Treat yourself to this year's wildest read for domestic animal lovers. Dogs: Funny Side Up! is an hysterical perspective born out of a life that has literally gone to the dogs. Nola Lee Kelsey leaves the polite, often politically correct, world of dog writing to the masters of sentiment. Kelsey takes her own approach.

Be it working at the world-renowned Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (Nat Geo Channel's `Dogtown') or rescuing animals among the temples of Northern Thailand, Kelsey's knack for recounting uproarious yet bizarrely educational tales offers readers an outrageously fresh perspective on the world of animal rescue and a life spent among man's best friends.

Caution: This is not your grandmother's collection of warm, fuzzy, shelter dog tales for the soul. In this collection of

Here is the most comprehensive collection of drills ever compiled into book form—techniques that formerly have been spread primarily by word of mouth. Throughout Spencer keeps in mind the limitations under which most amateurs train. Each drill is diagramed, with a careful explanation of the purpose, prerequisites, necessary equipment, and pitfalls to avoid. The exercises herein are limited to field work and oriented to amateurs training their own dogs for hunting or hunt tests. Only you can turn them into drills—by running your dog through them repetitively!