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If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of getting a dog or nervous about caring for the one you’ve already brought home, now you can relax. Understanding Your Dog for Dummies helps you recognize not only why your dog behaves the way she does, but in a way that enables you to parlay that into a well-behaved companion who listens (and sits, and speaks, and comes, etc.).
Whether your pooch is a mixed breed or purebred, she has a distinct identity that makes her unique. The first step in understanding your dog is to respect the honorable task she was originally bred for and to identify how these inbred impulses influence her personality and behavior. In essence, you need to speak her language if you expect her to learn to understand yours.
Understanding Your Dog for Dummies gives you everything you need to learn to understand your pooch’s unique dialect of “Doglish”—and shows you how to take on the role as pack leader to give your dog the cues, guidance, and consistency she needs to shape and develop good behaviors. Inside you’ll discover how to:
- Read your dog’s body language
- Communicate with your dog
- Interpret your dog’s breed-specific traits
- Correct dog-behavior-gone-bad
- Counter anxiety-based behavior
- Understand and resolve aggressive behavior
- And so much more!
Think of this book as Doglish 101—a prerequisite for every human member of your dog’s family. Now, let the training begin!
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Find out about canine communication and motivation
The fun and easy way® to get into your dog's head and be the leader of your pack
What makes Spot go? What makes Cujo psycho? This friendly guide helps you understand the emotional makeup and drives of your dog. All kinds of fun exercises, questionnaires, and charts help you determine what motivates your dog's attitudes and behaviors and use that knowledge, practical advice, and proven training techniques to nurture a great pet and a great relationship.
- Nurture your dog's individuality
"Sense" things from your dog's point of view
Use motivational techniques effectively
Use appropriate training tools and methods
Bring out the best in puppies or older dogs
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Dog for Dummies,
By Renee Kraft (Qualicum Beach, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Understanding Your Dog For Dummies (Paperback)
This is one of the best dog training books I have come across and I have read several. Stanley Coran is a well known dog trainer and understands dogs and how they think and respond to certain actions from humans. I have loaned the book out to other people and even given it as a gift and others have been equally impressed with Coran's knowledge and easy to understand explanations. I will read it again to refresh what I've read as it is easy to get complacent with your best friend.
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I purchased this book for my boss. She has two dogs and we are always wondering what they are thinking and why they do the things they do. The book was very informative and very well written.
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Valuable Addition to Dog Literature,
By K. Davis "Kathy Diamond Davis, author" - Published on Amazon.com
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Having much appreciated other dog books by Stanley Coren, PhD--and having a new dog myself now--I had hopes this book would be worthwhile when I ordered it. I just finished reading it last night, and it is very, very good.One thing that impresses me in the book is that the reader isn't just told what to do to handle the dog, but is also told why that is what to do. Another thing I like is the authors recognized that all dog owners do not want the same details in lifestyle with their dogs, and presented various options on safe ways to handle things. The "for Dummies" series includes some duds and some amazing books that are full of extremely valuable details. This is one of the most valuable. Whether you are a new dog owner or an experienced one, you are sure to encounter something new to you and helpful in this book. The book also does a good job of telling owners when to get in-person, professional help with their dogs. This is vital. There are times when help simply cannot be communicated for the specific problem via the Internet or the telephone. And dogs are here and now beings. Sometimes the expert has to see the situation in person to diagnose the problem. My young Standard Poodle named Worthy will surely benefit from this book. And so will I. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Great book hampered by poor Kindle formatting,
By Frank J. Perricone - Published on Amazon.com
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The content itself is excellent, with clear, easy to read, and helpful advice throughout, well organized, and focused on the stuff you need to know. There was more of the background information than I usually expect from a For Dummies book, but I found this to be helpful and ultimately necessary, so that's just as well.However, the Kindle edition of the book was seriously hampered by poor formatting. Like many For Dummies books, this makes extensive use of tables, but the tables simply didn't work in the Kindle edition. They often spilled off the right edge of the screen leaving some parts entirely unreadable. Even the bits on the screen were mangled with no space between columns (so words bumped right up against one another), confused word-wrapping, lines repeated, and parts not lining up. In some places, graphics were hard to read. Even the little comics on each chapter were sometimes impossible to make out. The book was still useful as the body text covered the biggest and most important parts, and the tables and graphics only extended the topic. But I would be hesitant to buy more For Dummies books for the Kindle until I learn that they're making more of an effort to make them work on the Kindle. My guess is they fed their source files into some converter program and then shoved the result out to the world without doing a review or any tweaking, and it shows. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Incredibly helpful tool,
By Suzanne Smith "skygal" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Understanding Your Dog For Dummies (Paperback)
This book is a very useful tool for owners in terms of helping them understand a dog's mind. The book is incredibly detailed and extensively describes the stages in a dog's psychological development. It also has sections on handling problems as well as training. The best thing about this book is it gives concrete step by step instructions on training and commands that are easy to understand and follow. It also has an extensive section on interpreting body language and barks. I've read Cesar Milan's books and I find them useless because they're too abstract. They're more a testimonial to his skills than useful information for the average owner. This book is much more informative and helpful.
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