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| Understanding Your Dog For Dummies (For Dummies (Pets)) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Stanley, Phd Coren, Sarah Hodgson
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 656224
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0471768731
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70887
EAN: 9780471768739
ASIN: 0471768731
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
Incredibly helpful tool July 31, 2008
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.
Valuable Addition to Dog Literature April 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
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