For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend [B1740]

2006 HCDJ in nice clean condition. The renowned author of The Other End of the Leash "sheds new light on the emotional lives of animals" (The Washington Post) in this thoughtful and engaging exploration of man's best friend. "Compelling . . . a wonderful blend of scientific knowledge, stories about real dogs and their behavior, and scenes from the author's life with her own dogs . . . [For the Love of a Dog] will make you think-but it will also touch your heart."-Associated Press.

For those of us who deeply cherish our dogs but are often baffled by their behavior, For the Love of a Dog is a revelation-offering dog owners everywhere a new understanding of the complex web of emotions that sometimes bind, and other times damage, our relationship with dogs. As animal behaviorist and zoologist Dr. Patricia McConnell tells us in this remarkable book, more and more scientists accept the premise that dogs have rich emotional lives, exhibiting a wide range of feelings, including fear, anger, surprise, sadness, and love. McConnell suggests that dogs express emotions in ways similar to humans, and shows us how to read the more subtle expressions hidden behind fuzzy faces and floppy ears. Those who consider their dogs part of the family will find For the Love of a Dog engaging, enlightening, and utterly engrossing. Packed with informed speculation and intriguing accounts of man's best friend at his worst and at his very best, this book is a treasure trove that will teach us how to have a richer, more rewarding relationship with our dogs.

From recent-ish Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Fascinating and fantastic book about dogs and their relationship with humans. This book was captivating, funny, sad, entertaining, and so very informative. I can't stop talking about it or recommending it."; "I read to learn about dogs and ended up learning about myself - and dogs. These are the best kinds of books, good almost to the point of necessity, interactive, fun to read with a pup at your feet, and will point you in the direction of a pile of other great books. There's much to recommend here, a bit of it is repetitive, but then I wonder if that's the animal behaviorist author subtly reinforcing the reader . . ."; "Patricia McConnell's books are both enlightening and entertaining. She brings a wealth of scientific knowledge on animal behavior and the biology of emotions to her topic, yet wears her expertise lightly, keeping her explanations relatable and her tone engaging. Her sense of humor sparkles through the book and so does her gift for empathy. She invites the reader to imagine life from a dog's point of view and she leads us in that imaginative exercise. And, of course, her anecdotes about dogs she's known are vivid and riveting. What's more, this book has as many insights about humans as about dogs. There's just so much to love about this book!"; "Great for all the dog lovers!!"