Bones Would Rain From the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs

by Suzanne Clothier

ONE LINE SUMMARY: The author is a dog trainer who writes about learning to communicate with and to dogs.

This book presents an interesting angle of looking at dog communication that I hadn’t thought of before. For instance, with my problem with Flacko, the author would probably say that I need to take his lip curling and growling as signs that he is afraid of wearing a harness, and I need to listen to what he says and back off. Dogs are truthful animals, and believe that we tell the truth also, so when we betray that trust (by, for example, ignoring their warning signs and moving in closer), we end up harming the dog more than helping him.

The reason why I’m not recommending this book is because although the ideas presented are fascinating, the chapters are too choppy and no suggestions for solving problems are given. In other words, I can learn to read Flacko’s signals, but I won’t be able to get the harness on him.

Posted by: ssjane | April 9, 2005 | 11:24 pm
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