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Understanding and Loving a Dog
How do we become a trustworthy partner to a dog with its own senses, needs, and personality? Learn to read behavior, make everyday care and walks more interesting, teach useful skills through rewards, arrange comfortable social encounters, and adapt a good life across the years.
14 chapters · 2 hr 41 min reading
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- 0111 min
The animal at the other end of the leash
- 0211 min
Nose first: attention, memory, and emotion
- 0312 min
Reading a dog before things go wrong
- 0412 min
Food, water, teeth, and the everyday body
- 0512 min
Sleep, recovery, and learning to settle
- 0611 min
Exercise that suits the dog
- 0712 min
Play, puzzles, and having a job
- 0812 min
How training actually works
- 0912 min
Skills that make ordinary life easier
- 1011 min
Strangers, children, and the front door
- 1111 min
Friends, playmates, and passing by
- 1211 min
When everyday life becomes difficult
- 1311 min
Care the dog can help with
- 1412 min
A good life together over time