PetSpeak: Share Your Pet's Secret Language! [Paperback]

The Editors of Pets: Part of the Family (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2000

What is your pet trying to tell you? The best way to understand dogs and cats is to see the world through their eyes, and this book shows you how to do just that. Packed with expert advice, easy-to-follow training techniques, and real-life examples, it's the only book you'll ever need to make your pet a fully responsive (and responsible) part of the family. Between these covers, you'll find eye-opening answers to hundreds of puzzling questions, such as:

* Why does my dog sneak a drink from the toilet bowl when his own water dish is filled to the brim?
* Why does my cat insist on walking on counters?
* Why does my dog like rolling in smelly things so much?
* Why does my cat suddenly scratch me while I'm petting her?

Discover how to put an end to these perplexing behaviors, and...

* Learn how to give commands so your dog will obey-- the first time.
* Uncover the secret meaning of incessant yawning, teeth chattering, and other signals.
* Meet dozens of delightful, inspiring pets and people who have already mastered petspeak.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

This gigantic, information-packed volume from the people at the PBS TV show Pets: Part of the Family attempts to explain pet behavior to improve pet-owner relationships. Addressing the habits of both cats and dogs, this book helps make sense out of pet peculiarities and offers practical solutions and advice. Tips are offered from dozens of experts, including trainers and animal psychologists, on what your pet is telling you, how to choose the right pet, training, recreation, every problem behavior imaginable, and more. Each chapter includes helpful sidebars that address related issues. Kathleen Hughes
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Review

"PetSpeak is full of intriguing and entertaining information from top-notch behaviorists and trainers, making woofs, purrs, wags, and hisses understandable at last! This book is a user-friendly dictionary of cat and dog communication, with lots of practical advice for dealing with common pet behaviors."--Amy D. Shojai, author of more than a dozen pet-care books, including Com pet ability: Building a Peaceable Kingdom Between Cats and Dogs and New Choices in Natural Healing for Dogs and Cats

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Product Details

• Paperback: 485 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (September 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579543375
• ISBN-13: 978-1579543372
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,169,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dogs and cats lover must, May 26, 2001

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Adya sunindar (Melbourne, VIC AU) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PetSpeak: Share Your Pet's Secret Language! (Paperback)

If you are a dog or cat lover you must get this!!! It is so informative and teaches you new thing for communicating with you loved ones,.... I found information that I have not known and It is also enjoyable to read and to know what your loved one means by some action,.... It is also has illustration and brought it in a humour way,... It shows for example the tail meaning of dogs and cats...why dog sometimes eat faeces, why cat wakes up so early,....their vision compare to us,.....and lots other informative thing,.... It lets you take your relationship with your pets to another level,..... It has given me a different perspective on my babies,...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read!, August 27, 2001

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This review is from: PetSpeak: Share Your Pet's Secret Language! (Paperback)

As a steward for many cats and dogs my whole life, I thought I could read them very well. But "PetSpeak" opened my eyes to many things I was doing wrong, particularly in interpreting the countless nuances of their expressions and activities, and how I responded to them. Anyone who is around cats and dogs should read this. Their lives and those of their animals will be enriched.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Manuel for communication in you dog or cat's language, December 21, 2000

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Rebecca Penoyar (Shelton, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PetSpeak: Share Your Pet's Secret Language! (Paperback)

I found this book extremely informative even though I've been working with animals for the last 25 years. Great book for the beginning pet owner (dog or cat) and good also for trainers. Helped to dispell my confusion of direct eye contact being a form of communication or a direct challenge.