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Think Dog: An Owner's Guide to Canine Psychology

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I have opened my home to five dogs of four different breeds. I have a pointer mix(40lbs), a boxer(75lbs), two Dogo Argentinos(both 120lbs) and a Great Dane Puppy(110lbs still growing) If it werent for this book Stella(great dane) would probably have been put to sleep for being very aggersive. I met her when she was a young pup and her human family(my mother in law) had come to me for trainning. I saw how dominate she was at only 8 weeks old and told the family the do's and dont's. Unfortantly they didn't listen. I told to never allow her on their beds or furinature of any kind. They soon after stopped coming to training. About 4 months later I had recieved a call from them saying she was attacking them when they tried to get on the bed. They said she was showing teeth and snapping at them. I went over got her off of the bed. She was in dominace mode as I like to call it. I told them the things they need to do to change her behavior. But of corse they didnt do them. And when she was 1yr old they decided to find her a new home. Her new home only lasted a couple of days as she attacked the new owners sister. They called the dane rescue to see about giving her up but they said she would be put to sleep. I decided to take and see if I could get her back on track. I happy to say that with every thing I learned from this book she is now a gental gaint. As sweet as can be! And everyone gets along very well here at home. :)

This book absolutely outlines, in simple language, how dogs think and what they want to see in a pack leader. It is written without a lot of unnecessary verbiage. The author gets straight to the point and tells you how to be the pack leader so your dog will be happy.

This is like having a owners manual for a dog and anyone who either has a dog or plans on having one should read this book cover to cover. It isn't very big and can be read in a single afternoon.

A friend loaned me a copy of this book and I couldn't put it down! It helps get into the dogs brain and now training makes sense! I am not ready to take over for the Dog Whisperer, but I understand a lot more about my dog's behavior.

If you want to make dog ownership even more satisfying, you should have this book on your shelf. You should probably order several so you can give them to your dog owner friends!