...Does the book smell like a dog…or does the character smell like a dog? The answer is neither! Smells like Dog is book full of adventure, friendship, and treasure! My reading frenzy started back in the fourth grade at Haley Morgan’s house. We were playing in her room and I needed a book to take to school the next day, so she offered me her selection. I thumbed through them all, and being a fourth grader, I picked the book with the best cover. The cover had a picture if a droopy dog and a few tick marks leading to an unknown reward. I began reading the book soon after I acquired it; before I knew it, I could not put it down! A famous treasure hunter who was eaten by a HUGE turtle, a young chubby boy who inherited a droopy basset hound, and...
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...alternatives to incarceration Book REview | Don’t Shoot the Dog! | The New Art of Teaching and Training | | Teresa Fuller | 5/11/2010 | Don’t Shoot the Dog! Provides a wonderful explanation and description of proper methods and laws around shaping undesirable behavior as an alternative to punitive discipline, be whether it is a student, child or animal these methods will apply. I am studying juvenile incarceration and alternatives to detention, this subject has opened my eyes to many red flags in the juvenile justice system, one being incarceration of low level offenders. In this book review I will discuss the importance and significance of this book, its content, meaning, purpose, strengths and weaknesses. I will also show how this book has increased my level of understanding of my target population and regarding the use of reinforcements in society. | The book I chose to review is titled “Don’t Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training”. What this book does is provides a unique and completely rational approach to retraining and reframing of thoughts and actions. In this book the author does a great job at describing and providing alternatives to unpleasing behavior. The population I am choosing to study is the juvenile population. I wonder how we can save our youth instead of introducing them to a life of crime and further destroying their future. Over the last ten to twenty years we have been locking our youth up left and right for lower and...
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...Imagine what it would be like to be a human stuck in a dog’s body. In the realistic fiction book The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, the main protagonist, Enzo, is a dog who has to go through life with so much to say and no way to say it. He understands everything going on around him, from Denny’s racing techniques and Eve’s illness to the legal actions surrounding the Evil Twin’s plan to keep Zoë in their custody; however, Enzo only has gestures to portray his ideas and thoughts, and these gestures are never enough to say even a fraction of what is going on inside his mind. Despite his inability to communicate with his family like another human being, Enzo still finds ways to support his owner, Denny; Denny’s wife, Eve; and their...
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...The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)[2][3] is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), a member of the Canidae family of the mammalian order Carnivora. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both domesticated and feral varieties. The dog was the first domesticated animal[4] and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and pet animal in human history. The word "dog" can also refer to the male of a canine species,[5] as opposed to the word "bitch" which refers to the female of the species. MtDNA evidence shows an evolutionary split between the modern dog's lineage and the modern wolf's lineage around 100,000 years ago but, as of 2013, the oldest fossil specimens genetically linked to the modern dog's lineage date to approximately 33,000–36,000 years ago.[4][6] Dogs' value to early human hunter-gatherers led to them quickly becoming ubiquitous across world cultures. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname "man's best friend" in the Western world. In some cultures, however, dogs are also a source of meat.[7][8] In 2001, there were estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world.[9] Most breeds of dogs are at most a few hundred years old, having been artificially selected for particular morphologies and behaviors by people for specific functional roles. Through...
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...By:Kelly Newton The title of the book I am reading is Kira-Kira. Kira-Kira means glittering in Japanese. The author of this book is Cynthia Kadohata. The thing I liked most about the book is that Katie's older sister (Lynn) dies. Not that its a good thing but I think it gives the book more of an unexpected twist, and it makes it that much better to read. I also like the author and how she goes into detail about the things that need to be in detail not just rambling on about a chair like, my favorite scene when Lynn gets bitten by a dog so Katie throws a glass milk bootle at it. Then Lynn breaks free and the dog is trying to lap up the water with its tongue, but Lynn doesn't want the dog to cut its tongue so she chases it away with the garden hose. I also like how she explains things in great detail so you can picture even the trees in your mind. The main theme would most likely be love, hope, and strength. This is because Katie loves her family so much and when her older sister lynn becomes sick with lymphoma, a disease, her family falls apart so Katie must become strong and help keep the family together by reminding them that there is something out there in the future. I think the purpose of the book was to inform young-adult readers of what the 1950's through the 1960's was like. Because thats the time period when the book takes place and it does a good job of telling how poor families made it through some rough times. The book is told by Katie Takeshima, the...
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...Wilson rawls made his book in 1961 and he made the movie made in 1974 , made by norman tokar. Billy wanted to buy two dogs. He worked so he could save up some money to buy them . He told his grandpa to order them for him so he did. But he had to go get the dogs to talakua walking . he finally got to talakua and got the two dogs, but when he got home his parents were really mad at him. Billy trend the dogs to hunt in the woods. To begin with the book, he was outside and he saw this man with two dog . He then went running to go see the dog but this other man had already bought it . but billy had always wanted a dog so he started to work and save up his money. He had saved the amount of money he wanted to buy the dogs so he told his...
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...Maha Almasoudi ESLI-086- Intermediate Reading Melissa Battista April 17. 2016 Marley: A Dog Like No Other The book is about Marley adventures in life from being a puppy to old age. The whole story starts when John Grogan and Jenny get Marley at a large wooden property in Florida. They got Marley for clearance, only $350 when the rest of the group was $375-400. They had to wait three weeks to get Marley, because he had to be eight weeks old. He lived in Florida, he like the sand and sun. One of Marley adventures was being a student in at obedience school, where he couldn't get enough of the smells and other dogs. The instructor kicked Marley out because he is too young and excitable. was eating everything as well and when Marley was about...
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...I never knew two dogs can be so similar even though one Seaman is a real dog and Hally is a fictional dog. For example the books Dog Breath and Canine Hero the two dogs have a few similarities, like they are loving and heros toward their owners. For example in the book Dog breath on page 15 the author states,¨The next morning the Tosis family woke up with two burgerlears passed out on the cold floor.¨ This means Hally Tosis saved the family from getting robbed. She was a hero to the Tosiss they could of got robbed that night, but Hally became a hero. Another example is In the book Canine Hero the author says,” One night, a buffalo bull wandered into the expedition's camp. Passing within inches of the sleeping men, it crushed guns and almost...
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...Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is the tale of a boy who strives to save a dog from a life of misery at the hands of his cruel owner. Though only 11, he will attempt to stand up for what he believes despite what the law may state. With the help of his caring family, over the course of this story the main character must solve complicated ethical dilemmas. In doing so, he is attempting to achieve justice for this dog. The story begins with the main character, Marty walking through the woods. He discovers a dog which ultimately follows him home. He and his father return the dog to its home and according to the combination of the dog's reaction to physical contact and Marty's impressions of the dog's owner Judd, he concludes that the dog may be abused. After a number of days, the dog who has been named Shiloh by Marty returns to his home after running away from a fox hunt. This time, Marty is determined to keep Shiloh away from his owner. In an attempt to keep Shiloh a secret, he creates a pen on a hilltop his father owns. Despite his crafty lying and sneaking food from the dinner table...
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...Book Report Do you like funny and amusing tell tales especially with the use of animals as caricatures? Well, set in Angel’s Camp, a gold mining community of California during the mid -19th century, Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog by Mark Twain is a classical anecdote to chew on. The narrator, clearly an educated man from the East, presents the story of Jim Smiley, told in Simon Wheeler’s uneducated dialect. The author uses this dialect to present the contrast between East and West: educated verses the uneducated, or refined verses coarse. The narrator claims to have visited the camp populated primarily by men to find Simon Wheeler. Many of them looking for their fortune and probably seem to be full of loud, uncouth, and uneducated people compared to the more genteel East. Within this context, the author uses symbolism, imagery and allegory quite skilfully through his narrator using absurd characters to tell tale. Since tall tales traditionally have been more appreciated in the West, the setting is appropriate. Humorously, the names for the dog and the "educated" frog hint at some possible political undertones. The dog, who didn’t look like much but was feisty when it came to fighting, was named for Andrew Jackson, a westerner and the seventh president of the United States. He was a man of the people and believed in democracy for all. The moral of the tale could be that the uneducated, common frog was only able to beat the educated...
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...grown in population in the past five years. More and more hospitals and medical facilities are utilizing therapy dogs while working with geriatrics to quell issues such as depression, loneliness, and inactivity. The physiological benefits of AAT include increase of communication and improved social interaction as well as a reduction in heart rate and blood pressure. In long term care facilities for older folks, these benefits are wildly useful to both the staff and the residents. Therapy animals improve the quality of life for residents by increasing social interaction- not only with the animal handler, but also with surrounding folks that are interested in petting the dog. In addition,...
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...Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic society where books are banned and the firefighters do not fight fire but start them. Free thought is almost prohibited. People are punished for possessing books, poems, and other literature. In 50 years, our society will be a much different place with different developments in the technological world. Surveillance is already a tool used by law enforcement and I believe as time moves forward so will the want for more of a controlled environment for the population. The government is already holding on to millions of files, messages sent, and conversations. As Bradbury depicts how the government is involved in the population's life in Fahrenheit 451, America will resemble the society created by Bradbury. In Fahrenheit...
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...Most people would agree that a dog is considered man’s best friend. If this is true think of how some dogs, and animals in general, are treated. Most people wouldn’t treat a "best friend" this way. Animals are subjected to many forms of abuse that would not be accepted in a human case but is overlooked for animals. The problem of animal rights will only be solved through stricter rules when using them in entertainment, stopping animal experimentation, and creating awareness for abuse. Animals used for entertainment have always gotten the reputation of being mistreated and abused. While of course this is not the case with every animal, there are creditable sources proving that this is not always false. In the periodical, Animals in Entertainment, the author questions how elephants can live with people in countries like Africa and Asia yet are violent when put into circuses. If a person was put into this situation, forced to work out of fear. In the same way as animals in entertainment, people view animals used for experimentation as abused and mistreated. In the book, Do Animals have Rights? by Alison Hills, she begins by talking about a man named Colin Blakemore, a professor who conducted an experiment on kittens for vision. This experiment led to their eyes being swollen shut(Hills 1). If these would have been children, it would have been an outrage. Humans have the ability to communicate with each other, while animals do not have that ability with humans. If an experiment...
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...born on January 12, 1876 to a working class family. He had to deal with a hard life from a very young age, but his constant struggling got him through most of the difficulties and by the age of 30, he was internationally famous for his books Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904) and other successful literay works. Though he wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, he also sought peace and quiet inspiration. He wished society to be reformed that he expressed through his writings. His stories of high adventure were based on his own experiences at sea, in the Yukon Territory, and in the fields and factories of California. Similar to a number of writers at that time, he died young, at the age of 40, impoverished (again), sick and suffering from alcoholism. To this day it is still unclear if he the cause of death was accidental morphine overdose or he commited suicide. He as well was a fairly controversial person, so that different authors look at him in various ways: ”The basic law of his thinking was logic. His literary style was the clear, obvious and unmistakable sentences of the beautiful English language. ’The Call of the Wild’ serves as the reference book of English stylistics on Sorbonne. He was the man of facts: not to be afraid of looking inside of the eyes of reality, a great view of life. But Jack London's inner debates did not let him to become an even greater writer and thinker...
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...What is adversity? The main character, Buck, in Jack London’s The Call of the Wild faced adversity throughout the book. Buck turned his struggle into success. The idea of adversity is an expressed theme in The Call of the Wild. One expressed adversity theme is everything happens for a reason. When Buck was taken from Judge Miller and became a sled dog he ended up happier. Buck also was placed with the terrible owner Hal and Charles. This led him to meet John Thornton. Buck deeply loved Thornton even more than Judge Miller “As you love me Buck . As you love me.”. Buck and Thornton had loved each other so much. The reader may have been rooting for Buck to return to Judge Miller but in the end realizes Buck is happier in the wild. “His development...
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