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How To Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication
How To Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication
How To Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication
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How To Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication

Written by Stanley Coren, PhD

Narrated by Rudy Sanda

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Parlez-vous Doggish?

At long last, dogs will know just how smart their owners can be. By unlocking the secrets of the hidden language of dogs, psychologist Stanley Coren allows us into the doggy dialogue, or "Doggish," and makes effective communication a reality.

Drawing on substantial research in animal behavior, evolutionary biology, and years of personal experience, Coren demonstrates that the average house dog can understand language at about the level of a two-year-old human. While actual conversation of the sort Lassie seemed capable of in Hollywood mythmaking remains forever out of reach, Coren shows us that a great deal of real communication is possible beyond the giving and obeying of commands.

How to Speak Dog not only provides the sounds, words, actions, and movements with which we can effectively communicate with our dogs, but also deciphers the signs that our dogs give to us. With easy-to-follow tips on how humans can mimic the language dogs use to talk with one another, How to Speak Dog gives dog lovers the skills they need to improve their relationships with their pets.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 30, 2017
ISBN9781541471764
How To Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    "How To Speak Dog" by Stanley CorenPostscript ONE LAST WORDThere is one sound that dogs make which I have not included in my discussion of Doggish vocalizations. I didn't include it because it is an automatic sound, which probbably was not intended by either evolution or the gods to be communication at all, but it has come to mean something to me. It is the sound of dogs breathing. At night, when I lie down to sleep, myoid dog Wiz lies on the bed beside me, while Odin lies on a cedar chip pillow on the floor close by my head. Just across the room, my puppy, Dancer, who is not quite fully house-trained, sleeps in his wire kennel. In the quiet and the darkness, sounds are amplified. I can hear the low, slow breathing of the big black dog, the short breaths of the orange puppy, and the occasional sniffle and snore of the old white dog. As I listen to those soft sounds, I think of some earlier man, lying in a cave or rude shelter, resting on a bed of hides or straw. It was a hostile, dangerous world. Weapons were primitive, resources often sparse, and there were menacing things that moved in the night. That long-gone ancestor also had dogs who lay beside him as he tried to sleep. His dogs breathed these same sounds and these sounds had meaning. They were not merely part of the language of nature - they were the sounds of safety and comfort, a recitation of the dog's eternal contract with humans. "I am here with you," the dog's breath said. "We will face this life together. There is no beast or intruder that can steal up on you undetected because I am here, and I will be your eyes and ears. No harm will come to you because I am at your side to warn you, and to defend you if need be. "We will hunt together tomorrow. We will herd together tomorrow. We will share the sunshine tomorrow. We will explore this world together. We will laugh together. We will play together, even though neither of us is any longer a child. "If luck turns bad, then when you grieve, I will comfort you. You will never need to be alone again. I promise this. As your dog, I will sing this promise to you, and whisper it to you at night, every night, with my breath." I can hear these words in my dogs' soft sounds of breathhing, and, just like my ancient ancestor, I understand these words and I am comforted. In my heart I know that if the language of dogs were so limited that this was the only message they could send, it would still be enough. The book contains much interesting and useful information for people who interact with dogs and this information is presented in a relaxed, free-flowing, easy-to-read style. But what I most value is the clear light of Stanley Coren's gentle and respectful love for dogs which illuminates every sentence he writes but which is most clearly exemplified in the closing paragraphs which I have quoted.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Love Coren’s style: practical, researched, & humorous; he always brings it back to the dogs’ perspective. Some great new info for me.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Great overall book - very interesting about dog - human communication, general animal communication/ language and also mentions some really interesting things about how dogs and humans have co-evolved and the history of that relationship. I found the reader's voice quite difficult to engage with, strange internation and just didnt suit me but still enjoyed the book

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    This was captivating and so interesting I hope he has more books
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    Amazing. All pet owners should have to read this book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Stanley Cohen writes in a very personal, easy to digest manner about how to read the body language and vocalizations of your dog. Some of the chapters are "The Dog Speaks", "Body Talk", Tail Talk", "Eye Talk" and even "Dogs Talking To Cats". It has thorough behavior descriptions with wonderful insights on how to communicate effectively with your pet.Should not be used as your only guide if you are new to dog training, best as a companion to a more formal training "how-to" guide. Personally, I loved this book. It helped me understand my dogs' behavior and vastly improve their training, in a short amount of time. I finally realized that it was I producing mixed signals which confused my message. What a revelation...and so easily solved too!