The Tao of Bow Wow: Understanding and Training Your Dog the Taoist Way

by Deborah Wood

Book Overview

The Tao of Bow Wow is not just any dog training book. Part how-to, part primer in the ways of Tao, this unique guide to training and understanding your dog will revolutionize the way owners view their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044050841X
• ISBN13: 9780440508410
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great Training Book

The exercise of you being a dog while another person attempts to "train" you without using words is outstanding. The book really reminds you to be very clear and focused when dealing with your dog. I am a first time dog owner, and I would higly recommend it. My only problem is that I wish it dealt with aggressive behavioral problems more in depth.

This book is so awesome

The Toa of Bow Wow is a super cool book. The author reminds us that it is an honor to share our life with a dog and that it is our obligation to train our dogs in a respectful and loving manner. She encourges the reader to think like your dog and to not expect your dog to think like you - remove your ego from the relationship. It is a beautifully written narative on the special bond between dogs and their human compainions.

If you love dogs you will love this book.

Another excellent book that treats animals(dogs) as the thinking, loving life forms that they are. We share this planet with some amazing, fellow creatures. Dogs are one of the most interesting and intelligent. We have taken them from their packs and placed them into our homes. We have the responsibility to provide ourselves and our home as their new pack and den. They understand us far better than we understand them. Deborah Wood helps you understand them and their world as only a sensitive, intelligent observer can.

A great book for a dog novice or the expert.

This book should be the standard in training a dog. I thoroughly reccomend this book, and the use of Taoist techniques in the obedience training of a dog.