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Please join us for a discussion with Dr. Ellen Lindell, contributing author of “Decoding Your Dog” on Friday February 28th at 7:00 p.m.

NOTE: THIS EVENT IS RE-SCHEDULED TO FRI.FEB. 28TH DUE TO WEATHER. Please join us for DOG DAY on Friday February 28th at 7:00 p.m. at Byrd’s Books as we welcome Dr. Ellen Lindell, author of Chapter 6:  School Days. Dr. Lindell will discuss, ”Get it right from the start–building and maintaining healthy behavior”.

About the book:

Written like the “Chicken Soup”series, this book has each chapter written by individual authors. ”Decoding Your Dog: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones” explains that more than ninety percent of dog owners consider their pets to be members of their family. But often, despite our best intentions, we are letting our dogs down by not giving them the guidance and direction they need. Unwanted behavior is the number-one reason dogs are relinquished to shelters and rescue groups.

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The key to training dogs effectively is first to understand why our dogs do what they do. And no one can address this more authoritatively than the diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Behavior, whose work, the culmination of years of rigorous training, takes them deep into the minds of dogs in an effort to decode how they think, how they communicate, and how they learn.

About the author:

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Dr. Ellen M. Lindell is a veterinarian and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. Her specialty practice, Veterinary Behavior Consultations, PC has offices in CT and New York. Dr. Lindell has published chapters in several veterinary textbooks and lectures nationwide in the field of veterinary behavior. Her favorite pastime is dog agility.  Dr. Lindell lives in Bethel.

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