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| Introduction | |
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| Living with Dogs | |
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| A Dog for You and Your Family | |
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| The Realities of Dog Ownership | |
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| Dogs Come in All Sizes, Shapes, and Temperaments | |
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| Finding a Puppy (or Dog) | |
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| Bringing | |
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| Your New Friend Home | |
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| Before Your New Dog Comes Home | |
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| Get Everything Ready | |
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| Bring Him Home! | |
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| Socialization | |
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| Living with Your Dog | |
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| Living with a Dog | |
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| Establishing Household Rules | |
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| You Are Your Dog's Leader | |
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| Your New Dog and Your Kids | |
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| Your New Dog and Other Pets | |
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| Making Time for Play | |
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| Keeping Your Dog Healthy | |
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| Choosing a Veterinarian | |
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| Canine Diseases and Vaccinations | |
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| Internal Parasites | |
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| Spaying, Neutering, and Breeding | |
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| Basic Home Health Care | |
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| When to Call the Veterinarian | |
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| Emergency First Aid | |
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| A First-Aid Kit for Your Dog | |
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| Disaster Planning | |
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| Grooming Your Dog | |
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| Caring for the Coat | |
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| A Daily Massage | |
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| Keeping Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Clean and Toenails Trimmed | |
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| Combating Fleas, Ticks, and Mites | |
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| Grooming Basics | |
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| Professional Grooming | |
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| Training for Life | |
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| Canine Communication | |
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| Training Tools and Techniques | |
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| Teaching the Basic Commands | |
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| Using These Commands | |
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| Have Fun as You Continue Training | |
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| Preventing and Solving Problems | |
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| What Can You Do? | |
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| Specific Problems | |
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| When You Need Professional Help | |
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| Responsible Dog Ownership (and the Law) | |
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| Leashing Your Dog | |
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| Keeping Your Dog Safe | |
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| Protecting Dogs in Vehicles | |
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| The Wastes Dogs Leave Behind | |
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| When Dogs Bark (and Bark and Bark) | |
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| When Dogs Bite | |
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| Breed-Specific Legislation | |
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| Breed Profiles | |
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| Affenpinscher | |
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| Afghan Hound | |
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| Airedale Terrier | |
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| Akbash Dog | |
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| Akita | |
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| Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog | |
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| Alaskan Klee Kai | |
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| Alaskan Malamute | |
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| American Bulldog | |
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| American Eskimo Dog | |
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| American Foxhound | |
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| American Hairless Terrier | |
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| American Pit Bull Terrier | |
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| American Staffordshire Terrier | |
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| American Water Spaniel | |
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| Anatolian Shepherd Dog | |
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| Appenzeller Sennenhunde | |
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| Australian Cattle Dog | |
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| Australian Kelpie | |
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| Australian Shepherd | |
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| Australian Terrier | |
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| Azawakh | |
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| Basenji | |
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| Basset Hound | |
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| Beagle | |
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| Bearded Collie | |
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| Beauceron | |
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| Bedlington Terrier | |
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| Belgian Laekenois | |
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| Belgian Malinois | |
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| Belgian Sheepdog | |
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| Belgian Tervuren | |
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| Bergamasco Sheepdog | |
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| Berger des Pyrenees | |
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| Berger Picard | |
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| Bernese Mountain Dog | |
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| Bichon Frise | |
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| Black Mouth Cur | |
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| Black Russian Terrier | |
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| Black and Tan Coonhound | |
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| Bloodhound | |
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| Bolognese | |
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| Border Collie | |
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| Border Terrier | |
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| Borzoi | |
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| Boston Terrier | |
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| Bouvier des Flandres | |
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| Boxer | |
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| Boykin Spaniel | |
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| Bracco Italiano | |
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| Briard | |
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| Brittany | |
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| Brussels Griffon | |
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| Bulldog | |
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| Bullmastiff | |
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| Bull Terrier | |
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| Cairn Terrier | |
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| Canaan Dog | |
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| Canadian Eskimo Dog | |
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| Cane Corso | |
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| Cardigan Welsh Corgi | |
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| Carolina Dog | |
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| Caucasian Ovtcharka | |
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| Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | |
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| Chart Polski | |
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| Chesapeake Bay Retriever | |
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| Chihuahua | |
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| Chinese Crested | |
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| Chinese Foo Dog | |
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| Chinese Shar-Pei | |
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| Chinook | |
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| Chow Chow | |
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| Clumber Spaniel | |
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| Cockapoo | |
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| Cocker Spaniel | |
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| Collie | |
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| Coonhound | |
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| Coton de Tulear | |
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| Curly-Coated Retriever | |
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| Dachshund | |
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| Dalmatian | |
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| Designer Dogs | |
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| Doberman Pinscher | |
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| Dogo Argentino | |
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| Dogo Canario | |
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| Dogue de Bordeaux | |
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| Dutch Shepherd | |
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| English Cocker Spaniel | |