Purebred Rescue Dog Adoption: Rewards and Realities
Now, Purebred Rescue Dog Adoption helps you decide if adopting a purebred rescue dog is right for you. Professional dog trainer and purebred rescue expert Liz Palika explains how to locate local and national rescue groups, what you can expect in the adoption process--and from your rescue dog--and how to help your dog make a successful transition to your forever home.
Palika also helps you:
- Choose whether to adopt a puppy or an adult, male or female
- Prepare your house, yard and family for the new arrival
- Handle housetraining with care
- Teach your adoptee how to behave with other people
- Understand and work through problem behaviors
- Get involved with purebred dog rescue yourself
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Book details
- Author
- Liza Palika
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Pets › Dogs › Breeds
- Topics
- rescue dogs · purebred dogs · dog rescue organizations · dog training · dog behavior · pet care
- ISBN-13
- 9780764549717
About the author
LIZ PALIKA is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer and Certified Animal Behavior Consultant who has taught dogs and their owners for more than 25 years and written more than fifty books. Her recent books include The Howell Book of Dogs, Puppy Love and Your Happy Healthy Pet.
Palika has received two Maxwell Awards from the Dog Writers' Association of America and the Dog Writers Association Distinguished Service Award in 2005. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, Dog World, Dog Fancy and the AKC Gazette.
When she’s not writing, Palika runs Kindred Spirits Dog Training in California and serves as founder of Love on a Leash, a nationwide therapy pet certification organization. The majority of her books are nonfiction works about dogs and other pets.
Liz lives in California.