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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: 3390
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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| Customer Reviews:
 Very analytical September 27, 2007
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was expecting this audio to be something like a cross between dog psychology and "Marley and Me." It was exclusively the psychology of dog behavior, and is not easy listening.
Excellent book September 26, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book gave me a very clear, interesting glimpse into the mind of dogs and enabled me to interpret their body language.
So THATs how her brain works September 23, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book providing clear and comprehensible insight into similarities and differences between the way a dog brain and a human brain work. While reading it, I kept thinking "that makes sense...OK...now I get it." I am incorporating newly acquired ideas into my relationship with my dog and we are both better for it.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE for dogs and their humans! September 17, 2007
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
I made the mistake of getting the audio book expecting a light but informative read... big mistake: this is one read chock full of morsels... the type of book that has stuff you want to come back to, cross reference, read backwards and forwards on, and really get into, and that's why I like this book so much... Though written for a lay audience, after reading this book you may very well find yourself wanting to do what the author does (technically speaking she's an animal beahviorist, but her approach is so multi-disciplinary, you'll find yourself dabbling in a wide variety of fields from social psychology, animal beahvior to the neurosciences and beyond.) And yes... there are heard warming doggie stories that draw you into the heavy anecdotes about how the chemistry of our brains and our pets brains make us think and behave the the way we do... McConnell also makes some compelling arguements that may very well change the way you think as well... or atleast how you read, understand and react to your dog. - - though not a how-to book, she does offer plenty of ideas... in fact, I'd say that although this is not a dog training book, I wouldn't suggest getting a puppy, and training your dog UNTIL reading through it. (I got a real kick out of her suggested experiment with lifting your dog's back leg and noting how his licks... its true!)
(Note: some of her conclusions may have to be taken with a grain of salt... but they will get you thinking.) All in all, this is one book that never gets boring... and is definitely puppy chow for the medula oblongada (if you don't know what that is she'll explain.)
Think of it as EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE for doglovers!
Dog communicator September 4, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If there is any books that you need on your shelf to strengthen your understanding and attachment to our best friends it is this or any of the others by McConnell.
What I have learned from her is much appreciated by my Carolina Dog. "At last, my two-legged is evidencing an intelligence and behaving in a manner worthy of a four-legged's attention." Other's in McConnell's league are Cesear Milan and Turid Rugaas. McConnell has a delightful radio program live from Wisconsin too!
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