July 2023 MBR The Pets/Wildlife Shelf

The Pets/Wildlife Shelf

Dogs Demystified
Marc Bekoff, author
New World Library
www.newworldlibrary.com
9781608688166, $19.95, PB, 264pp

https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Demystified-Z-Things-Canine/dp/160868816X

Synopsis: Dr. Marc Bekoff is an expert at turning cutting-edge science into practical, reader-friendly information. The encyclopedic entries comprising "Dogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide to All Things Canine" cover everything related to dog care, dog-human relationships, and dog behavior, cognition, and emotions, making this the accessible book that every dog lover should have.

In concise, readable A-through-Z entries, Bekoff covers everything canine, from aggression to pack formation to zoomies, and explores why dogs do what they do; exactly how to meet any dog eye-to-eye, nose-to-nose, and ear-to-ear to understand their world better; and how tuning in to a dog's unique personality leads to happier dogs and happier human companions.

Critique: An exceptionally well organized, comprehensively informative, and thoroughly user friendly resource for anyone who has (or who would like to have) a canine companion, "Dogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide to All Things Canine" by Dr. Marc Bekoff is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Canine Behavioral Science collections and supplemental currciulum studies lists. It should be noted that "Dogs Demystified" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).

Editorial Note: Marc Bekoff (www.MarcBekoff.com) is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published more than thirty books and writes regularly for Psychology Today.

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