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New favorite blog
Posted on April 9, 2010
I have a new favorite blog that I thought everyone out there interested in dogs might find helpful, too.
It is called “The other end of the leash“, which probably reminds some of you of a book with the same title. And rightly so because the blog is written by the same author, Patricia McConnell. Her book “For the love of a dog” was recommended to me by a good friend and fellow dog lover. I have not even started, yet, because I try to finish the other books I have started first, but I have subscribed to her blog right away because I tend to read blogs more than I read books.
So, Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., is an ethologist (Ethology = scientific study of animal behavior ). She helps to train problem dogs, gives seminars, writes books, and probably does a whole lot more, too. And on top of all of her knowledge I love her writing as well. Smart, understandable and funny, like this: “… I will say here that the misuse of the term “dominance” in dog training is so pervasive that it causes ethologists like me to want to poke pencils in our eyes.”
Now go and read!
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Patricia McConnell is a very interesting author. I really enjoyed her book, “The Other End of the Leash” (for which her web site is named). “The Other End of the Leash” is an interesting look at why dogs behave the way they do and why humans react the way we do to dogs.