If Dogs Could Talk: Exploring the Canine Mind

The author is a scientist studying dog behavior. He is also a dog-lover and dog-owner who encourages his dogs to talk to him and they do. I liked the mixture of science, research, and personal observation in this book. It also offered a small taste of dogs in another culture. The author may be asking the question "If Dogs Could Talk..." but he's also showing the reader what we know about the way dogs think and ways that dogs do talk if we're willing to learn and pay attention. Though the author doesn't appear to be someone who lets the dogs run his house, he is very attuned to the ways they speak to him. He responds to them and encourages them. I found it a very thought-provoking book about the potential for balancing "leadership and listening".

great book for learning about dogs, lots of personal experience, which is great in a sea of technical books, really enjoyed this book and learnt alot.

If you are a student of canine behavior and body language, by all means but there are better books out there for those seeking practical information.

Learned a great deal about the mental abilities of dogs. The book gets into great detail with experiments that are not easy to follow for the non-science reader. I gave it 5 stars because I learned so much more from this book than anywhere else.