Full Description
The Heartbeat at Your Feet is the first book to reveal how you can fully understand and communicate with dogs, and how you can easily eliminate any behavior problems, based on new information about animal behavior. Each chapter explores the mind of the dog, its instincts, body language, how and why dogs respond to the people and animals around them, and the profound insights you can gain into what your dog is thinking and feeling through the simple process of observation.
Enlightening (and entertaining!), the book guides readers to look at life from your dog's point of view, to understand what your dog is trying to tell you and why, and to notice what makes your pooch listen to you. Including real-life examples throughout the work, The Heartbeat at Your Feet explains how positive methods of behavior modification work more effectively (and permanently) than old dominance methods, which have now proven to be ineffective. As a canine psychologist and professional consultant to dog owners, Lisa Tenzin-Dolma explains compassionate ways of working with dogs and offers readers a guide to improving pet behavior and the relationship between you and your beloved pooch.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART ONE: LISTENING TO THE HEARTBEAT
1: Your Dog's Mind
2: Instincts and Senses
3: Body Language and Communication
4: How Your Dog Reads You
5: What's Your Dog Telling You?
6: Who is Training Whom?
PART TWO: WHEN TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
7: The Sympatico Method Versus Dominance
8: Bringing Home Your New Dog: Getting it Right from the Sta
9: Training, Recall and Those All-Important Manners
10: Barking, Chewing, Growling and Other Issues
11: The Games People (and Dogs) Play
PART THREE: A MEETING OF HEARTS. SUCCESS STORIES
Hector: Barking Through the Night
Joey: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Saffy: Early morning Barking
Cindy: Depression Over New Baby
Snowy: Disruptive Behavior
Emmy: Fear-aggression
Beauty: Separation Anxiety
Toby: Food-guarding and Dog-aggression
Freddy: Jumping Up and Mouthing
Bear: Settling In and House-Training
Lindy: Incessant Barking
Orla: From Cruelty to Compassion
Shep: Agoraphobia
Bibliography
About the Author
Endnotes
