HOW TO TALK TO YOUR DOG Format: Paperback

Ever wish your dog could talk? Well, good news—they already do! But here’s the catch: they’re not chatting in English or any other human language. Dogs communicate through a secret code of body language, barks, growls, whines, and all those adorable snuffles. The tricky part? We humans are terrible at cracking the code.

We often get it wrong. A growl? We think it’s a warning, but your pup might just want to play! A slow tail wag? Looks friendly, right? Nope, that could be a signal they’re feeling uneasy, maybe even on the verge of biting. And the list goes on. We think we understand, but more often than not, we’re clueless about what our dogs are really trying to say.

The truth is, most of us are dying to have the perfect relationship with our dogs, but we just don’t speak their language. Enter How to Talk to Your Dog. This book is like your very own doggy Rosetta Stone, helping you decode what all those signals really mean. It’s full of tips on how to understand what your dog is telling you—and how to talk back in a way they’ll actually get. Because once you learn to speak “dog,” you’ll unlock the secret to an even better bond with your furry best friend!
 

Con Slobodchikoff is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, and president and CEO of Animal Communications Ltd. He received both his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of California at Berkeley. He was a visiting professor at Kenyatta University, Kenya, where he studied the behavior of hyraxes, and he was a Fulbright Fellow. He has spent twenty-five years studying the behavior of prairie dogs, concentrating on decoding their language-like communication system and describing their social system.

He is director of the Animal Language Institute, which disseminates information about animal language studies around the world. He has written or edited five books and has authored more than 100 articles in scientific journals. His most recent book, Chasing Doctor Dolittle: Learning the Language of Animals, was published in 2012 by St. Martin’s Press.