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4581) The Budgerigar in Captivity: Housing, Feeding, Breeding, Colour Production, Exhibition and Teach
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This antique text contains a detailed handbook pertaining to the proper care and management of budgerigars in captivity, including information on housing, diet, breeding, colour production, and training. A great guide for both prospective and existing budgerigar keepers, this text contains everything one might need to know. This handbook is concise yet detailed, making it a great quick reference guide for those with queries. The chapters contained...
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In this follow-up to her hit Painting Happiness, Instagram sensation Terry Runyan shows you how to play with watercolour to create quirky cat portraits—and let go of stress.
Perfect for cat lovers and watercolour artists of all skill levels, from absolute beginner to more experienced, Painting Cats teaches you how to go from blob of paint to a beautiful portrait of your fluffy friends. Drawing on art therapy techniques that emphasize fun and freedom...
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What do you do when your best friend dies, that is, if your best friend was a dog and you'd lived alone together, leaving no one with whom to reminisce? You write. Andie Michael decided to do just that. She poured her feelings into what would become a letter to her dog, Chap — memorializing his sweet, adorable personality and every experience that she didn't want to let fade into time — and thanking him for giving her life meaning at times when...
4584) Los Camaleones
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El encanto exótico que distingue a los camaleones ha llevado a muchos aficionados a buscar las mejores condiciones para criarlos en cautividad, operación que hoy en día es posible siempre que se sigan algunas indicaciones fundamentales. Esta obra incluye una clasificación científica con más de 150 especies y una detallada información referente al hábitat y la distribución geográfica, las características morfológicas, cómo escogerlos y...
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A love of eating and of good ingredients led Tim to build a henhouse in the corner of his garden for a daily harvest of fresh eggs. His take on the role of keeping chickens is amusing and insightful, but this book is more than just a DIY guide to keeping a few free-range birds, or a new slant on a chicken-themed cookbook. Much in the style of Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries, it takes the reader through an entire year, month-by-month, skillfully combining...
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Stanley the Pug liked to get into mischief, but he liked making his masters happy even more. A loyal companion for seventeen years to the Newhalls, Stanley was not just an amazing and funny character, but a member of the family, helping Chuck Newhall cope with tough times and tragedies. While he was not a trained doctor, Stanley still dispensed love and joy, curing all who were lucky enough to know him. This is his story.
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First published in 1909 this is a wonderful historical account of life in Victorian Britain, through the eyes of a Master of Fox Hounds. A glimpse of life on a rural Scottish estate. Full of the fascinating day to day excitement of a packed country house. A must read for any rural sport enthusiast. This text has been republished here for its historical and cultural significance. Including a specially commissioned introduction on the Foxhound.
4588) My First Hamster
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Having a classroom hamster is one thing, but having one at home as a pet requires young readers to have a more mature understanding of the rodent's needs. This book provides information perfect to fill that gap. An essential guide for any library, this book gives concise, easy explanations of the needs of a hamster and how readers can meet them. Full-color photographs are paired with understandable, age-appropriate information and instructions on...
4589) Miniature Pigs. Miniature Pigs As Pets. Mini Pigs Book For Housing, Keeping, Diet, Health, Costs
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A micro pig or miniature pig is a breed of pigs that is much smaller in size and weight compared to usual pigs. The most important thing for anyone who is interested in miniature livestock is that these are not dwarfed versions of larger livestock. They are new breeds that just tend to look smaller in proportions.
Miniature pigs are known to be very lazy, yet playful and adorable, and can be clever and timid at the same time. They are ideal for people...
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Horse packing-using horses (and sometimes mules) as a form of conveyance for supplies and goods-was once a cornerstone of human transportation. Filled with precisely drawn illustrations and written instructions on the many types of required hitches, cordage, ropes, splices, and knots, this practical guide expertly covers all aspects of a formerly commonplace skill. It includes fine explanations of general packing rules and background on pack organization;...
4591) The Broncobusters
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Raised on a cattle ranch where horses are viewed as work animals, not companions. Mathew struggles between his love for horses and making a living. When Mathew's father is tragically killed he is forced take on the role as owner of the ranch. When he befriends a man named Samuel the two embark on a business venture to start the world's first dedicated horse ranch.
4592) Moose n' Me
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There's always one dog. One special dog you'll never forget. One dog that touched your heart in a way that lasts a lifetime . . . For singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins-whose records have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide-that dog was Moose, his childhood pet. And this touching picture book, with its sweet and appealing illustrations, is based on one of his songs, and tells the unforgettable story of that friendship. Moose-a chubby, adorable,...
4593) Teacher's Pets
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In Cole Calmenson's Teacher's Pets, Kate and Lucie are best friends who love, love, love DOGS. But just because they can't have dogs of their own doesn't mean they can't MAGICALLY turn into them!
The FURRY ADVENTURES continue in this CHARMING series when Kate and Lucie find a substitute teacher in their class. Mr. Z makes goofy jokes and has the class going hog wild as he teaches about animal communication. At the same time, mean Darleen makes fun...
4594) A Pocketful of Poems
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A Pocketful of Poems. Making you laugh, cry, smile or sigh, these poems are for the "every" person. 65 poems about coffee, cats, poetry, and love in all its messy glory. They are distilled from Platte River water and aged seven years in the authors head, ranging from the silly to the sublime and the cosmic to the comedic: coffee because most people crave it, cats because so many people have one, poetry because most people should read it, and love...
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In recent years, herpetoculturists have been fortunate in having the opportunity to keep and work with some of the large agamid lizards from southeast Asia, notably green water dragons and the Philippine Sailfin lizards. This book is dedicated to the care, maintenance, and breeding of these Asian lizards in captivity. In addition, a section has been included on the basilisk lizards of the New World.
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Learn about the brave dogs who help guard livestock around the world!
Wolf populations in the Rocky Mountains have reached recovery goals due in large part to an environmentally friendly method of predator control now in use on western ranches: livestock protection dogs (also called livestock guardian dogs). Although these dogs have been used around the world for thousands of years in primitive systems of livestock production, it's only in the past...
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Kittenhood showcases adorable kittens in life-size photographs taken in the early weeks of their lives. The book itself is oversize at 13 by 11 inches, allowing enough space to bring each of these little ones to life. Twenty-five breeds are captured in engaging photographs, showing all the details that make kittens so irresistible, from their soft, fluffy bellies to their tiny teeth, large eyes, beautiful coloring, and expressive tails. The book features...
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This eponymous comic became an instant hit when it went live on The Oatmeal.com and was liked on Facebook by 700,000 fans. Now fans will have a keepsake book of this comic to give and to keep. In My Dog: The Paradox, Inman discusses the canine penchant for rolling in horse droppings, chasing large animals four times their size, and acting recklessly enthusiastic through the entirety of their impulsive, lovable lives. Hilarious and heartfelt, My Dog:...
4599) Cute as a Button
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Zoey's fashion sense goes to the dogs-in the best possible way! Includes "Sew Zoey" blog posts and fashion illustrations.
When Aunt Lulu goes out of town Zoey's family takes care of her fourteen-year-old dog, Draper. Zoey dresses Draper in adorable homemade outfits for his daily walks, and when the fashionable doggie duds start getting attention in the neighborhood, Zoey finds herself swamped with requests to make pet clothes. How will she keep up...
4600) Kunekune Pigs. Kunekune Pigs As Pets. Kunekune Pigs Book For Keeping, Pros and Cons, Care, Housin
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The Kunekune pig is one of the smallest of all domesticated pigs. The name Kunekune comes from a Maori word which means 'fat and round'. This is perfectly descriptive of the appearance of this unusual variety of pigs.
With the growing popularity of the Kunekune pigs as pets, a lot has been studied and researched about the breed. Although they are native to New Zealand, these pigs have become a global favorite among farm owners and pig lovers.
The...
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