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Title: The Truth About Dogs: An Inquiry into the Ancestry, Social Conventions, Mental Habits, and Moral Fiber of Canis Familiaris by Stephen Budiansky ISBN: 0-14-100228-X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.58 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This Book is Brilliant!
Comment: I have read many books on the subject and by far, Stephen Budiansky's The Truth About Dogs is my favorite. Budiansky's writing style is entertaining and witty so I hung on every word -scientific or not- as if it were a bestselling novel. Much of the information has been covered as another reviewer stated, but not in Budiansky's well cited and elaborate (without being long-winded) manner as far as I have seen. I highly recommend this book to anyone from complete novices and new dog owners to professionals in the dog training/behavior field. If you are looking for a training guide this book will not meet your needs, nor does it claim to in that department, however, because it is imperative to understand the way that dogs think, behave, and relate to humans in order to effectively train them, The Truth About Dogs would be an excellent supplement to training material. If your goal is to cut through the sugar coating seen in books and on television and you are interested in knowing what dogs are really about, this book is for you.
Rating: 5
Summary: Confirmed all my observations
Comment: As someone who cares for dogs but doesn't live with one full-time, I was hoping to learn from this book. Instead, I found that it confirmed most of my anecdotal observations and explained some formerly mysterious behavior. For example, why does the dog's digestive ailment instantly clear up as soon as he's given wet food instead of dry, or, better yet, chicken? Easy--he's a hypochondriac and a manipulator! They do it because they know it works! Dogs really are smart, but not for the reasons we think they are. I agree with Budiansky that we do dogs a disservice by expecting them to be too much like us. To say that a dog is "just" a dog does not denigrate them. Show me a neurotic dog, and I'll show you a neurotic owner every time.
Much of the book made me laugh out loud. Mostly what I ended up learning from it was the evolutionary stuff--fascinating. (A small disclaimer: I work for the journal Science, so I probably got more out of the evolution discussion than the average reader will.)
Rating: 3
Summary: i like any dog book
Comment: But Budiansky really does not understand dogs very well. You don't learn about dogs from the abstract. I doubt that many people (if any) who have taken their dog regularly to the dog park and watched a thousand or so dogs growing up socializing in a healthy off leash environment will agree with many of Budiansky's conclusions. I only wish more people acted as "human" as many of the dogs I have met. Dogs are not Wolves. We have put very much of what we are into them over the years. Much of what is the best in us. I have felt that should space aliens ever really come to our planet, they will exterminate us like cockroaches, but they will keep the dogs.
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Title: The Character of Cats: The Origins, Intelligence, Behavior, and Stratagems of Felis Silvestris Catus by Stephen Budiansky ISBN: 0670030937 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 30 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dogs : A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution by Raymond Coppinger, Lorna Coppinger ISBN: 0684855305 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 27 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Nature of Horses by Stephen Budiansky ISBN: 0684827689 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 08 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Domestic Dog : Its Evolution, Behaviour and Interactions with People by James Serpell ISBN: 0521425379 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 21 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: How To Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication by Stanley Coren ISBN: 074320297X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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