Author: Dixie Tenny
Publisher:September 2016
Date of publication: Author's Unite
Bringing a new dog into the
household should be one of life’s happiest events. The process always starts
with excitement and high expectations. Too often, though, it ends in
disappointment. The new puppy wakes everyone three times a night, gnaws on
furniture, piddles everywhere, knocks the children down. The new adolescent dog
is too wild. The new adult dog growls at your neighbors. And where did all this
dog hair come from?
Most people spend hours
researching a new mattress, days researching a new car, and weeks researching a
new home or job. Yet for a new dog, a companion for the next 10-15 years, the
most they do is visit the nearest shelter or pet shop and buy whatever looks
cute and appealing. It’s no wonder they end up disappointed.
Whether you are looking for a
purebred puppy or a charming mixed-breed, the type of dog you bring into your
home matters. A quiet owner will struggle to keep up with a high-energy
labrador mix, for instance, while an active outdoor family will be impatient
with a snoozy bulldog. And finding the right kind of dog means becoming the
right kind of owner—a task that takes some forethought and planning.
How To Find Your Dream Dog is
here to fix the disconnect of dog ownership. It walks you step-by-step through
the process of choosing the right type of dog for you—not only exploring the
canine qualities that can determine your perfect puppy, adolescent, or adult
dog, but also assessing your lifestyle to make sure you’re a good match for the
dog, too. The book also looks at good (and bad) sources for finding healthy and
sound pet dogs, gives guidelines for evaluating individual puppies, and warns
of some red flags to watch out for during your dog search. With this guidebook
in hand, you can be confident that the next puppy or dog you bring home will be
the right companion and friend for you for the rest of its days.
Dixie Tenny is a Certified
Training Partner with the Karen Pryor Academy of Animal Training and Behavior.
During her 30+ years spent working with people and their pets, she has seen
again and again how mismatches between dog and owner can create “behavior
problems” that never would have happened if the right dog had been matched to
the right owner in the first place. She wrote this book to help puppy buyers
and dog adopters start out on the best possible foot with their new pet dogs,
and stay on that path for years to come.
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Author's Bio:
Dixie Tenny has been helping people and their dogs find each other and form successful partnerships since the early 1980s. She founded two rescue organizations: Purebred Dog Rescue of Saint Louis in 1984, and Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue, Inc. in 1987. Dixie was the Director of Training for the Greater St. Louis Training Club, Inc., for five years, creating classes and overseeing the work of 40 head and assistant trainers. In 2003 she and another experienced trainer created Dogs Unleashed, LLC. They traveled to clients’ homes and worked with behavior and training issues.
Dixie’s professional credentials include trainer certifications from the prestigious Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior, and the Association for Pet Dog Trainers. Dixie formed her own business, Human-Animal Learning Opportunities, LLC (HALO) in 2013. HALO hosts continuing education seminars for dog trainers.
Dixie has lived with a wide range of dogs over the years including mixed breeds, Australian Shepherds, Welsh and Cairn terriers, and more. While in Seattle, Dixie raised a labrador puppy for Canine Companions for Independence, Inc. (CCI). Currently Dixie lives with a Beauceron and an elderly Papillon, as well as four cats. When not doing things related to animals, she reads widely, enjoys the company of her three grown children, follows baseball and English Premier League football, and travels the world.
Hello, and thanks so much for featuring my book, "How to Find Your Dream Dog!" Writing it was a real labor of love, after three decades of working with people and their dogs. I hope it can help your readers find the right dogs for them. All the best to you and your readers! - Dixie
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