are watching and changes the channel—and then later,
does it again. We instantly recognize this behavior as wrong and correct
it. When humans break dog rules and they correct us, we ignore our
insubordinate actions and default to “blaming the dog.”
Former animal officer Melissa Berryman has witnessed how
devastating the effects society’s entrenched beliefs regarding dog
behavior and temperament can be—that good behavior can be
purchased, that an owner’s handling ability doesn’t matter, that
human behavior and the situations in which the dog is placed are
insignificant. Berryman shows how analyzing situations and contexts
can stop the cycle of preventable incidents.
Written with humor and compassion, People Training for Good Dogs
offers insight into the impact that human behavior and understanding
have on our relationships with dogs. By working with core canine
social and behavioral drives, Berryman provides owners with sound
techniques that focus on safety and can help protect their liability in
today’s world.

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Pup’s Place by Laurie Morse-Dell @pupsplace

Tell Us About Your Blog
I blog about an eco-friendly, non-toxic and safe lifestyle for dogs. From top eco-friendly toys to health and training tips, anything that will make your dog’s life better!

Why Did You Start a Pet Blog?
I try to live a green lifestyle but it recently occurred to me that the products my dogs were coming into contact with on a day to day basis weren’t necessarily green or even healthy for them. I decided to make a change in our house and wanted to share with other pet owners what they can do to help their dog live a safer, non-toxic, green life!

Blogger Bio
Laurie and husband Randy love spending time outdoors with their four-legged children. Affectionately referred to as “two giant mutts,” Emi and Luca are a couple of spoiled pups that rule the house and are often the first line of testers when we discover new products. Luca prefers anything with a treat involved and Emi strives to claim all beds to herself for a proper belly rub.

Do you review books on your blog? If yes, what formats?
No preference

What Formats of Manuscripts or Books Will You Accept for Reviews?
No preference

Contact Info
laurie@pupsplace.com

Blog Link:
Pup’s Place

Social Media Links
http://facebook.com/pupsplace
http://twitter.com/pupsplace
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A Dog Named Leaf by Allen Anderson @ADogNamedLeaf

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What inspired you to write your book?
Leaf, a deeply troubled rescued dog gave his all during a time when I needed him the most. We were working together, both of us facing challenges and both human and dog enjoying a happy ending.

Genre and Targeted Age Group
NonFiction — memoir

About your Book:
A big-hearted and undeniably appealing memoir about a man and his dog. After authoring thirteen successful books that tell other people’s stories about the human-animal bond, Allen is ready to tell his own story—a remarkable journey with a highly intuitive but troubled dog who literally saved Allen’s life.

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Large Dog Blog by Sonia Charry @pawposse

Tell Us About Your Blog
The Large Dog Blog is all about loving life with your dog. Want to teach your dog a new trick? We’ve got videos. Wondering why your dog licks you? We have a post on that and many other common questions. The blog also features news dog lovers need to know, like when a food or treat has been recalled.

Why Did You Start a Pet Blog?
To share my love and knowledge of all things dog. I’ve had dogs my entire life and have learned a lot from them.

What advice would you give a blogger starting a pet blog?
Be real. If you have something you’re passionate about, let that shine through.

Blogger Bio
Sonia is a lifelong dog owner with a soft spot for big dogs. The bigger and droolier, the better! Right now she shares her life with Nala, a 100% purebred mutt who is pure joy and energy.

Do you review books on your blog? If yes, what formats?
PDF, eReader formated , Print book only

What Formats of Manuscripts or Books Will You Accept for Reviews?
PDF, eReader formated , Print book only

Contact Info
Interested in guest blogging or having me review your book? Send me a note here – http://www.pawposse.com/contact-us/

Blog Link:
Large Dog Blog

Social Media Links
http://www.facebook.com/pawposse/
http://www.twitter.com/pawposse/

Kiwi in Cat City by Vickie Johnstone @vickiejohnstone

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What inspired you to write your book?
I didn’t set out to write animal stories for children – it just happened. The first book I ever finished was Kiwi in Cat City in 2002. I had been made redundant and suddenly had a lot of time on my hands.

The story was inspired by a little black, fluffy, golden-eyed, chubby cat that I used to have, called Kiwi. She was cheeky, intelligent, curious, and liked to follow me down the road on the way to work – I’d have to scoop her up, take her back and run off! I’m sure she’d have hopped on the train with me if she could. Kiwi liked to chase shadows on walls, munch Whiskers food, roll on her back with her paws in the air for strokes, and hunt birds (alas, she was very good, and it was the only thing we argued about). When she wasn’t trying to swipe the dinner off my plate when I wasn’t looking or jumping in the air to catch a moth in mid-flight, she’d be curled up on my bed or waiting to pouncing out at me. One day she followed me to the supermarket round the corner, waited patiently on a wall, and then came back home with me.

Kiwi was lovely, but I lost her in 2000, when she was six, which is no age really. I started to really hate cars!!

When Kiwi was still alive, I wrote a poem about her. In 2002, during this time between jobs, I reread it and started thinking about a world populated by cats. I’d lie in bed at night, imagining it. They ran their own lives and did their own thing. I named this world Cat City, where cats roamed free and happy, away from the dangers posed by cars and dogs, and where it was always summer. The star would be Kiwi. I would bring her back to life on paper and make her go on adventures. In Kiwi in Cat City, the cat heroine is four, and she is ‘owned’ by Amy and James, and their parents, in the human world. I ended up making Amy a bit like me, although I named her after my niece. James was just my favourite boy’s name.

Gradually, other characters started talking and a catnapping plot emerged. I had no idea where the book was going, but I was having a lot of fun. I wrote every day. Kiwi became magical and able to communicate with the kids, whom she turned into kittens and took on an adventure to her other home – the blue-lit Cat City. Soon other characters evolved – Siam, a computer whizz with bent whiskers, Inspector Furrball, a ginger tom with a very red waistcoat, and Kip, a good friend of Kiwi’s, among others. Plus there had to be a bad cat and a few red herrings.

Why animals? All my life I’ve always been crazy about them. They make me go “Ahhhhhh!” When I was a child I wanted to be able to talk to our pets. Our house was full of them – my mum ran a mini zoo and it was magical to me. One of my best-est buddies at the age of six or seven was our cat Mitzi, who I talked to and was sure she understood. My dad had an aviary full of birds and I thought I could communicate with them by winking. I’d go into the aviary, hold out my two little hands full of bird seed, and the budgies would land to feed. They’d also hop on my shoulder to do the winking thing. So, in Kiwi in Cat City, I made the kitty communicate with the two children – my wish from childhood.

Genre and Targeted Age Group
Middle grade fiction

About your Book:
One dark night, Amy cannot sleep. She looks out of the window into the garden to see her cat, Kiwi, transfixed by the moon, which is glowing brightly like a cat’s claw. Waking her brother, James, the girl suggests they follow Kiwi to see where she goes… whether it involves a hunt for mice or something else. Little do they know that, with a flick of her tail, Kiwi is going to magically change them into kittens and lead them on the adventure of their lives to a world inhabited by catizens. In the blue-lit world of Cat City, the budding detectives help Inspector Furrball to investigate a catnapping and find out what happened to Madame Purrfect.

This book is the first in the Kiwi Series, of which there are six books.

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