Cheryl S. Smith

Dog Friendly Gardens, Garden Friendly Dogs is for you if you love both dogs and gardens, and sometimes have trouble combining those two interests. This attractive book, with numerous color illustrations, provides lots of great ideas which will no doubt spark your own imagination. It certainly did mine! It's a nice coffee-table or bedside book.

Author Cheryl Smith knows both dogs and gardens, as she is both a dog trainer and a master gardener. She writes from both points of view. (I was interested to see that she has written extensively about dog training, including clicker training dogs.)

In this book you can learn about garden design that will work with your dog:

Observe your dog or dogs and their habits before you create your ideal garden design. Choose materials that work well with dogs, and avoid those that don't. Select your garden plants not just for their beauty, but also for how dog-hardy they are!

And learn about dog training with your garden in mind:

How the different sizes and temperaments of the various breeds and mixed breeds affects what they do in a garden. Train your dog with boundary training, to keep him on the path. Provide places for your dogs to dig and to eliminate, and train them to use these spots.… (lisätietoja)