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

The famend creator of The Different Finish of the Leash “sheds new mild on the emotional lives of animals” (The Washington Submit) on this considerate and fascinating exploration of man’s greatest pal.
 
“Compelling . . . a beautiful mix of scientific information, tales about actual canines and their conduct, and scenes from the creator’s life along with her personal canines . . . [For the Love of a Dog] will make you suppose—however it’ll additionally contact your coronary heart.”—Related Press

For these of us who deeply cherish our canines however are sometimes baffled by their conduct, For the Love of a Canine is a revelation—providing canine house owners all over the place a brand new understanding of the advanced net of feelings that generally bind, and different instances injury, our relationship with canines. As animal behaviorist and zoologist Dr. Patricia McConnell tells us on this exceptional e-book, increasingly scientists settle for the premise that canines have wealthy emotional lives, exhibiting a variety of emotions, together with concern, anger, shock, unhappiness, and love. McConnell means that canines categorical feelings in methods much like people, and exhibits us tips on how to learn the extra refined expressions hidden behind fuzzy faces and floppy ears.
 
Those that think about their canines a part of the household will discover For the Love of a Canine participating, enlightening, and totally engrossing. Filled with knowledgeable hypothesis and intriguing accounts of man’s greatest pal at his worst and at his best, this e-book is a treasure trove that can train us tips on how to have a richer, extra rewarding relationship with our canines.

Writer ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books; Reprint version (August 28, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345477154
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345477156
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 kilos
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches