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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DOGSummary: "Pets can be a wonderful source of joy, companionship, and fulfillment. And pet owners often enjoy secondary health benefits such as reduced risk of cardiac disease, increased amounts of exercise, and lowered blood pressure. That probably explains why 62 percent of American households have at least one pet. But these bundles of joy can also come with bundles of challenges--unlike humans, they...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 VETSummary: A dog's purpose can extend beyond a companionship role as man's best friend to a functional one that comes with great purpose and responsibility. This fascinating documentary series explores the history, training and duties of working dogs and the integral role they serve to assist mankind. This series follows the dogs through 7 episodes: 1. Wolves become dogs; 2. Dogs move into the stage and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY DOGSummary: Harry the dirty dog: Harry runs away before bath time. When he returns home covered in mud, his family doesn't recognize him. Officer Buckle and Gloria: When Officer Buckle tries to share his safety tips, nobody listens - until he's partnered with a police dog named Gloria. Angus and the ducks: A curious Scotch terrier decides to investigate the strange noise coming from the other side of the hed
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HARSummary: A man tries to live a normal life despite the fact that he sometimes turns into a sheepdog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A compulsively neat detective's tidy world goes to the dogs when he is forced to team up with a drooling slob of a junkyard dog named Hooch to find a murderer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "From a theoretical point of view, this DVD set gives you a thorough understanding of the philosophy behind Don's training System. On the practical side, the DVDs cover everything from basic and advanced commands, dealing with a variety of problem behaviors, creating boundary line safety, to even teaching your dog how to swim! With logical, easy to apply, step-by-step instruction, this DVD set...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Thane International 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 DONSummary: Based on the true life story of a young Marine Corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MEGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MEG RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MEGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Megan 2017Summary: Dogs influence our daily lives in simple and extraordinary ways. People need dogs, and perhaps they need us, but what do humans do to deserve the unconditional love they provide?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WESummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY YEASummary: All dogs go to heaven: Set in 1939 New Orleans, the story centers on Charles B. Barkin, a roguish German shepherd with the charm of a con man and the heart of a marshmallow. Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, a cigar-chomping pit bull known as Carface, Charlie finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALLSummary: Shows the fetal development of an elephant, a dolphin, and a dog from a common evolutionary root into dramatically diverse adult mammals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSummary: In the streets of New York City, Oliver, an orphaned kitten, is befriended by Dodger, a carefree mutt, and his band of streetwise dogs. Together they try to avoid the evil Sykes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney DVD 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV OLISummary: Bonus features include fear of loud noises, finding the right canine professional and vet tips to help your dog's exercise routine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cesar Millan, Inc. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 COMSummary: It shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DoCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DOGSummary: A Dog's Way Home: Chronicles the heartwarming adventure of (Bella), a devoted dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture."--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ISLSummary: This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SOUSummary: Balto, a sled dog in Alaska, makes an arduous journey to bring life-saving medicine to a town during a diphtheria epidemic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 2001
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BALSummary: Collection of CN Hall of Fame Comedy Shows: Johnny Bravo Hall of Fame Season 1; Dexter's Laboratory Hall of Fame Season 1; Courage The Cowardly Dog Hall of Fame Season 1; and Ed Edd n Eddy Vol. 2.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FOUSummary: "Cesar Millan's dog psychology center is both home and refuge to as many as fifty dogs, boasting canines from celebrity clients to those deemed 'unfixable', to dogs belonging to the Millan family itself. The pack is a vital took and helps Cesar in rehabilitating a wide variety of problem dogs."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Screen Media Films 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Nonfic DSummary: This hilarious and poignant documentary explores the positive effects of the intense bond between dogs and humans, as told through the story of Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum and her dog Chelsea.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kirschenbaum Productions 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DOGSummary: The heartwarming 'tail' of a young girl whose life is changed by a scruffy, fun-loving pooch she names Winn-Dixie. The special bond between them works magic on her reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet during one unforgettable summer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005