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.
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)
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...
What a great list of suggestions...i'm posting so i can find it again later
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