Meeting the Needs of Your Growing Puppy

In This Chapter Recognizing how your puppy’s needs affect his behavior Teaching your puppy his first lessons Understanding your puppy’s emotional development Knowing how to socialize your puppy from the start This chapter helps you understand the needs of your growing puppy. Here, you find all the information on how she thinks and how best…

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Sensory Perceptions

In This Chapter Discovering what the world looks like from your dog’s perspective Understanding how human and canine visions differ Listening to the world through a dog’s ears Sniffing through life using a dog’s nose All animals interpret their environment through a complex mingling of information filtered through their five senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch,…

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Identifying Your Dog’s Individuality

In This Chapter Testing the personality of your puppy and adult dog Understanding canine personality types Evaluating your dog’s personality Like snowflakes and paw prints, every dog is unique. Their actions and responses are what make up their personality. Broken down, a dog’s personality is made up of three components that blend together to create…

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Communicating with Your Dog

In This Chapter Interpreting what your dog is saying Decoding body language Listening for verbal clues Reading facial expressions If your dog could talk as you do, she would have a lot to say, both good and bad. But alas, for better or worse, she cannot. Your dog’s brain, not her determination or will, limits…

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