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Barking: The Sound of a Language (Dogwise Training Manual)

By: Turid Rugaas
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
ISBN: 1929242514
ISBN-13: 9781929242511
Released: 11 Feb 2008
RRP: £7.23
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A Must for all dog owners, this book helps you understand barking, and how to remedy it!! - By: sandy, 15 Sep 2008
This book is an excellent read, it is the ONLY book i have read (of which there are lots) to split the different barks into catagories, (including a written idea of what each bark sounds like) so that you can truly discover why your dog is barking, making the training to prevent unwanted barking much easier. My dog isn't completely cured but as the book says some dogs need to vocalise how wouold we like being told never to speak again? This book helped me not only understand my dog, but also to understand others whilst out. I can now recognise the differences between barks, & am more aware if the dog is a threat to us or not. A MUST for ALL dog owners, as so many dogs are branded as potentiallly aggressive due to a vocal nature, (mine included until i got this book) when the reality of the fact is most barking is done by scared, insecure, excitable dogs, & most aggressive dogs don't actuallly bark before an attack!
The only problem is if like mine your dog has a mixture of barking triggers,(due to a shaky puppyhood) is doesn't reallly cover what to do when your dog is an exciteable barker, protective barker, & fear barker alll within the same trigger. Which bark to train out first & which is the priority. But most dogs aren't like mine & usuallly have only 1 trigger & 1 issue to cause problem barking.