Create one-of-a-kind couture for your precious pooch with these 20 quick and easy-to-follow patterns, complete with clear, step-by-step instructions and patterns to cut out and re-use. From beginning crafters to expert artisans, Dressup provides a great activity for the whole family. Each section provides crafting tips for adults wanting to craft with children. Whimsical photography is featured throughout.

Dress up your pooch in the cutest handmade outfits for any occasion! Transform your beloved dog into the king or queen of the dog park with the cutest DIY costumes that will make everyone go double aww. Fabulous Costumes for Fabulous Dogs is the crafty dog owner’s ultimate resource for dressing up your pups in outfits that are guaranteed to melt hearts. Get ideas from fifty adorable canine costumes that can be sewn using felts and fabrics or repurposed from thrift items and crafts. Follow detailed tutorials, with different difficulty levels, using step-by-step photographs. Learn how to tailor your costume to big, medium, and small dogs; make the costume collar- and leash-friendly; copy out ready-made pattern pieces; and create matching outfits for humans and their best friends. Transform your pooches into: Superheroes and Villains Famous icons like Amelia Earhart and Rosie the Riveter Fantasy characters: Unicorn, Fairy Princess, and Witch Classic literary characters: Red Riding Hood and Dracula Food: Donut, Strawberry, and Pineapple Everyday humans: Lumberjack, Tourist, Ballerina, and Hippie And more!

This whimsical volume is for those caninesï¿1/2and their ownersï¿1/2who enjoy fancy dressing and a touch of drama in their lives. It gives directions for making 12 amusing doggy costumes. Each outfit has been carefully and precisely designed to fit comfortably around canine anatomy and all are easy for the pet pooch to get in and out of. The author emphasizes that the dogs who modeled for this bookï¿1/2s amusing color photos are not trained stunt dogs, but ordinary pets. She advises her readers to make sure that no dog is coerced into wearing costumes it doesnï¿1/2t want to wear, then adds that most family pets will enjoy the costume fest every bit as much as their owners. She provides patterns for all costumes, along with plenty of information on materials and cutting and fitting techniques. Her costumes are based on themes that include a Wild West Sheriffï¿1/2s outfit, an Elvis the King costume, a Coco the Clown costume, an Astronaut Space Dog uniform, and eight more that are just as imaginative. Detailed instruction is augmented with 250 photos and illustrations.

All dog owners know their pooch has star power. Now they can prove it, by teaching Fido these show-stopping feats worthy of the Big Top. Rick Martin--trainer of The Tricky Dogs--offers all the informative guidance needed to transform eager pups into canine dynamos. Geared toward dogs that have already had some solid basic obedience training (sit, down, stay), these applause-gathering acrobatics include such time-tested classics as crawling, standing on the hind legs, spinning around, and jumping through a hoop. And for something really amazing: have Rover ride on a skateboard! (Don’t forget to have your four-legged friend bow to the adoring crowd afterwards.) Throughout, pictures of famous dog performers and colorful circus graphics and images provide inspiration.

Create Your Dog's Personality Profile for Training Success! Teach your dog tricks you'll BOTH enjoy, the fun way, without rules and regimentation! Use the Canine Personality Test included to find out your pet's Personality Profile, and then follow the step-by-step guidelines to teach those tricks best suited to your star-to-be. Included are practical tricks to make your dog useful at home; tricks to build rapport between dog and trainer; and cute tricks, great just for showing off. Instructive and fun photos and illustrations throughout complement the easy to follow, step-by-step instruction from trainer Mary Ann Rombold Zeigenfuse. Dog Tricks: Step by Step, Revised Edition, will entertain you and your dog, whether you are preparing for show biz or simply looking for fun activities to share with your best friend.

A founder of Animal Fair magazine presents a lifestyle book for canine aficionados that shares tips for incorporating one's dog companion into everyday life, covering topics ranging from home design and health care to social activities and traveling. By the author of How to Understand Men Through Their Dogs.

Toys, treats, and techniques are the focus of this book on dog care, which teaches readers more than a hundred dog tricks designed to delight and exercise dogs and their owners. Whether one has a difficult dog or a charm-school puppy, part of the fun is how much a pup wants to play. With Dog Tricks in hand, anyone can teach a dog a new set of tricks. Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, the book first establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance core training sessions with classic tricks such as “shake hands” and “roll over.” And it covers advanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbee tricks—and useful tricks such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.