You want a dog who is confident and happy, able to immediately distinguish between friend and threat, capable of intense focus on her work, and able to relax and play with you when you need some puppy love. But these attributes are not born in our puppies; they are created through proper socialization.So much can be done in a puppy’s first few months of life to equip her for our human world and expectations. A well-socialized puppy is not only a happier puppy for her own sake but i...

How are animals trained in a zoo for the most endangered species of all?Join Marian and Ana as they travel through a zoo full of magical, mythical creatures, where good training allows for better care of the animals as well as safety for the trainers and public education. Learn about positive reinforcement with some of the most fantastic beasts ever seen—and then try the same techniques with your pets at home!Laura VanArendonk Baugh is known internationally for her animal tra...

Months on the bestseller list!"I'm loving it! Laura has managed not only to write a clear and incredibly important book, she's really funny too! Her way of writing, the images in her language, and the diagrams make this book really stand out; there's no way to misunderstand the concepts she's presenting."-- Emelie Johnson Vegh, co-author of Agility Right from the StartSome dogs need a little help.Some dogs are afraid, or excited, or reactive. Dogs that "don't...

I was out of money and options when this mysterious woman offered me five thousand dollars to get a tattoo. That seemed like a no-brainer. When I got tired of the tattoo, I figured I would just magically transfer it onto something else. No big deal.One missing person, one mutated kitten, one local crime lord, and a dozen cockroaches later, it turns out it was kind of a big deal.This hilarious urban fantasy is the kind of comedy that might happen if Kafka and Wodehouse got t...

After generations of war, the fragile new peace hangs by a thread, as Ryuven attacks continue despite the treaty. Shianan leads an exhausted army facing a fresh and magically superior foe. Worried for Ariana, not yet returned from her own deployment, and as demoralized as his soldiers, Shianan is unprepared in every way when Flamen Ande, high priest of the Gehrn cult, reappears to demand Luca back.Luca was once enslaved to Ande, but that was a lifetime ago, before the fall of the s...

You want a dog who is confident and happy, able to immediately distinguish between friend and threat, capable of intense focus on her work, and able to relax and play with you when you need some puppy love. But these attributes are not born in our puppies; they are created through proper socialization.So much can be done in a puppy's first few months of life to equip her for our human world and expectations. A well-socialized puppy is not only a happier puppy for her own sake but i...

A fractured past she can’t remember.A terrifying mission she can’t understand.A deadly foe that haunts both her waking and sleeping hours.Black Mills is secluded, even by mountain town standards, but its small streets are still too claustrophobic for Sage. She prefers spending her days in the wilderness, content to wander the hills with her dog Gus. Sage’s only other companion is her guardian the Wind, a remnant of a traumatic childhood shrouded in pain and half-mem...

After being attacked by a grizzly bear in the Rocky Mountains, seventeen-year-old Abby Hughes' facial scars are all she can think about, and all that she thinks anyone else can see when they look at her. After months of hiding out at home, returning to high school feels as daunting to Abby as enduring seven plastic surgeries. She knows it will be hard to show her new face to the world, but Abby doesn’t expect the level of rejection and hurt she receives, especially from people she thinks a...

The defensive new shield to protect the human world from marauding Ryuven is not yet erected, and Commander Shianan Becknam has been assigned to invesigate a series of Ryuven raids on a farming village. The grey mage Ariana Hazelrig is assigned to his company, so he must negotiate their fledgling friendship in a formal line of command.When a watch goes wrong and Ariana suffers an attack while on guard, she begins to look at other culprits. But protecting her people is only part of ...

He can save her life—if he sacrifices those he swore to protect.King’s bastard Shianan Becknam buries himself in his military career to avoid the dangers of drawing political attention. When the artifact intended to end an interdimensional war is damaged, a mage is trapped on the other side of the rift with her servant—only the cheery young boy is really one of the monstrous enemy, disguised as a human. Shianan is desperate to rescue Ariana, one of his few friends,...

The prequel short story to the Heathcliff Lennox murder mystery series. This ebook can also be found on https://karenmenuhin.com/The Great War. Spring, 1918. Major Heathcliff Lennox and his batman Greggs, are told to report to their new HQ. They set off on a sunlit day to fly the distance, but the enemy is never far away, and disaster strikes. They're sent crashing to the ground, behind enemy lines ,into the ravaged fields of France.Their chances of escape are slim, until h...

They eat us to live. We eat them to live forever.When Tomás Torres arrives at a remote research facility to consult on an unsuccessful breeding program for a rare species, he finds his new patients are fish with oddly humanoid face and torso -- merfolk.The legend that eating a mermaid will grant immortality seems to be based loosely in fact, and early trials suggest their meat is a powerful curative with incredible potential. A company with a succe...