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  In Defence of Dogs: Why Dogs Need Our Understanding (Hardback) By (author) John Bradshaw

  

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  Short Description for In Defence of DogsThe dog has been mankind's faithful companion for tens of thousands of years, yet today finds itself in crisis throughout the western world. Now, in their purely domestic roles we fail to understand their needs. The author, one of the world's leading dog experts, brings us insight into what dogs would ask us for, if only they knew how.
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  • Publisher: ALLEN LANE
  • Published: 11 July 2011
  • Format: Hardback 352 pages
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  • Categories: Dogs As Pets | Dog Obedience & Training
  • ISBN 13: 9781846142956 ISBN 10: 1846142954
  • Sales rank: 2,349

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• A dog is not for Christmas. This is. John Bradshaw, one of the world's leading dog experts, brings us a compelling insight into what dogs would ask us for, if only they knew how. The dog has been mankind's faithful companion for tens of thousands of years, yet today finds itself in crisis throughout the western world. Until just over a hundred years ago, most dogs worked for their living, and each of the many breeds had become well suited, over countless generations, to the task for which they were bred. Now, in their purely domestic roles we fail to understand their needs. And it is time that someone stood up for dogdom: not the caricature of the wolf in a dog suit, ready to dominate its unsuspecting owner at the first sign of weakness, not the trophy animal that collects rosettes and kudos for its breeder, but the real dog, the pet that just wants to be one of the family and enjoy life. Biologists now know far more about what really makes dogs tick than they did twenty years ago, but this new understanding has been slow to percolate through to owners, and has not yet made enough of a difference to the lives of the dogs themselves. This book is here to set the record straight.