What is this E-book about?

This e-book is my way of sharing some of the most important ways I know to maintain a happy and healthy dog. It has been a labor of love to write and record this book and is my gift to all those guardians who will read this book and whose dogs will benefit from these ways I have found to keep my own dogs happy and healthy.

If you have a dog, you are probably someone who loves your dog deeply and wants to be the very best guardian you can to help your dog live a very long and healthy life. This book is my way of being in service and sharing some very important ingredients that can create a recipe for a happy and healthy dog.

What I share reveals some of what I have learned on my own journey with my two dogs, Harry, age 5, a black-and-white English springer spaniel who is with me and my husband now, and Socrates, my first dog, a liver-and-white English springer spaniel, who passed in July of 2011. They both have taught me so much about how to be a better guardian. And every day, I continue to learn and improve.

These tips are just a basic guideline for actions you can take to help your dog live a happier and healthier life. Socrates lived until he was almost 14 years old. He taught me so much in the time we were together. And Harry continues to teach me every day as well.

To better Socrates’ life and my own, I was and have been on a course of learning and searching, reading, taking many classes, both in-person and online, on canine health, diet, behavior, animal communication and healing, among other topics.

Harry came into my life in early July of 2011, so Socrates could leave my heart in Harry’s very good paws. This was the day of their first meeting. Three weeks later, Socrates made his transition. Photo by Donna El Haber, 2011. All rights reserved.

What Will You Learn?

Within each of the ways, I included additional resources. So in addition to what I share about my personal experiences and choices, you will be reading the thoughts and opinions of many others on a variety of subjects.

In the relatively small number of 25 ways, I have packed in an array of important information and resources. My audio e-book is over 3 hours. And my e-book, with its beautiful pictures, is over 200 pages long.

Tellington TTouch® is one of the holistic ways to help your dog feel calmer and so much better in a variety of ways. Pictured above is Linda Tellington-Jones, the creator of The Tellington TTouch® Method, with Pearl, who attended one of the TTouch® trainings in New Jersey. Photo by Donna El Haber, 2009. All rights reserved.

Here is just some of what you will learn:

You are a kind and loving guardian who is always searching for ways to help your beloved dog stay happy and healthy. Photo by Jason Nelson from www.freeimages.com.

What Do You Need Most to Maintain a Happy and Healthy Dog?

Why I Wrote This E-Book

I wrote this book because I wanted to help dogs and the guardians who love them so deeply. I wanted to be able to say to the next guardian I saw doing something I knew might be damaging to his or her dog, “Please go to my website and check out my e-book. You may find you have some new and better choices after reading what I have to share.”

I saw a big beautiful white dog named Leo, who was one-and-a-half years old, being walked on a prong collar. I stopped his young guardian to talk with her and pet her dog. I shared with her a little of what I share about walking your dog in my e-book.

I will feel so blessed if even one person who buys this book gets just a single golden nugget of information to help his or her dog. I wrote this book to help shift perspectives and have guardians open to new ways of seeing and doing things.

When I was a new dog guardian, my sister and brother-in-law, who bred my dogs, gave me some initial advice. I also read books and attended many workshops and seminars, and enrolled in classes with my dog, sometimes, unfortunately, with the wrong trainers.

There were so many ways in which I let my dog down. Before he incarnated, he knew it would be his mission to challenge me and show me all the ways I could become a better guardian. I was told that having my dog Socrates was like giving a Maserati to a new driver. It can be an explosive combination.

There were two publications that I found invaluable as a new dog guardian, and still find so valuable every month and every quarter. I share both of these with you in one of the ways in my e-book. However, neither of them had the most important elements of caring for  a dog grouped together in a single issue.