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Pierce, Jessica

Summary: "Many pet dogs are experiencing anxiety and frustration as they struggle to adapt to human home environments--despite being pampered, poofed, and petted, or perhaps in part because of this. We can do better for them. Who's a Good Dog challenges us to think more carefully about the limits we place on their inherited, deep-rooted behaviors. Bioethicist Jessica Pierce explores common practices of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 PIE

Moore, Mickey Golden

Summary: Since 2009, attendees of Beyond the Paw Print Pet Loss Support Group meetings have found validation of their grief as they shared their stories of love, loss, and lessons learned in a caring, judgment-free atmosphere. It has long been Dr. Golden Moore’s dream to share these stories with the larger community of animal lovers outside the circle of her pet loss support group. The 22 stories in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beyond the Paw Print Productions L.L.C. 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.0887 MOO

Orlean, Susan

Summary: 'How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,' writes Susan Orlean. Since the age of six, when Orlean wrote and illustrated a book called Herbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon, she's been drawn to stories about how we live with animals, and how they abide by us. Now, in On Animals, she examines animal-human relationships through the compelling tales she...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 ORL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 ORL

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 ORL

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 ORL

Devine, Alexis

Summary: "Alexis Devine, creator of the wildly popular TikTok account @WhatAboutBunny with over 8.3 million followers, delivers a memoir loaded with wit and passion for animals, as well as the vulnerability and authenticity of a woman who learned to take care of herself by learning to talk to her dog"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DEVINE, ALEXIS DEV

Donohue, Moira Rose.

Summary: Read about these amazing animal heroes, stories that will inspire pet owners, farm hands, anyone who has an infinity for animals and their unique behaviors.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017

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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J WHITE KAN

Chin, Lili

Summary: "Dogs communicate with so much more than barks and tail wags, and misreading doggie body language makes life challenging for dogs and their humans. This small but mighty book is your perfect illustrated guide to seeing and understanding the subtle visual cues and interpreting the behaviors used by your beloved pup to express how they're feeling. The more we notice and listen to what our dogs...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Summersdale Publishers Ltd, part of Octopus Publishing Group Limited 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7083 CHI

Tjernshaugen, Andreas

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Throughout this captivating book, Tjernshaugen investigates the fox's place in our own cultural history--such as Reynard the Fox, the Scandinavian inspiration for Disney's Robin Hood, and the fables of Aesop, which depict foxes as sly and cunning, a reputation that may not be fully earned, Tjernshaugen argues. What is true is "the fox is wilder than other wildlife...and largely survives in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2024

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Havill, Juanita.

Summary: "While visiting her grandmother in the country, Mel discovers a neglected horse. Moved by the sight of the rib-thin pinto with the sad, glazed eyes and eager to help him, Mel starts a rescue process that results in the pinto's being moved to a horse rescue ranch to revive him and treat his problems. At the ranch, Mel learns about horse care and continues to bond with the horse she has named...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gryphon Press 2010

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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAV

Spicer Rice, Eleanor

Summary: "Butt-sniffing dogs. Terrified tarantulas. Canaries with invisible force fields? Yep--it turns out our pets experience the world in totally different ways than we do. Unlock some of your nonhuman family members' wildest behaviors in this hilarious (and sometimes shiver-worthy) illustrated guide to their secret lives, complete with exciting interviews with the scientists who research them. From...

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Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2024

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Summary: "With stories by Barbara Bush, James Herriot, Jimmy Stewart, Betty White, Art Linkletter, Gilda Radner, Bettie Youngs, and many more."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 CHI

Summary: The incredible story of how Shaun Ellis spent two years raising three abandoned wolf pups in captivity by immersing himself in their world as an accepted leader and teaching them by example how to survive in the wild. Shaun lived among the pack in order to better understand and ultimately help save one of humankind's most feared predators in the wild.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007

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McWilliams, James E.

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Summary: "Just Food author James McWilliams's exploration of the "compassionate carnivore" movement and the paradox of humanity's relationship with animals. In the last four decades, food reformers have revealed the ecological and ethical problems of eating animals raised in industrial settings, turning what was once the boutique concern of radical eco-freaks into a mainstream movement. Although animal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 MCW

Miles, Ellen

Summary: Lizzie has competition as a foster puppy parent at Caring Paws! While volunteering, she meets Harper, who might know more about dogs than Lizzie does! But when Sparky, a tiny Chihuahua mix, arrives with an injured leg, the two girls will have to team up to find this sweet, strong puppy a perfect home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MIL

Summary: Part 1, The rise of the dog, examines the relationship between dogs and humans, from their initial domestication to the present day. Part 2, Dogs by design, examines the many different breeds of dogs, and how modern technology is changing the science of dog breeding.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DOG

Van Dusen, Chris

Summary: After courageously swimming to shore when the ship that they are traveling on sinks and the wretched captain does nothing to rescue them, circus animals find a way to become a valued part of a coastal community.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Van

Summary: A young pig depends on a rat, a spider, and a little girl to prove that, even as a runt, he's still special. As his days become numbered, it will take a miracle to save his life. Special features include: additional scenes, bloopers, commentary, music videos, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY CHA

1 hold on 5 copies

Summary: After an accident in the lab of the maniacal Dr. Barsinister, an ordinary beagle named Shoeshine finds he has some unimaginable powers, along with the ability to speak. Underdog vows to protect the citizens of Capitol City, and one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebred.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY UND

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UND

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UND RATED PG

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Underdog

Stein, Garth

Summary: Enzo, a puppy who loves to run, meets a little girl named Zoë and her father, who take Enzo on a journey to the city where he discovers just how big the world is and the family he is truly meant to be with.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2014

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STE

Alfero, Teo

Summary: The wolf has enthralled humankind for millennia, as a creature to be both feared and admired. Legends, behavioral science, and biological research all suggest that human beings picked up many of their key evolutionary traits -- such as cooperative hunting and raising of their young, and their high degree of emotional intelligence and deep bonding -- from wolves. Teo and his team at Wolf Heart...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 599.773 ALF

Summary: After young Lucas shoots some ants with his water pistol they retaliate with a secret potion that shrinks him to their size.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANT

Summary: Peggy is a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister. She lives alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY YEA

Foster, Charles

Summary: To test the limits of our ability to inhabit lives that are not our own, Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the nonhumans. To do that, he chose five animals and lived alongside them, sleeping as they slept, eating what they ate, learning to sense the landscape through the senses they used. In this lyrical, intimate, and completely radical look at the lives of animals, Charles...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 FOS

Cameron, W. Bruce

Summary: Lily meets a crow with a broken wing, so she and Maggie Rose take the crow home to Mom. But when the crow starts to become too tame, some unexpected problems arise. It's Lily to the rescue!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Starscape 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC CAM

Coe, Victoria J.

Summary: "When Fenway's beloved short human, Hattie, brings home a rival pet in the form of a fluffy, twitching rabbit, Fenway's determined to oust the intruder--but doing so will cost him"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017

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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COE

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