
How to Speak Dog
Mastering the Art of Dog-human Communication
Stanley Coren(Author)
Simon & Schuster Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 28. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7432-0297-8 (ISBN)
Description
From the man who explained why we love the doges we do, a lively guide to the languages, both verbal and physical, that help owners and pets alike get the most out of their cherished relationships. Communication is the crucial ingrediant in any relationship, especially when one of you happens to be a dog. Are you effectively expressing yourself to your hound? What about the other way around, are you catching his drift? Heady questions, to be sure. In HOW TO SPEAK DOG, renowned canine-psychology guru Stanley Coren provides all dog owners with a complete set of tools and skills for improving their relations with their pet. This ground breaking bok, the first to focus on the reciprocal nature of human-dog communications, goes well beyond the giving and obeying of commands. Demonstrating that the average house dog can differentiate up to 140 words, Coren explores the limits of a dog's language abilities and charts the possibilities. He also delivers fresh insights into the amazingly nuanced body language of "doggcrel", complete with a glossary of words and phrases dogs can learn to understand and distinguish.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7432-0297-8 (9780743202978)
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E-Book
09/2010
Atria Books
€13.84
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Person
Stanley Coren, author of WHY WE LOVE THE DOGS WE DO (0684839016) and WHAT DO DOGS KNOW (0684848600), is a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Content
Contents
Preface
1 Conversations with Canines
2 Evolution and Animal Language
3 A Dog Is Listening
4 Is the Dog Really Listening?
5 Animal Noise or Animal Speech?
6 The Dog Speaks
7 Learning to Speak
8 Face Talk
9 Ear Talk
10 Eye Talk
11 Tail Talk
12 Body Talk
13 The Point of the Matter
14 Sex Talk
15 Signing and Typing
16 Scent Talk
17 Dogs Talking to Cats
18 Doggish Dialects
19 Is It Language?
20 Talking Doggish and Doggerel
Postscript: One Last Word
Appendix: Visual Glossary and Doggish Phrasebook
Endnotes
Index