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The Other End of the Leash | 
 enlarge | Author: Patricia Mcconnell
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  161 reviews
Sales Rank: 1279
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 034544678X
ISBN: 034544678X
Dewey Decimal Number: 636
EAN: 9780345446787
ASIN: 034544678X
Publication Date: April 29, 2003
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Product Description
Patricia B. McConnell shares insights on how dogs might interpret our behavior and essential advise on how to interact with them in ways that bring out their best. This marvelous guide demonstrates how even the slightest changes in our voices and in the way we stand can help dogs understand what we want. Inside you'll discover how you can get your dog to come when called by acting less like a human and more like a dog. It also provides insight on how dogs and humans share personality types--and why most dogs want to live with benevolent leaders rather than "alpha wanna-bes!" ( 2002, Paperback, 246 pages)
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The Other End of the Leash begins with an eloquently simple premise: "All dogs are brilliant at perceiving the slightest movement that we make, and they assume each tiny movement has meaning." With that in mind, all of Dr. Patricia McConnell's recommendations for communicating with your canine make immediate sense. Don't we all automatically bend forward when coaxing a dog to come and play? Break eye contact when we wish to avoid a confrontation? While these instinctive behaviors are right on target, a number of other habits aren't so positive, and McConnell helps us break them with both humor and common sense. Chapters are categorized by senses such as sound, sight, and smell; specific pack behaviors such as dominance and play also merit their own sections. McConnell uses the same humor and patience she recommends with dogs on her readers. Whether she's referring to maggots as "a value-added commodity in canine economics" or ruminating on attempts to verbally cue her dogs to exit the house one at a time, her wise and gently self-deprecating book brings training--of both dogs and humans--to new levels. Jill Lightner
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 It Was Great May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't go into this book expecting a manual and you will not be disappointed. It's a conversationally delivered comparisson of primates and canid behaviors, and how they sometimes (often) conflict, with some stories that make it all seem more relevant to real life, mixed in. I enjoyed this book because I find this topic fascinating. The next time I trained a dog after reading this book, I was more aware of what I was doing, and the training went much more easily. When studying Ethology, I've found that people don't like to think of themselves as animals, and not necessarily controlling absolutely every signal other animals perceive, so it may offend some people to compare primates to humans, but I think the comparissons are helpful and find them extremely relevant.
If you are looking for a manual on training, I suggest Beginning Family Dog Training, also written by Patricial McConnell. It IS a manual, and the majority of the dissatisfied reviews about this book I've seen would probably have been eliminated if they'd read that book too. Having trained animals for a while now, I would suggest reading both of them, but not having expectations of a manual from The Other End of the Leash.
If you're interested in communicating with animals, dogs in particular, this can be a very interesting read. Using bodily signals you aren't really aware of, you're communicating all of the time. This book helps to point them out, make you aware of them, and gives advice on increasing the helpful ones and eliminating the not-so-helpful ones. You end up training yourself, and really helping your dog understand what you want communicate, and not just what they've seen you communicating.
Sooo helpful! May 27, 2008
PLEASE read this book!!! I would recommend this to anyone wanting to understand dogs better and become a better dog owner!
 The Other End of the Leash May 21, 2008
I have learned a lot about the way my two pups think. The author explains how to use their thought process to make them modify their behavior and how to get them to accept differant situations. I have learned how to quite my dogs when they are barking at nothing and I have learned how to get them to come almost effortlessly. I would highly recommend this book to any dog owner that would like a better behaved dog.
Thank you Dr. McConnell! April 21, 2008
This book provides truly wonderful insight into the human/dog relationship. It is a must read for all those who love dogs. I am humbled by Dr. McConnell's wisdom. This is one book it was a privilege to read!
Well Written April 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a well written book. I do some traveling and was a great read on the plane.
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