A new, practical guide to training your Border Collie, by esteemed trainer and author, Barbara Sykes. Drawing upon her popular 'Thinking Like Canines' (TLC) training method and other established approaches, Barbara Sykes' Training Border Collies is an essential resource for understanding and training this versatile and loyal breed. With step-by-step photography and training case studies throughout, the book covers: breed variants and temperaments; diet, puppy training and bringing new dogs home; simple commands, boundaries and socialization; the 'Chill Mat' - a safe territory to keep your collie calm; lead and recall training; rescue and problem dogs and, finally, common myths, facts and tips about the breed. This essential resource for all Border Collie owners, BC kennel clubs and trainers is fully illustrated with 150 colour step-by-step photographs.
Simple strategies for managing your Border Collies' instincts How do you introduce a Border Collie into your home? How do you manage their working instincts in a domestic setting? This book will equip you with the understanding and practical strategies to effectively manage and train your Border Collie, whilst still having fun with your dog and building a strong partnership. Understanding the breed is fundamental to being able to train your dog. Part I of the book explains why Border Collies were bred and how their genetic features impact their character. Part II then offers practical training strategies for: lead walking and recall; introducing a rescue dog in your home; Border Collies and children and finally, trouble-shooting problems and setbacks. Barbara Sykes is an esteemed Border Collie trainer, consultant and authority on the breed. She has lived with Border Collies all her life and has spent the last fifty years training, trialling and rescuing hundreds of dogs. In her sixth book, she takes a fun approach to dog training and emphasises the importance of creating a positive relationship with your dog. Although developed with Border Collies in mind, these techniques are applicable to any breed, making an owner's life easier and a dog's life happier.
An aggressive dog, whether large of small, baring its teeth and growling can be a terrifying sight. Dogs, like children, require boundaries and training in order for them to grow into sociable, well-mannered adults with a healthy respect for their fellow beings. Barbara Sykes explains how to recognise and understand the causes of hostility in dogs, and how to move forward in a calm and sympathetic way in order to gain a dog's respect and friendship. The author is an experienced dog trainer and her common-sense approach to behavioural problems in dogs is successfully proven in this book by the rehabilitation of Craig.
The Border Collie is an extremely versatile breed, faithful enough to be a loyal friend, honest enough to be a hard worker and intelligent enough to be an asset in rescue and other services. This comprehensive, illustrated book gives essential advice on how to become the pack leader by understanding and interpreting the body language of man's best friend. Topics include: choosing your Border Collie; taking your puppy home; commonsense dog training; nutrition; creating a partnership; training, adolescent and older dogs.
Foragers Timothy Sean Sykes & Barbara Jean Sykes have put together this cookbook and field guide with: * detailed instructions to help you find, identify, and prepare 45 common wild plants for your dining enjoyment * over 200 images - including photos and drawings - to help you identify both friend and foe in the world of wild edibles! * nearly 170 detailed recipes to help you prepare your banquet with some of the wildest dishes you can imagine! * over 20 articles of interest to the average forager (including pieces on: first aid, poison ivy, stinging insects, inclement weather, too much sunshine, and much, much more!) * we even throw in a few bonus recipes from the history books to tickle your taste buds! Each article is chocked full of folklore and the wisdom of those ancient foragers who relied on the wild world for their survival . all told with the clarity and wit found in all the writings of Timothy Sean Sykes.
As in the First Book of Toadal Wisdom, our frogs and their friends continue to tease, inspire, and guide you through those moments in life where only toadal wisdom will do! And the grins just keep on coming! Our wisdoms fit (loosely) into several categories: [The Inspired Frog [The Working Frog [The Parent/Teacher Frog [The Naughty Frog, and [Wisdom of the Old Toad And again we have more that, like some of our characters, just don't fit anywhere else! Enjoy!
Our frogs and their friends will tease, inspire, and even guide you through those moments in life where only toadal wisdom will do! They'll even give you a grin (or two) when you need it most. Our wisdoms fit (loosely) into several categories: [The Inspired Frog [The Working Frog [The Parent/Teacher Frog [The Naughty Frog, and [Wisdom of the Old Toad We even throw in a few that, like some of our characters, just don't fit anywhere else! Enjoy!
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador. A Loyalist wife and mother describes the first hard weather in New Brunswick, a seasick nun tells of a dangerous voyage out from France, a famous children’s writer writes home about the fun of canoeing, and a German general’s wife describes habitant customs. All demonstrate how women’s experiences not only shared, but helped shape this new country.
This book is a compilation of stories about people who do kind and loving acts, and for those reasons alone, they are referred to as everyday angels. It consists of short stories of some of the author's most memorable events about interactions over the years with children whom she taught and with people who have shaped her life and whose lives she believes she has impacted as well. In many instances, the author felt that she and her family were engaging with angels because of the providential way in which people intersected their lives.
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