Most of Shorty's time was spent galloping through fields and jumping fences. That was the only world he knew and he was quite content with it.

Then a tragic accident happened, leaving him lame and scarred, which turned his world upside down. Abandoned, he was left outside, cold and hungry, feeling sad and lonely. He endured a heartbreaking and abusive life until it got to the point where he didn't want to continue this life he was living any more.

It was at that point when a strange man came and rescued Shorty and took him to a home of a family with children who loved him and thought he was beautiful, regardless of his scars and lame leg. His life would now be filled with all kinds of friends, of love, laughter, sadness and tears. This is the story about Shorty's life on the farm.

The complete Quick & Easy Guide to Making Healthy Dog Food At Home Learn how dogs with chronic illness improved after being fed a healthy homemade diet of fresh foods. Dispel the myths that may be sabotaging your dog's health. Learn what foods you should never feed your dog. Find out what is in processed commercial dog foods, that may be making your dog sick. Learn practical cost effective solutions to feeding your dog with fresh homemade foods, using a more holistic approach for a longer, happier, and healthier life. Cooking & feeding instructions for puppies, adult dogs, senior dogs, and the over-weight dog. Learn why store bought dog food costs you more to feed than a homemade diet. Quick, Easy & Healthy recipes to cook for your dog, including meals, healthy treats, cakes and ice cream.

Trainers, behaviorists, and big businesses have embraced the liberal use of positive techniques, philosophies and equipment for decades. Accompanying this is the buzz about leadership, alpha statuses, along with advice on what we should or shouldn't feed our dogs, when to feed them, and how much to feed them. What if it is as simple as ABC and 123-breathing, eating, playing and smiling? Awareness Centered Training (ACT) gives us permission to

joyfully and easily train (JET) our dogs without fear of right or wrong

mindfully shape natural behaviors with SAM (socialization and manners)

quickly integrate training for a few minutes each day, playing Doggy Diner

reduce sensory overload with "ahha " moments of peace and stillness

connect using body language, breathing, and the magic of your smile

empower yourself and your dog with skills you can use anywhere

creatively balance energy while enhancing well-being

let go of what doesn't matter and go with the flow (wolf )

change life for the better with dogs as translators for learning and healing

While you train with awareness, unhealthy patterns in your life can begin to vanish. This is not because of a book, social media, or life doing something to you. It is because you and your dog are doing something different together. Enjoy the journey.

Using Topographic Maps to Find Deer Topographic maps and aerial photos can lead you right to the biggest bucks you've ever seen. You just have to know how to use them. Brad Herndon takes the mystery out of finding deer with maps. Through years of dedicated hunting and careful study of maps and photos, Herndon has perfected the use of maps to find the routes deer travel. And once you know where the deer will be headed you can establish the perfect ambush site. Maps are often the forgotten link in scouting prime deer habitat. Yet because they show you all the hills, gullies, rivers and ridges, you can learn the lay of the land without walking mile after unproductive mile. Maps won't eliminate the need to get in the woods, but they will tell the best places to start your search for the buck of your dreams. Herndon also shows hunters how to use the latest Internet and computer technology to personalize any map. Mark your stand locations, the locations of deer sign, even note the best possible wind direction to make your hunt a success. If you hunt deer, let Mapping Trophy Bucks lead you right to where the big boys hide. The rest is up to you.

Guide-dog Laura needed a new home. And, after listening to her owner, Jaina, talk on the radio about what would happen to her much loved guide and companion when she retired, Martin Clunes picked up the phone. He’d always been a soft touch when it came to animals. One more couldn’t hurt.

Adopting Laura opened his eyes to the extraordinary care provided by assistance dogs, but also piqued his curiosity. Throughout history, our meetings with remarkable animals have eased, enriched, and sometimes saved our lives in countless and surprising ways.

Our canine friends have guided us, rescued us, led us, protected us and even given early warning of illness, but dogs are only part of the story. From the horses that went to war with the Light Brigade, to the mine-clearing Gambian Pouched Rat called Courage that helped make the peace, and from the pigeons carrying life-saving messages to the wild dolphin called Jock who befriended a traumatised young woman in Australia, in peace and war animals have always been there for us.

Together with his own life-changing encounters with animals around the world, Martin has celebrated the intelligence, loyalty, and companionship of some truly extraordinary creatures whose lives have been entwined with our own. By turns heart-warming, inspiring and always fascinating, Meetings With Remarkable Animals gives us a chance to meet them too.

Jack's story is often funny but also refreshingly candid. By the time he was two years old he had run in hundreds of races but was considered 'two slow' by the industry. Unbeknown to Jack he escaped having a bullet in his head but was instead thrown from a van into a ditch on a busy road near Canterbury in Kent after having 'his identity' ripped from his ear with a pair of pliers. He was one of the 'lucky' ones that ended up in a rehoming centre where he was loved and cared for until an owner could be found for him.

In a house high on a California hill, a young girl grows up in the shadow of the Great Depression. Cats appear, and the interweaving of their lives with those of the family changes them all forever. When her very own cat dies, Sandra must struggle with the concepts of loss and death. Years later, she and a battle-weary tomcat adopt one another, and her lessons in growing up continue. There is solace in the beauty of the countryside, the tiny Siamese kittens, the toothless old cat with the operatic voice, and the laughable duck in the living room. A Scattering of Cats offers us comfort as it echoes our own struggles to grow. We share the laughter, the tears, and the respect for cats as special fellow creatures.

The Story of a Dog who has died and gone to the Rainbow Bridge. There she tells her story about her adventures on Earth and in Heaven. She describes both here earthly and spiritual friends.