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By Pamela Reid. Dogwise Publishing. $12.95. This is certainly not new turf when it comes to dog books, but Reid, a certified behaviorist and dog trainer with a PhD in animal learning and behavior, puts the subject in a simplistic format that is easily understood. She addresses the symbiotic relationship of dog and man in [...]

By Emma Pearse. De Capo Press. $25. It isn’t exactly a modern-day version of the 1938 classic, “Lassie Come Home,” but “Sophie” packs every bit of real-life drama with an absorbing Australian accent and a bit of refreshing good fortune to boot. Imagine, for a minute, you and your significant other are cruising through the [...]

By John J. Ensminger. CRC Press. $79.95. K-9 unit assignments are one of the most coveted in police departments and military units worldwide. The handlers provide solid backup and expertise for fellow officers and a positive public persona, but the intense challenges of these tightly-knit teams is generally unknown. The author, an attorney and noted consultant [...]

By Robert Vetere with Valerie Andrews, BenBella Books, Inc., $22. With a bit of a bite, Robert Vetere, president of the American Pet Products Association, takes the resilience of the family dog into the workplace in an eye-opening mindset, all the time arguing how we can learn from its virtues. Vetere, who for 35 years [...]

By Mark Derr. The Overlook Press. $26.95. If you’re a dog lover who savors history, this ambitious volume will leave you with a feeling of nirvana. Author of “A Dog’s History of America,” Derr takes the reader on a historical travelogue, tracking researchers’ documentation of the wolf-to-dog (dog-wolves or doglike wolves) sequencing worldwide, yet leaving [...]