Pet Behaviour and Dog Training Books.
Pam Whyte's book on Dog Language - Living with an Alien.
"In this fascinating,
humorous and beneficial book on dogs, Pam Whyte lets us into the psyche
of the dog and teaches us how to live successfully and happily
with our canine companions. The author has been doing animal
behaviour therapy in Johannesburg for decades and has a good
reputation. This book illustrates her thesis on why dogs go
wrong and how to put them back on track. A must for every dog
owner." The Star.
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About Pam Whyte's book - Living with an Alien:
Just because dogs can't speak - it doesn't mean they can't talk!
Pam has made a scientific, in-depth study of the
highly complex and sophisticated communication that takes place
between wild dogs in East Africa, and followed it up with studies
on communication between dogs and their owners within many thousands
of homes in many countries.
Her highly successful and extremely popular book on The Language
of the Pack (i.e. Nature's Formula for Obedeince) - Living with an Alien, teaches
dog owners how to co-exist peaceably with their dogs by looking
at the world through their eyes - rather than by trying to impose
human logic onto them. This simple, non-gimmicky, down-to-earth
shift in perspective makes dog owing so easy, and even more enjoyable!
Even though dogs don't speak our language, they are designed
to live within a social system that functions in a manner that
is very similar to that of a human society. Dog packs have families,
and rear children, there is love, affection and compassion,
politics, jealousy, mutual trust, mutual respect, quarrels and
rivalry; they have feelings, opinions, strategy and brilliant
memories, they throw insults, have a sense of humour, a conscience,
and show intense loyalty... which all explains why we and they
are so drawn to one another - because we can identify with ,
and relate to one another's emotions, social behaviour, and
yes - psychology. Not that we do it consciously - we just find
a connection with them that we do not find with other animals
that live in less complex social systems, such as rabbits and pigs
and zebra. Sure, they may make very nice pets - but they do not
identify with us to the same degree as dogs do, so we are unable to establish the same degree of
rapport with them that we can with dogs. (And cats? Well, they are another
subject - a very big one - which Pam covers separately.)
When we take an honest and objective look at our dogs, and relate
to who they really are: i.e. highly intelligent, complex, sensitive
and exciting social animals that are designed for living within
the parameters of a mutually supportive social system, with
all it's caring, loyalty, love, affection, power play, politics, as well as for hunting
their prey - then the pleasure that they give us will be all
the greater. And problems, like barking for "nothing", jumping
on visitors, chewing our things, fighting - can be a thing of
the past, as they start obeying us willingly, out of choice, and not through fear of punishment..
Even very "disobedient"dogs, are simply dogs that would dearly
love to obey their owners - if only they could understand what
they're saying! Dogs are not disobedient! They're not stupid! Or stubborn... They're just not English. They're Doglish.
Ever tried saying something to a person who doesn't speak your
language, then tried saying the same thing to them in their
own language? Their change in their behaviour is amazing! You
can expect the same dramatic change in the behaviour of your
- once he understands what you're saying to him! And the best part is it is totally non-gimmicky, and non-whacko. It involves nothing more than simply not confusing our dogs by sending them mixed messages, such as commands - which impact on a dog's natural instincts as barking signals, depending more on fear of punishment than winning cooperation.. (Which explains a lot of so-called "disobedience"....)
There is far more to a dog than ordering him around, and looking
for his on and off switch. So much more. Our Western society relates
to dogs far too superficially, and this seriously detracts from our
enjoyment of them - and their enjoyment of us. As well as from the degree of control that we are able to have over our dogs. Dog owners are
being shortchanged. Living with an Alien corrects this shortfall.
This book on Natural Dog Training is filled with amusing cartoons and rivetting case histories that are
not only extremely entertaining - but also highly informative. It
is a must for all dog owners who want to live harmoniously with
their pet dog, who want to save money, vet bills and petrol bills,
and valuable time and energy, by not having to take their dog to obedience
training every weekend, or replace their lawn, sprinkler system, plants, toys, pool net, dog....
One of Pam's readers put it so nicely: "I lent my book to a
friend, and when she returned it, the friend said: "I always enjoyed
my dog - but now I enjoy him even more! And my dog enjoys me even
more!"
Only R225
(Only R95 for the e-book version without the cartoon illustrations)
Normal postage and packaging in South Africa: R25.00; Overnight: R45.00; Other countries, according to weight.
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Purchases can be made either by international bank draft, by bank transfer, or by credit card. All orders are sent within 24 week day hours of receiving your order - ebooks within 12 hours of receiving your order.
Email: pam@trustworthydogs.com
Phone: 021 852-3962; 021 559-5482; 021 713 0527.
Cell: 083 485 5369.
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