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Overview
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!
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780471768739 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 05/29/2007 |
Series: | For Dummies Books |
Pages: | 288 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.61(d) |
About the Author
Sarah Hodgson, president of Simply Sarah Incorporated, has been a trainer of dogs and their people in Westchester, New York, and Southern Connecticut for more than 20 years. She’s the author of eight dog-training books, including Puppies For Dummies, Dog Tricks For Dummies, Puppies Raising & Training Diary For Dummies, Teach Yourself Visually Dog Training, You and Your Puppy (co-authored with James DeBitetto), DogPerfect, 2nd Edition, PuppyPerfect, and Miss Sarah’s Guide to Etiquette for Dogs & Their People. In addition, Sarah has produced two videos, patented a dog training leash (the Teaching Lead), and invented many other products to simplify the shared lives of dogs and people. Sarah is frequently featured as a dog training specialist on network television, radio, and print media, including The New York Times, NBC, CBS, Animal Planet (Disney syndicate), FOX, CNN, WOR, Hollywood Pets, Parenthood magazine, and others. She has worked with many famous persons’ dogs, including TV personality Katie Couric, actors Richard Gere, Glenn Close, Chazz Palminteri, Chevy Chase, and Lucie Arnaz; business moguls George Soros, Tommy Hilfiger, Tommy Mottola, and Michael Fuchs; and sport greats Bobby Valentine and Alan Houston. In addition, Sarah is a behavior consultant and education facilitator at the Adopt-A-Dog shelter in Armonk, New York, where she holds training and socialization programs, conditioning each of the dogs within a fully decorated home environment before their formal adoption.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1Part I: The Fascinating World of Dogs 7
Chapter 1: A Dog for Life: Dog Psychology 101 9
Chapter 2: Understanding Your Dog 15
Chapter 3: Communicating with Your Dog 29
Chapter 4: Seeing Life from Your Dog’s Perspective 47
Part II: Embracing Your Dog’s Identity 61
Chapter 5: Identifying Your Dog’s Individuality 63
Chapter 6: Interpreting Your Dog’s Breed-Specific Traits 83
Chapter 7: Sensory Perceptions 95
Chapter 8: Meeting the Needs of Your Growing Puppy 107
Chapter 9: Reading and Communicating as Your Dog Ages 123
Part III: Doggie Delinquency 137
Chapter 10: Inspiring Behavior with Motivational Techniques 139
Chapter 11: Helping Your Dog Learn from Everyday Living 159
Chapter 12: Happy Training, Happy Tails 171
Part IV: Dogs Don’t Misbehave: Misperceptions and Solutions 185
Chapter 13: Addressing and Solving Problem Behavior 187
Chapter 14: Countering Anxiety-Based Behavior 205
Chapter 15: Understanding and Resolving Aggressive Behavior 221
Part V: The Part of Tens 241
Chapter 16: Ten Forms of Silent Communication 243
Chapter 17: Ten Common Misunderstandings 249
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Become Your Dog’s Leader 255
Index 261