The Dog’s Mind: Understanding Your Dog’s Behavior (Howell reference books)
The Dog’s Mind: Understanding Your Dog’s Behavior (Howell reference books)
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“Quite simply this is an excellent book. It is well-written, with snatches of dry humour. It should be mandatory reading for anybody who keeps a dog or has intentions of so doing.” —R. W. F. Poole, Daily Telegraph How do dogs perceive the world about them? How do they see, hear, learn, relate to their owners? How large are their brains, what is their emotional makeup? Why do they suffer from stress and how can it be coped with? Over the last few years a substantial body of knowledge has
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Review by Fernando Berzal Galiano for The Dog’s Mind: Understanding Your Dog’s Behavior (Howell reference books)
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This book is an excellent guide to dog behavior and, although not being a training manual, it includes a lot of information on how to train your dog. Apart from discussing how dogs learn (e.g. by observation, classical conditioning, or operant conditioning), it includes a short list of “canine learning” rules and an appendix that teaches you how to teach commands, as well as how to correct behavior problems by counter-conditioning (training him to do something else instead of its undesirable behavior) and desensitization (teaching him to accept the stimuli that cause unacceptable behavior).
The first part of the book covers material on dogs anatomy and physiology, including their genetic background (that of wolves), their brain characteristics and hormonal system, their senses (that might include a sixth sense), and the basics of their communication system. The latest part is essential to understand and properly interpret your dog’s gestures and the sounds he emits in different situations.
The second part, on dog psychology, is, in my opinion, the really interesting part of this book. It describes how dogs develop their “personality” traits, how the learn, and how they behave as social animals. Many aspects of dog behavior are clearly explained, from their fears and phobias (and how to treat them) to their innate habits. Breed differences are also discussed, as well as how to deal with behavior problems (e.g. aggressions or house training).
I cannot but recommend this book to anyone who lives with dogs. There are similar books with a less formal style (as Patricia McConnell’s “The Other End of the Leash”), but they are not as thorough nor as informative as this book is. It should be noted that, despite its undeniable scientific rigor, “The Dog’s Mind” is far from boring. It is quite easy to read and even momentarily humorous.
Review by Susan L. Wyse for The Dog’s Mind: Understanding Your Dog’s Behavior (Howell reference books)
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This is NOT a training manual, this is a dog behavior manual. It teaches you how to read and understand your dogs behavior and why he does the things he does. This is very understandable and enjoyable to read. Bruce Fogle gives lots of in depth information on genetics and how early learning can effect your dog. This is very scientific, and not necessarily an “easy” read. Some of the information can take a while to digest. This isn’t a book you can read in two evenings. Bruce Fogle is very articulate and well read, and knows what he is talking about.I recommend this book to anyone who owns a dog, whether or not the plan on professionally training them or not. It has new information for even some of the most knowledgable people.
Review by bok for The Dog’s Mind: Understanding Your Dog’s Behavior (Howell reference books)
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the book starts with a brief history on the dogs’ origin. followed by a pretty good description of the anatomy of the dog’s brains and their 5 (or 6, as many think dogs may have the 6th sense) senses.
these are written and brief and easily understood language. not boring scientific stuff.
from the set up of the brain, the book flows into how the brain would produce the hormones that determine the dog’s behaviours. from here, the author would branch out to tell in detail the psychology and behaviourial issues, explaining many things based on scientific reserach and analysis.
the author also touches on some common behavioural issues. like humping, agression etc. also incl are tips on how to curb some of these problems. another very interesting topic the author deals with that is not found in many books is the effect of de-sexing dogs. he deals with this issue very comprehensively and it’s very interesting to be able to learn.
a very good book to fully understand our best friend. it’s a must all all serious dog owners who like to fully understand our best friends.
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I have been a police officer for about 13 years and have always been fascinated with police service dogs. About 4 years ago I became actively involved as a K-9 officer. I purchased a German Shepherd dog from the Czech Republic and trained him as a dual purpose patrol/narcotic dog. I can’t count the number of books I have read or the number of videos I have watched related to dogs and their training. A friend of mine suggested “A Dog’s Mind”. As other reviews said this is not neccessarily a training manual but it gives a great insight into just how the dog’s mind works and how the dog relates to his surroundings. Should I ever have the opportunity to supervise a K-9 unit I would make this book required reading for all K-9 handlers. I highly recommend this book to any and all who work with service animals and to those who just want to better understand why Fido barks at the mailman or eats your shoes.
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I have owned this book for over three years now and still think it is the best dog training/understanding book that I have ever seen. As a trainer of shelter animals and owner of 4 dogs I have seen almost every kind of “bad dog”. Before getting this book I trained using the “commercially” prescribed techniques without a true understanding of the motivation behind the dog’s behavior. After reading this book, I was able to develop my own methods tailored to each dog and have had great success. I would love to see every dog owner in the U.S. have a copy of this book as it would prevent a lot of animal abuse and neglect currently present here.