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Summary: Execellent Presentation of the Canine World View
Review: I have a problem dog with fear/aggression to strangers and our dog trainer lent me this book to read on Saturday. By Sunday - I had read the entire book and it was a remarkable revelation for me. It's amazing. I now understand better how my dog views the world. In a way it was sad...the communication gap between primate and canine is larger than I first imagined and my little dog has put up with alot of indignities (hugs, kisses) that would be rude in the dog world. I guess those of us with small dogs like to think of them as "baby primates" but they are certainly canines first and foremost. My trainer was right in that this book has allowed me to peek into the psyche of dogs and see the world a little more from their perspective. It's a valuable experience.
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Summary: It's all in the body language
Review: I've been slipping in paragraphs of this book on the bus, on on breaks. I've re-read several parts. I was working with my dear old 7 year old BC-X last night - she's very mellow, a good girl who my trainer said would do anything for me if I knew how to tell her, but I've always had problems grooming her; she just curls into a hard ball of muscle that is impossible to brush (and believe me, she can hold that position for hours if it will get her out of something she doesn't like). Just by reading this book I extrapolated a better approach - I tend to stand over her and get frustrated - the pitch of my voice changes as I whine repeatedly at her to stand up. So I took out the vocal commands and used body language. I sat on the floor with my back towards her (this made her instantly curious). She came to me and I was able to brush her, give her a treat and praise her. I only made her hang out for a few minutes at a time, but by the end of the evening, I had given her a complete brushing without any curling up, cringing or pathetic shivering. Next challenge: Nail Clipping.
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Summary: The Best Way To Educate!
Review: You know how it feels to have one of those "ah-HAH!" moments? Be prepared for lots of them while you read this wonderfully entertaining book. Dr. McConnell knows how to educate! Keep the student interested & enjoying the learning process while you deliver your message ... and she does it cover to cover. This is truly a can't-put-it-down book, full of Truth with a capital "t". If I could recommend a "must read" first book for dog-owners/lovers, this one would be it.
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Summary: Top Dog
Review: I would have written my thoughts on Patricia McConnell's book. " The Other End of the Leash" sooner, but I was too busy reading and rereading this exceptional book. I am the owner of multiple dogs (as well as being owned by multiple dogs), and few books address both the behavior of one and many as well as Patricia McConnell has--and no book has done it better. The Other End of the Leash weaves stories and lessons in a way that will capture every reader. The highest compliment I can pay to this indispensable book is that it was written by someone who really loves dogs, and it shows. Tom Payne
Author "A Company of One"
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Summary: The book all dogs have been waiting for!
Review: For those of us who love dogs and enjoy working with them everyday, it is a real joy to find a book that shows so much respect for dogs as intelligent, observant, thinking beings. If every human would read this book, the life of every dog on earth would be easier and happier, and, of course, the humans would enjoy considerable benefit as well because they would understand their dogs so much better.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is one of the best books I've read on the subject. McConnell's book is not a "how to" training book, but rather an insightful, well-written book about canine behavior. (She's an ethologist and a certified animal behaviorist specializing in aggression.) I also highly recommend the enormously useful book "Understanding 'Dog Mind,'" by Bonnie Bergin. This is perhaps the single best book ever written on canine behavior and training. (Bergin pioneered the "service dog" concept and founded the first and largest organization training service dogs for the disabled.)
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Summary: A Great Book! A Wonderful Read!
Review: I've never written this about a Non-Fiction Book, but "The Other End of the Leash" is so good you can't put it down and don't want it to end!
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Summary: Funny, happy, sad, enligtening!
Review: If you have a dog, you need to get this book. McConnell points out so clearly why (many times) it's not poor innocent us, suffering through with a nutso dog... in fact, it's the stuff WE DO that's making the dog nutso. I have three dogs and am so glad I read this book. Wow. Well-written. Happy in some places; sad in others. Very enlightening. I learned a lot from it- about me, and about my dogs.
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Summary: Essential Training Tool!
Review: This book is dog language defined. Examples of facial expressions that preceed behaviors and the smallest physical cues that you can give your dog to stop or encourage a behavior have the reader engaged from chapter to chapter. The author makes it clear that observation is key to understanding your dog.
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Summary: Excellent, excellent book
Review: This book really rocks! I am familiar with Trisha McConnell from her TV show, so I got the book as soon as I saw it. I've never read anything like it. The subtitle--"Why we do what we do around dogs" really sums up what the book is about. McConnell compares dogs to wolves, and humans to chimps, and uses that perspective to explain a LOT. McConnell is a great writer, fun, and the stories she tells about her experiences with both dogs and humans are incredible--insightful and moving. Her understandings about the underlying science of human-animal relationships are also awesome. As you can tell, I really love this book.
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