Washoe County Library System

Questions and answers present information about the origins, behavior, and characteristics of dogs and their interaction with humans.

In Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dog’s behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by our emotion. The dog doesn’t respond to its owner based on what the owner thinks, says, or does; it responds to what the owner feels. And in this way, dogs can actually put people back in touch with their own emotions. Behan was originally trained under the dominance...

This is "a group portrait of dog people, specifically the strange, wonderful, neurotic, and eccentric dog people who gather at Amory Park, overlooking Boston near Fenway Park. And it's about author Matthew Gilbert's transformation, after much fear and loathing of dogs and social groups, into one of those dog people with fur on their jackets, squeaky toys in their hands, and biscuits in their pockets"--Dust jacket flap.

"A los niños se les pide adivinar los nombres de diferentes perros basándose en sus tamaños en este libro atractivo que les enseña un concepto básico mientras les presenta perros como un Yorkshire terrier, un pastor alemán y un san bernardo."--Amazon.com. "Kids are asked to guess the names of dogs based on their sizes in this engaging book that teaches them a basic concept while introducing them to dogs such as a Yorkshire terrier, a German...

"An easy-to-read A-to-Z guide of 'all things dog.' The book largely focuses on dog behavior - what dogs do and why they do it - in order to help readers understand, appreciate, and peacefully coexist with dogs"-- "An all-encompassing and fun reference from an award-winning scientist and dog lover Dr. Marc Bekoff is an expert at turning cutting-edge science into practical, reader-friendly information. The encyclopedic entries in this book cover everything...