The Dog Behavior Answer Book: Practical Insights & Proven Solutions for Your Canine Questions (Answer Book (Storey)) (Paperback)
Review
It’s hard enough for different people to live together let alone different species. What people often regard as doggy misdeeds are simply cases of dogs being dogs. In the Dog Behavior Answer Book, pet expert Arden Moore unleashes great advice on how to bridge the people-pet communication gap. Read this incredible book and you’ll learn new insights into the canine world, prevent problems, and meet your dogs on a richer, deeper level. Go fetch this book!
Marty Becker, Host, The Pet Doctor, PBS
What a great way to learn how to better communicate with our dogs, and why it is they do what they do. This book addresses some quality questions with in-depth answers that help develop that strong bond with Fido. Arden’s writing style packages useful information in a fun and entertaining way.
Nick Sveslosky, Editor, Fido Friendly Magazine
“This concise, small-format book in a question-and-answer format takes you through puppyhood to greet-and-sniff to your aging pet. Baffling habits and destructive behavior are some of the many topics covered.”
Asbury Park Press, Jan. 15, 2007
Product Description
It happens all the time. Just when Max’s owner thinks she has him figured out, he exhibits a bewildering fear of the neighbor’s skateboard. Or, despite endless corrections, Bailey still refuses to understand that she doesn’t belong on the leather armchair.
Then there are the dogs that almost always behave appropriately and predictably but can still display a few surprise reactions in situations that disturb their routines. Houseguests might be ruining Buster’s sense of order — taking over his favorite room and distracting his humans from important things like fetch and dinner. And that dog park near Sadie’s new house is terrific, but she might be having a tough time understanding the rules of etiquette.
To all these situations and a hundred more, dog expert Arden Moore provides answers that clearly explain canine actions and reactions, and then helps readers with suggestions for modifying unacceptable behavior. For every canine misdeed, there is a human counter-response to fix the problem. Read about both sides of the story in these friendly questions and answers, taken from real-life situations with real dogs. There is hardly a behavior that will not have dog lovers nodding their heads in recognition.
The Dog Behavior Answer Book will solve the mysteries of canine shoe theft, food guarding, and grass eating for puzzled humans everywhere.
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Wonderful Little Book!
This portable little guide is jam-packed with good advice. Each Q&A is like an enjoyable short story (plus adorable illustration!
After reading Arden Moore’s The Dog Behavior Answer Book, I wish I had had this book when I first got my puppy. I would have saved myself a lot of money and aggravation. Arden sure knows how a dog thinks and her solutions are “right on”. I recommend this book to ALL new and OLD dog owners.
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Integrity in Reviews
Interesting–Ms. Moore keeps writing books about pets and her friend, Dr. Jill Richardson of Hartz Mountain Corporation, writes positive reviews. In exchange, Ms.
Aha! This easy-to-read resource confirmed my suspicion as to why my new dog Lucy barks madly at the FedEx guy (see p. 97). But I never figured out why she did some other odd things until I found the answers in this helpful book. It solved such mysteries as:
Page 100: Why dogs sniff the crotches of guests.
Page 103: Why dogs vigorously, messily splash water out of the water bowl with their front paws!
Page 107: Why dogs do the “dead fish dance,” such as the time Lucy threw herself atop a dead Dungeness crab and wiggled wildly. Yuck.
Page 95: How to get dogs like Lucy to not bark nonstop when the pizza guy comes to the door.
The forward of this book is written by John Grogan, author of famous “Marley & Me,” and owner of trouble-boy Marley. He includes some humorous insights, plus says The Dog Behavior Answer Book “could have helped us in a big way. Had we had Arden’s commonsense expertise then, we would have better understood what motivated Marley’s bad-boy behavior and been able to formulate a strategy to change, or at least, temper it.”
What particularly impresses me is that Arden doesn’t just write about dog behavior, she lives it. My husband and I have known Arden since the 1980s. When she recently met our German shepherd mix Lucy in our home, I was nervous. Lucy barks at visitors — looking at it most charitably, I suppose it’s in hopes that she’ll remain the center of attention.
Arden wisely surmised that visitors typically make rapid movements and, among other things, reward Lucy’s barking by giving her treats as she barks.
Arden employed an altogether different strategy.
Examples:
1) She initially met Lucy outside the home on neutral turf.
2) Arden took a seat on our living-room sofa several minutes before Lucy returned to the home from a walk. So, there never was a barkathon at the front door since Arden already was on the sofa, sitting calmly.
3) As Arden sat calmly on the sofa, she kept yummy treats visibly nearby. Intelligent Lucy noticed that by acting like a polite dog, Arden occasionally rewarded her with yummy treats. That reinforced Lucy’s politeness.
Lucy *never* had a barkathon during the several hours she was with Arden.
Thank you, Arden, for showing us Lucy can be good with visitors!
— Sally Deneen, co-author, The Dog Lover’s Companion to Florida The Dog Lover’s Companion to Florida: The Inside Scoop on Where to Take Your Dog (Dog Lover’s Companion Guides)
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very good
This is a very fun, enjoyable reading for those who love dogs and want to understand them better. I do not think it is a training tool but it is informative and funny and ads to…
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What a great book!
With so many pet-related books out there, I didn’t know which one would really help me out. Amazon’s customer reviews on this book led me to buy it. Am I glad I did.
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So helpful!
I just got this book the other day and have already read almost the entire thing. It has some great suggestions of how to deal with dog’s behavior in everyday settings, and in…
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Five Woofs to Arden
I always thought that dogs only barked, but clearly they talk to one human, Arden Moore. This delightfully small-but-comprehensive book answers everything I have ever wanted to…
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a home runAs a physician, I always like to understand the issues facing my patients. There are many things I have wondered about with my beloved dogs.
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Arden does it again!
Thanks to Arden Moore for another insightful book on dog ownership. She really understands the state of mind of dogs and relays her advice in a fun and informative way.
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It’s much more than just one-paragraph insights
If your new pet is exhibiting puzzling behaviors, it’s time to get a copy of The Dog Behavior Answer Book - which should also be in the holdings of any serious public lending…
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Something to WAG about!!!
What has great information, a stylish layout, lovely illustrations, terrific advice, cool bytes (bites?) of doggy trivia, all grounded with common sense and a dash of humor?