L iz Palika has been writing professionally since 1985, when she was first published in Dog Fancy magazine. Since then she has written more than fifty books and more than a thousand magazine articles and columns. She has been published in Dog World, Cats, Cat Fancy, AKC Gazette, and other pet publications, as well as Newsweek, The Saturday Evening Post, and Women First. Her books include The KISS Guide to Raising a Puppy, The Ultimate Dog Treat Cookbook, The Ultimate Cat Treat Cookbook, and All Dogs Need Some Training.
Palikas books have been awarded many honors. Australian Shepherd: Champion of Versatility won Best Breed Book from the Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA) and Best Nonfiction Book from the San Diego Book Writers. Save That Dog! won Best General Reference Book from the DWAA and the first ASPCA Pet Overpopulation Answers Award. Palikas work has also won awards from the Cat Writers Association and Purina, as well as others from the DWAA. Palika was honored with the San Diego Leadership Award; she was named a North County Woman of Merit; and in 2005 she was awarded the DWAAs Distinguished Service Award.
Palika has been teaching dogs and their owners in North County, San Diego for almost twenty-five years. A former member of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (NADOI) and founding member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), Palika is also a charter member of the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP) and is a Certified Dog Trainer (CDT) through this organization. She is also American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen (AKCCGC) Evaluator #4182.
Working in Vista, California (San Diego County), Palika trains over a thousand dogs and their families a year and has put obedience titles on over twenty dogs of her own, from Doberman pinschers to papillons, in addition to her beloved Australian shepherds.
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AAFCO. See Association of
American Feed Control Officials,
The (AAFCO)
Acidophilus
Active dogs
recipes for
Adult maintenance labels
AKC Gazette (magazine)
Alfalfa
Allergies
cereal-grain
and food trials
recipes for cats with
recipes for dogs with
Amino acids
Anderson Jean
Anemia
Animal digest
Antibiotics
and quality of meat
and salmonella and E. coli
used in animal raising
Antifreeze
Antioxidants
Apples and apple cider vinegar
Arachidonic fatty acids
Arthritis
Ascorbic acid
Association of American Feed Control
Officials The (AAFCO)
Avocado
Avoided foods to be
Bacteria colonies intestinal
Bacteria contamination
BARF Combo
Barley
Barley grass
Bee pollen
Beet pulp
Bennett F. H.
Bilberry
Billinghurst Ian
Biscuit dog-shaped bone
Bison
Blindness
Bloating
Blood
Blood clotting
Blood sugar
Blue Dog (Australian cattle dog)
Blue-green algae
Bonemeal supplement
Bones
and calcium
grinding into powder
raw and safety
recipe for serving dog
and Vitamin D
Bones and Raw Foods (BARF)
Bowls
Bren Linda
Bromelain
Brown Kerry
Burns John
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)
Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
Cages
Calcium
Calories needed
for active dogs
for growing puppies
for kittens
for normal cats and dogs
for outside cats
for outside dogs and temperature
for performance or working dogs
for pregnant and nursing cats
for pregnant and nursing dogs
Cancer
Canned dog foods
Capsaicin
Carbohydrates
and cats
and diabetes
and fiber
and pet-food labels
Carcasses feeding whole
Carnivores
Carrot
Catnip
Cats
domestification of
and exercise
and new foods
not born finicky
overweight and fasting
and strange foods
taste preferences of
wild eating habits
Cefotaxime
Celebration treats. See Treats
Cellulose
Center for Veterinary Medicine
(CVM) and pet-food labels
Cereal grains
allergies to
and commercial dog food
in home-cooked meals
and kitten foods
recipes for allergies to
Chamomile
Changes
and introducing home-cooked
recipes
and introducing raw foods
making gradually
Chelsea (English springer spaniel)
Chewing
Chicken
Chicken by-product meal
China
Chinese medicine
Chlorophyll
Chocolate
Chondroitin
Christmas canes
Christmas trees
Chuckles (Persian cat)
Citrus
Cod liver oil
Commercial pet foods
and active dogs
adding home-cooked foods to
adding in synthetic vitamins
and additives
agencies regulating
for allergies
contrasts of different
and diabetes
dry
and dry-matter basis
early history of
and feedings trials
and frozen raw foods
generic and grocery-store
and grain and soy products
health problems with
high heats used to process
how go wrong
ingredient definitions
and kidney disease
kinds of and quality
and kittens
marketing of
natural foods
nutritional claims of
organic
and performance or working dogs
premium
produced by conglomerates
and protein by-products
and puppies
recalls of
and research
super-premium
as time-savers
treats
and use of -D animals
varying of recipes for
what can be done about
See also Labels pet-food
Constipation
Copper
Corn
Cranberry
Cyanocobalamin
Dairy products
Dandelion
Dax (Australian shepherd)
Deer
Dehydration
Dental disease
Deskins Barbara
Diabetes
Diarrhea
Digestive enzymes
Digestive system
the digestive process
disorders of
and eating
hazards to
and life stages
predigestion
Disaccharides
Dishes and bowls
Dogs
and bloating
can eat some plant foods
domestification of
eating strange foods
taste preferences of
walking of
Domestification
Donoghue Susan
Dry dog and cat food
Dry-matter basis
Duck
Duck and Potato dog food
Ear problems
Echinacea
Eggs
obtaining fresh
safety regarding
Eldredge Deb
Embark dog food
Environmental enrichment
Enzymes
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Esophagus
Essential fatty acids (EFAs)
Essential proteins
Ethoxyquin
Evo (commercial dog food)
Evo Dog Treats
Exercise programs
Eyesight
Farmers markets
Fasting
Fats and fatty acids
calories from
necessity of
and performance or working dogs