How to Speak Dog: A Guide to Decoding Dog Language

A nicely composed and well-documented book that shows great pictures of many different breeds exhibiting various behaviors. This is an easy to read format with interesting factoids that keeps the book concise and yet entertaining. If your dog waives his/her tail in different ways, what exactly does that mean? If you lean over your dog, how does your dog react to that? Read it and learn something new. The more that you and your dog understand each other, the better bond in your relationship.This is the first book that I've found that reinforces several behaviors that I've observed over 40 years of owning and training dogs. All of the dogs that I've owned (or owned me) had their own distinct personalities. Once you learn to hear and speak 'dog' it makes it easier to understand both their needs and feelings. And for you new dog owners, always, and I mean always, remember that your dog will feed off of your emotions. Try to always remain calm. He or she will even be able to feel any tension from you holding their leash.I would heartily recommend that every new dog owner has a copy of this book on hand to help him/her bond quickly with their new puppy. It will be even more valuable for someone rescuing an adolescent/adult dog from a shelter. These dogs typically have their own unique behaviors and have to be taught to speak clearly so that their new owner can communicate effectively with them. Good luck to both of you!

My oldest son used this book in his 5th grade reading project. It's adult-informative and kid-friendly, combining solid facts and stories with cute thought bubbles and pictures of dogs doing funny things. A good resource into various dog behaviors and what they (might) mean. My son really enjoyed reading this book, as did I. This is one I wouldn't mind reading again and would probably go back and skim a lot if I owned it. I liked how everything was written. Easy to understand and fun with some very shortened stories that were interesting. I'm glad I've read this and would recommend it to anyone who has a dog or is going to get one. It doesn't take long to read and there is a lot of info. The pictures were really good and the captions cute. I liked how the book was laid out too. The end has some cool tidbits about dogs in general and some of the breeds. Definitely worth the read and my son said it didn't feel like a study sesh whatsoever!

I got this for my son who loves his dogs and is a very factual boy. He loves it, and now repeats it to me, so I don't have to read it to know what it says. It's cute, has great pictures, has fun commentary and explains why they do the things they do and gives helpful warnings about dog behavior too. We get lots of things from NG kids and he eats it up.

Perfect book for our son to prepare for the arrival of our pooch! It's well written and easy to ready. He loved reading about the features of the dog and the things to look for. He would quote the book when the pooch arrived and say, "I learned that in the book". Came in handy. We still ALL use it as a reference.

Love this book. Seems really nice. Wish there was a little bit more detail, but gives good basic information. This would be really great for a child to understand dogs. I was looking for more information on a shy and scared dog being as I got one a couple months ago that seems like she was abused. I am needing to find more information on this, but this did give me some basics. Thank you!

This book is so interesting and informative. Each section is short and relevant. It is not only great for kids, but suitable for adults as well. There's likely to be a few things for everyone to learn about dogs.

My 8yr-old loves this book. She had the dog breeds one first and then discovered this one. It’s a subject she loves and it’s been a great book to encourage her reading. Mom might be picking up a trick or two for the household beagle as well…

Bought for my little dog lover who is eight years old. She is engrossed in this book and loves to explain the dog behaviors she sees. Very nice arrangement of research with engaging pictures. I had mixed feelings about buying this book and am so glad I did.

Excellent condition. Great book for kids who love dogs

This book was a great read, we have a 4 month old Kelpie and this book was quite helpful for our boy who is full of energy.

Not knowing what to get my soon to be 11 year old for her birthday I Google it! And this came up. So I took a chance and she loves it. The film is fairly pricey so had to explain that she can't click at every thing like on a digital film. But she loves that it instantly prints. I also got an accessory pack seperatly which she loved.

a must have tool for all pet lovers! the reader of this book will surely benefit out of this, great and lively photos! that even a kid can understand the dog/petbest tutor!!!!

this is a great little book packed with funny and interesting infos and many pictures about our dog friends..i learned a lot..i would recomend it