For the Love of a Dog

Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend

By: Patricia B McConnell

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

The critically acclaimed author of The Other End of the Leash offers fascinating insights into the canine mind - critical tools for a healthy relationship with a well-trained dog.

In this remarkable book, renowned canine expert Patricia McConnell answers the questions of dog lovers everywhere. Do dogs have emotions like we do? More to the point, does my dog love me? Such questions have fueled best sellers like Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' The Hidden Life of Dogs and Jeffery Moussaieff Masson's Dogs Never Lie About Love.

Sharing riveting dog stories from her experiences, Dr. McConnell also offers accessible science that clues listeners in to what's going on behind those puppy dog eyes. We learn the fascinating similarities and surprising dissimilarities in dogs' and humans' brains, and how current scientific studies have led McConnell to conclude without a doubt that dogs share a profound emotional life with us.

The information found in this book will help listeners have better-trained dogs, at the same time deepening their dog-human connections. For the Love of a Dog is a must-have for dog lovers everywhere.

"Highly recommended." (Library Journal, starred review)

©2006 Patricia B McConnell (P)2006 Tantor Media

Critic reviews

• Winner of Audio Publishers Association 2007 Audie Award, Personal Development/Motivational

"A compelling combination of stories, science, and practical advice to show how understanding emotions in both people and dogs can improve owners' relationships with their pets." (Publishers Weekly)

A must read for every dog owner

If you could sum up For the Love of a Dog in three words, what would they be?

As a dog trainer I can say that it I'll be recommending that every dog owner reads this book. The only down fall is not being able to see the pictures referenced in the book. I might buy the book so I can see the pictures as there part of the learning story.

fabulous book...

Where does For the Love of a Dog rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

at the top of the list...

What did you like best about this story?

patricia mcconnel is a great writer..she has such passion but is so pragmatic...i could totally relate to her stories but more importantly...i learned a lot...

What does Ellen Archer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

the narration was great...not over the top like some...simply perfect...

What insight do you think you’ll apply from For the Love of a Dog?

the book is another brick in the foundation of my learning about dogs...it has helped provide me with a path to continue my journey...

Inspirational

Understanding how dogs think is huge to learning how to train them. Thanks Patricia McConnell.

Such great insight into the minds of our dogs

This is a touching, heart-felt book by an author who clearly understands canine behavior. The author takes an in-depth look at how the brains of our dogs, as well as our own brains work. The science is here, but so is the emotion of a woman who loves her dogs and understands the love other owners feel for their dogs. If you want to know why your dog may act as it does and why you may react as you do to your dog, this is a great book.

Great book for folks hoping to get insight into why their dogs do what they do.

This book is so full of information and insight and humor too.
I was expecting a dry dissertation and this is far far from it - I completely enjoyed this book and will look for others by McConnell.

Every dog owner should read!

Highly recommend to every current or future dog owner-no matter how much you think you know about dogs!

Absence of PDF file with fotographs

This is very important book, which must be read, or at least its excerpts, by all dog owners and particularly by those who plan to adopt a rescue dog. Very well written and with a dose of humor. Its talented and generous author and narrator must be congratulated, except the audio version of this book has been rendered itself useless by omitting a very important PDF attachment with photographs of dogs, to which the author continuously refers in her book. These omitted PDF with photographs form part of Kindle and paperback versions of the same book. Without them, it is impossible to illustrate the instructions of author. Such poor publishing of audiobook is not fare for the author.

For the love of my dog

I really like Patricia McConnell as an author and thought this was a great book...It is very similar to other works she has done...It became boring the last hour of the audio book...If you are looking to find out why your dogs act like they do, it gives a good insight...If you are looking for a training manual (step by step) look into her book 6 week training book (not audio)...

must read!

brilliant incite. extremely helpful information. interesting for dog owners and lovers as well as those who are not owners or lovers of dogs.

Good info

What made the experience of listening to For the Love of a Dog the most enjoyable?

Good information presented in an enjoyable way.

What other book might you compare For the Love of a Dog to and why?

Temple Grandin books

Have you listened to any of Ellen Archer’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no

What insight do you think you’ll apply from For the Love of a Dog?

It's already changing the way I interact with my dogs.