For the love of dogs and their people
Posted in Book review on Dec 17th, 2010
Tweet How can it be that we humans have lived with dogs for thousands of years, and yet remain not-so-blissfully ignorant of canine behavior and manners? We pat them on their heads without giving it a thought. Many dogs HATE that and most, at least of those I know, don’t like it. They duck and […]
Posted in Behavior, Dog greeting, Greeting behavior, Jean Donaldson on Apr 17th, 2009
“How Do You Greet a Strange Dog?” Answer, “You don’t!” I laughed. I was sitting in the front row of a week-end long presentation by dog trainer, behaviorist , and author extraordinare, Jean Donaldson, at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley last fall (2008). Jean presented a litany of offenses that humans, with the best of intentions, commit against unsuspecting canines. I cringed as she went down her list.
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