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rubyrubyruby Subscriber 10/03/2013 Offline
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:05 pm    Post subject:  Anyone recommend a dog behaviour book ? Reply with quote Scroll Down to Next postGo to last Post of PageTweet This Post
Hi

I am interested in buying a book to teach me more about dog behaviour and body language.

I like books that are easy to read, so don't want something that is all theory and nothing else. I have looked on Amazon but there are so many it is difficult to pick out one more than any other.

Does anyone have an recommendations ?

Many thanks

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On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals by Turid Rugaas

A very good place to start your canine behaviour education...
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'Canine Body Language - A photographic Guide' by Brenda Aloff. Mostly photos, as the title suggests.

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I like Stanley Corens books and would recommend 'How to Speak Dog' for understanding postures and behaviours and general human-dog communication.

It is very much a reading book but believe me you'll quickly be engrossed drawing parallels to your own dogs behaviours.

At the back is a very useful visual glossary, with diagrams of some behaviours and also a doggish phrasebook with summary tables for barks, ear positions, eye signals, tail signals and so on.

On a completely different end of the spectrum in written style I'd also recommend 'bones would rain from the sky' which I'd describe as more 'fluffy' a read (but still credible in content)

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:36 pm    Post subject:   Reply with quote Go to Top of PageScroll Up to Previous postScroll Down to Next postGo to last Post of PageTweet This Post
Thanks for the recommendations.

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john rogerson or as mentioned before turid rugaas.
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I got a lot out of the dog listener, judt can't remember who wrote it?
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i think the dog listener was jan fennell
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:42 pm    Post subject:   Reply with quote Go to Top of PageScroll Up to Previous postScroll Down to Next postGo to last Post of PageTweet This Post
ohh i'm glad you posted this, i would love to read up about dog behaviour and i'm going away for a week next month and need a book to read so i may order a couple of these recommendations...

Sarah can you let me know which one you recc'd... i've just searched amazon and it comes up with 2 options...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=how+to+speak+dog

Thank you and sorry for hijacking your thread Chloe Embarassed

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Ooh I think 1 and 2 on that link are the same book but it has a new cover? Mine is the blue cover, published in 2005 Smile

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