Think Dog!: An Owner's Guide to Canine Psychology

by John Fisher

Book Overview

In Think Dog!, animal behaviorist John Fisher advocates addressing the causes of pet problems rather than just controlling the symptoms. Compact chapters explain the canine mind and offer sound educational strategies to enlighten even accomplished trainers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570760365
• ISBN13: 9781570760365
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great buy for all dog owners!

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!

Great read; Excellent reference

A quick, easy, and entertaining read that is crammed full of practical and easy-to-use training pointers. Gives readers a basic understanding of dog psychology and guides them in correcting behavior problems with simple steps. Readers should also be able to identify undesirable behaviors at their onset in the future and correct them more easily. Not terribly in-depth in psychology, but extremely effective in training technique. All methods are "dog friendly" and build/reinforce a positive relationship between dog and owner.

Marvelous reading!

I found this to be a fascinating book on dog behavior and understanding of their psyche. I couldn't put it down until I had finished it and I refer to it all the time. I've tried some other books but they never held my interest like this one.

This book changed the way I interact with my dog.

This book is excellent, I recommend it to all my friends. It opened by eyes and showed me the world through my dog's. Well written, humorous, easy to understand and VERY informative. The author seems to truely care about the quality of the relationship that people have with their canine companions.

An excellent dog psychology book!!

John's Fisher's book was most enlighening!! The sections about how the dog's mind develop & the dog within the human pack were really quite well dog. (The human pack section is done in a humerous approach which helps make rather dry material musch easier to digest). He also did very good sections on dog aggression & anxiety. I also liked the information regarding positive & negative reinforcement behaviors.