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Embracing the Wild in Your Dog
Bryan Bailey
An understanding of the authors of our dog's behavior - nature and the wolf
Author Self-Published
October 2015
On Sale: September 27, 2015
173 pages
ISBN: 1619334712
EAN: 9781619334717
Kindle: B015X2G51C
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Non-Fiction Pet-Lover
Some time ago, dogs became as interwoven in the American
culture as baseball, apple pie and the Fourth of July. In
fact, in most households, the dogs have even trumped
evolution itself and jumped straight to being four legged
humans where they are adorned with human names, designer
outfits and fed diets that would confound even the best
nutritionist. In most cases, we've granted them our human
intelligence and our sacred human emotions as well. They
are
no longer dogs to us, they're family! Yet, for all that man
has done to carve the wolf from the wild to create a
surrogate human, today's dog is still a wolf at heart and
the
accompanying instincts borne from such ancestry defines how
the dog approaches its world. The ontogeny of anthropomorphism, where we attach our human
traits to our pets, is the most damaging and paralytic
problem associated with dog ownership today. Believing in a
fairy tale world where dogs possess the same moral
consciousness and sense of altruism as attributed to humans
has led to a drastic increase in leash laws, dogs being
outlawed in a rising number of city and national parks,
some
breeds being banned in several states, an alarming
escalation
of aggression to humans, a rising cost in homeowner and
business insurance, and a record number of clinically
maladaptive dogs. This book is not a training book. It does not cover
obedience
topics such as heel, sit, down, stay, and come. Instead,
it's
about righting the ship of American dog ownership by
changing
our perception of our dogs. It is about the author growing
up
in the Alaskan wild under the tutelage and guardianship of
a
Special Forces survival instructor who introduced him to
the
ways of wolves and the similarities they shared with dogs.
It
is about the wisdom and splendor of nature and the many
life
lessons she provides. Mostly, it about developing a deep
understanding of the authors of your dog's behavior; nature
and the wolf. In doing so, you will truly learn who and
what
your dog really is and the whys and hows of its behavior.
You
will learn the tools that nature gave them to survive and
coexist in both the mountains and in our homes. You will
learn how activating and deactivating natural impulses and
mechanisms in your dog will lead to the harmonious
existence
and the control you always dreamed of. Most of all, you will come to embrace the wild in your dog
and the grace and the peace that is breathed into its
acceptance.
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