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| For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend | 
 enlarge | Author: Patricia Mcconnell
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 2449
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0345477154
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9780345477156
ASIN: 0345477154
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
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Another great book from McConnell January 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This author continues to produce book after book that I will keep, send on to friends and/or re-read for years to come. She clearly has a very deep appreciation and understanding of the bond between people and their dogs-- or should I say, dogs and their people!
Truly enjoyable and enlightening. January 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed reading this book. It was so wonderful insight. It was great that the author shared her emotions and I could easily relate to them and finally get a better understanding. To me, it was a good mixture of emotions and physical explanations. I share many books, but not this one. I'm recommending it to members of my dog groups and will be buying copies for gifts.
 Dog Lovers Will Love It January 12, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
My secret PIN for Amazon is my dog's name, so I am one of the people for whom this book: "For the Love of a Dog" was written. It is especially appealing in the number of anecdotes about dogs and their love for human beings. The author clearly 1) knows about dog behavior, and 2) loves dogs. She is exceptionally well read and brings in facts and opinions from many sources old and new. Thus the book has a pretty good balance of science and emotion. It even has pictures!
Great insights, enjoyable reading January 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have already read "The Other End of the Leash" and found this book to be just as enjoyable and informative as that one. And although the subject matter overlaps a bit (both deal with better understanding and communicating with our canine friends), I still learned a great deal. While "Leash" deals primarily with the differences in the ways primates (we) and canines (they) express ourselves (eg, we like to hug; they don't), this book illustrates how similar we are in the ways we express our emotions (eg, we both open our eyes wide when frightened).
Dr McConnell relates results from research into animal emotions, which gives her writing great credibility, as talking about emotions is a tricky business, especially emotions in animals. Yet she makes the science very easy to understand and combines it with stories of her own dogs and of her clients' dogs to illustrate her points. And it's all presented in her inimitable style: humorous, intelligent, a little self-deprecating. And she obviously loves her subject matter and wants us all to understand our furry friends better.
This is not a how-to training book, but rather a guide to understanding your dog better. It has already helped me read my dog better and has changed the way I interact with her.
If you have dogs or just like dogs, read this book and "The Other End of the Leash," keep the research and advice in mind, and you will enrich your relationship with your canine friend(s) (and maybe even some human ones) in ways you can't even imagine.
Book December 31, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Book: "For The Love of a Dog"
Looking forward to reading this awesome book on dogs.
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