“The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.” Enso the dog- The Art of Raining in the Rain by Garth Stein. Yet, “So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is comprised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are so ignorant of the vast complexity of their own language” again Enso the dog-The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Lastly, “Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature” Enso the dog-The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Oh how important it is to our relationship with dogs to try understand these concepts.

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Dogs and humans have been cohabitating for a very long time. Humans have utilized dogs for a vast array of tasks and new jobs are found for them all the time. Even though these two species spend so much time together it is not always a seamless joining. When conflict arises it is often because of the differences in the two species and the lack of understanding the human has of these differences.

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Avid reader that I am, I am always on the hunt for a new book that gets my attention. Zazie Todd PhD has written such a book! Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy is a fun, interesting read and don’t let the science part scare you. Zazie has read the science papers and interviewed the scientists, so you can just read her book!

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