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    For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend
    For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend
    For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend
    Audiobook12 hours

    For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend

    Written by Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D.

    Narrated by Ellen Archer

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    About this audiobook

    The critically acclaimed author of "The Other End of the Leash" offers fascinating insights into the canine mind-critical tools for a healthy relationship with a well-trained dog.

    In this remarkable book, renowned canine expert Patricia McConnell answers the questions of dog lovers everywhere. Do dogs have emotions like we do? More to the point, does my dog love me? Such questions have fueled bestsellers like Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' The Hidden Life of Dogs and Jeffery Moussaieff Masson's Dogs Never Lie About Love.

    Sharing riveting dog stories from her experiences, Dr. McConnell also offers accessible science that clues readers in to what's going on behind those puppy dog eyes. We learn the fascinating similarities and surprising dissimilarities in dogs' and humans' brains, and how current scientific studies have led McConnell to conclude without a doubt that dogs share a profound emotional life with us.

    The information found in this book will help readers have better-trained dogs, at the same time deepening their dog-human connections. For the Love of a Dog is a must-have for dog lovers everywhere.

    "Highly recommended..."-library Journal Starred Review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 15, 2006
    ISBN9781400173006
    For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend

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    • 5/5
      Amazing book. Wish I'd read it before I brought my dog into my life. It would have saved a whole lotta mistakes on my part.
    • 2/5
      I didn't enjoy this book, and couldn't get very far, despite the mostly positive reviews it has received. The lure of more exciting texts pulled me away from this book. It might just be because I don't enjoy the tone of scientific-based texts. I did not feel like I could relate what I read with my own relationship with my dog, despite the author's constant use of anecdotes. I'm sure someone else could enjoy this book. Perhaps someone a little more left-brained than me!
    • 5/5
      Patricia McConnell has to be one of the best dog behaviorists writers in the US. This book is both funny, thought provoking and advanced enough to keep the interest of those of us who have read many, many dog books and worked with hundreds of dogs. It focuses on human and dog brain functions and emotions. Don't let that technical description scare you though. It is written in a very accessible style though so would not be inappropriate for the casual dog owner who wants to have a better relationship with their dog.
    • 5/5
      This book was well-written, down to earth, and extremely interesting. McConnell's descriptions of dog behavior were apparent even in my well-mannered dog. Although it did not explain some of my dog's odder behaviors (what inevitably draws me to these kinds of books), it provided a background on how my dog acts on a day to day basis. Reccomended.