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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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Chapters

  1. 01

    The animal at the other end of the leash

    11 min
  2. 02

    Nose first: attention, memory, and emotion

    11 min
  3. 03

    Reading a dog before things go wrong

    12 min
  4. 04

    Food, water, teeth, and the everyday body

    12 min
  5. 05

    Sleep, recovery, and learning to settle

    12 min
  6. 06

    Exercise that suits the dog

    11 min
  7. 07

    Play, puzzles, and having a job

    12 min
  8. 08

    How training actually works

    12 min
  9. 09

    Skills that make ordinary life easier

    12 min
  10. 10

    Strangers, children, and the front door

    11 min
  11. 11

    Friends, playmates, and passing by

    11 min
  12. 12

    When everyday life becomes difficult

    11 min
  13. 13

    Care the dog can help with

    11 min
  14. 14

    A good life together over time

    12 min