Bowser the mutt lives with eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother in the normally quiet Louisiana bayou town of St. Roch, but news that a Bull shark has somehow made its way into the swamp has everyone excited, and the cash bounty for landing the shark has lured some very shady characters into town--one hunter in particular is prepared to go to any lengths to collect the money.

A vocabulary-building story about dogs engaged in every imaginable type of activity.

"When Rodney Habib's dog, Sam, was diagnosed with cancer in 2013, it sent him on a mission to save her life. At the age of five, Sam was given only six months to live. Her plight inspired Rodney to travel the world, looking for innovative ways to arrest the progression of the disease. In his quest to save Sam, he met world-renowned veterinarian Karen Becker, a proactive pet health advocate with more than 20 years of experience. The two quickly realized...

As a puppy, Stella was trained to use her powerful beagle nose to sniff out dangerous chemicals and help her handler keep people safe. During a routine security inspection, Stella misses the scent of an explosive. The sound of the blast is loud and scary. Unable to go back to work because of her anxiety, Stella is retired as a working dog. A young girl named Cloe wants to adopt Stella, the beagle smells a strange chemical inside Cloe's body, a scent...

Biscuit the puppy runs away from his bath with his puppy friend, Puddles.

Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.

"Dog detectives? Thanks to superior sniffers, some pups learn to help scientists investigate and track endangered animals. The snoopers' clue? Poop. Dogs that are part of wildlife detective teams are trained to catch the scent of wild animal poop (scat) so that scientists can learn about these animals without luring or trapping them. Like many pooper snoopers, Sampson, the dog in this book, was once a shelter dog, too hyper and ball crazy for families....

"This collection of true tales of canine courage, loyalty, and intelligence will warm any dog-lover's heart. Find out about Mera, the fearless mountaineering dog, Jasmine, the Greyhound who rescued a baby deer and foxes, and Otto, the famous skateboarding Bulldog. These awesome adventures feature more than 30 dogs from all over the world--some talented, some brave, some clever--and all of them with incredible stories to tell"--Page [4] of cover.

Erin Hunter, the #1 nationally bestselling author of the Warriors and Seekers series, is back with book three in the action-packed, New York Times bestselling Survivors animal fantasy series, which Kirkus Reviews called "wild and wonderful adventure" in a starred review. The Leashed Dogs and the Wild Pack survived the violent enemy attack that threatened their lives, but Lucky knows that their only hope for the future is to unite. The Wild Pack's...

Describes how dogs are trained to use their keen sense of smell to locate pests.