Unleashing Your Dog, Marc Bekoff
Unleashing Your Dog, Marc Bekoff
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Unleashing Your Dog
A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible

Author: Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce

Narrator: William Sarris

Unabridged: 4 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/20/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Pets

Synopsis

No matter how cushy their lives, dogs live on our terms. They compromise their freedom and instinctual pleasure, as well as their innate strategies for coping with stress and anxiety, in exchange for the love, comfort, and care they get from us.

But it is possible to let dogs be dogs without wreaking havoc on our lives, as biologist Marc Bekoff and bioethicist Jessica Pierce show in this fascinating book. They begin by illuminating the true nature of dogs and helping us "walk in their paws." They reveal what smell, taste, touch, sight, and hearing mean to dogs and then guide listeners through everyday ways of enhancing dogs' freedom in safe, mutually happy ways. The rewards, they show, are great for dog and human alike.

About Marc Bekoff

Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published more than thirty books, is a former Guggenheim Fellow, and was awarded the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for long-term significant contributions to the field of animal behavior.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shel

Excellent science-based advice on building the best relationship with your dog. Segmented into the five senses. "...let your dog be a dog, as much as possible, as often as possible, and with as much patience and goodwill as possible." Interesting fact: Humans have 9,000 taste buds. Dogs: 1,700 can't tas......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie

I wish every dog owner would heed the advice in this book. Of the many dog books I've read, it seems that Marc Bekoff understands canines better than any authority out there, and recognizes dogs for the amazing, intelligent, sensitive beings that they are. His earlier book, "Canine Confidential," co......more

Goodreads review by Wesley

A lot of basic knowledge that every dog owner should possess. Very easy to digest, very well structured. And probably experienced owners learn a thing or two while reading this. Like the title says, it's a field guide and I think this is a must-read for every new dog owner. And a recommendation for......more

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