Canine Behavior: A Photo Illustrated Handbook Paperback – June 1, 2008

This book should be in every dog trainer or dog behavior consultant’s library. It is recommended for those taking the CCBC KA and is an invaluable resource for that exam. Very well written, organized well and the pictures are extremely helpful to learn dog body language. Fantastic resource for anyone hoping to study or simply understand dog behavior and dog body language!

Canine Behavior: A Photo Illustrated HandbookBeautiful book; really good quality paper and lovely cover. The book is a little larger than I had expected, quite heavy and stays open on the page you are reading if you lay it on a surface, which not all paperbacks will do. I prefer this type of paperback book to a hardcover one; it's so much easier to hold and read.The contents of the book are up to my expectations, very informative, lots of new things to learn about canine behavior and, as the book says on the cover, well illustrated.I like shopping at Amazon.com; if it says something is in stock, it's in stock, easy to search on the website, wide variety of products, never any trouble at checkout, my grand total is in norwegian crowns and the delivery is always trouble-free.Amazon has a great variety of books, I buy pretty much all my books here.

This is an exceptional book! This book is a complete pictorial reference for anyone wishing to understand canine behavior. With over 1,000 black and white photographs, this book clearly shows clues to decifering any dog's behavior. I highly recommend this book. Please mark if you find my review helpful. Thank you so much!

This book should come with dogs as a manual. I have a rescue that was 13 months old when he arrived. And had never been outside of a kennel in a sound proof shop. I felt like I was missing signs before he would lunge, nip, and knock over people. This book has helped me understand his signs. I can now do calming signs to help him when he is stressed.. Your probably going to think I am crazy but I clean houses and there is a dog that freaks out when I arrive to one of my house. I looked at him, turned my head and yawned and he stopped freaking out. I did this several times while I was in proximity of him. It worked!!! He is so much calmer now. This book opens the door to understanding what your dog is saying. If you have a dog, BUY THIS BOOK.

The editing could have been better. They have captions for explaining pictures and the caption doesn't match the action in the picture at all. The pictures are good. If all were in color it would be a several hundred dollar book so I'm fine with black and white. I know dogs pretty well and I learned from this book.

Any behavior you can think of or that that a dog does you can find in this book. Extremely helpful for those getting into dog training and those who work at a shelter. It even has a section where you can test your knowledge. Pictures are shown for each behavior.

I first heard this book was coming out electronically in full-color about a month ago and I couldn't wait. I am reading it on the Motorola Xoom, so I'm fully able to enjoy the full-color pictures of the dogs and wolves.My favorite part is that the author uses the same dogs to illustrate different body languages. For example, you'll see "Fido" with his ears back in a cautious position and then "Fido" with his ears on alert. Seeing the different positions displayed on the SAME DOG is critical. In many dog body language books I've read, they show alert years with a German Shepherd and submissive ears with a Golden Retreiver, for example. How are you supposed to learn the difference without truly comparing the carriage on the same animal? This author does an excellent job of showing many side-by-side comparisons.I would recommend this book and it's a joy to read electronically.

I'm a dog trainer and I need this to learn but also show many of my client different examples in picture form and brief description. Excellent pictures and perfect description of what to look for. This book is very helpful to any dog owner but also anyone who would come across other dogs. Maybe animal shelter, police, fire fighters, ems, you name it.