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Overview

A Dog's Best Friend

In Why We Love the Dogs We Do, Stanley Coren provides a foolproof guide to understanding which dog will make the best lifetime companion. He brings together his expertise in the fields of human psychology and animal behavior to provide a completely new approach to the dog/human relationship.

Working with a team of animal experts, Coren has identified seven groups of dogs based on characteristics such as friendliness, protectiveness, independence, and steadiness. Each group contains dogs from different breeds that share similar personality traits -- a unique departure from the familiar American Kennel Club breed groups. Perhaps even more fascinating are the results of Dr. Coren's extensive work matching human personality types with canine characteristics. Using his personality tests, anyone can determine which dog is the right match and which dog is almost certain to cause heartbreak.

Rich in anecdotes and grounded in scientific study, Why We Love the Dogs We Do offers us the tools we need to find happiness in what can be among the most satisfying relationships of a lifetime.

Stanley Coren, author of The Intelligence of Dogs, takes an eye-opening look at how the mix of personalities between people and their dogs can create the perfect relationship or a terrible mess. Along with interesting tidbits about the long history of canine-human interaction, Coren offers myth-debunking information about popular breeds and personality tests that will help readers choose the dog that's perfect for them.

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Charles Darwin so loved his little West Highland white terrier, Coren reports, that he often wrote of his dog adventures around the house. Yet, the same man so loathed a big hound he had been given (he called it "graceless, noisy and drooling") that he ultimately had the dog shot. Dog expert Coren (What Do Dogs Know?) offers a scheme that describes why different types of people favor certain species of dogs. Entertaining the reader with historical anecdotes and odd facts, the author describes case after case of dogs who fit -- or, disastrously, don't fit -- an owner's temperament and lifestyle. Coren includes a conversation he had with Picasso about the many dogs the painter lived with, and reveals that Richard Nixon, who was greatly distrusted by the American public, liked dogs. Actor Jimmy Stewart was apparently as nice a man as the characters he played, and he, too, loved (and spoiled) dogs. Coren categorizes according to their basic temperaments some of the more than 400 breeds of dogs recognized by international kennel clubs. Golden retrievers and Labradors are warm and friendly, he explains, while dalmatians are independent and strong-willed. Coren supplies a personality inventory, "the interpersonal adjective scale," to enable readers to rate how well they are described by various adjectives that run the gamut from dominant to submissive, gregarious to cold, thus helping them to pick the appropriate dog for their personality. This is an engaging, edifying work, but the author's academic background does manifest in his prose from time to time. Photos not seen by PW. (June)
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As we all have unique and distinct personalities, so do the dogs we choose as pets and companions. Coren, a psychology professor, renowned dog trainer, and author of The Intelligence of Dogs (LJ 3/15/94), provides an interesting study of dog breeds, their personality characteristics, and how these breeds match up with different types of people. Abandoning the traditional Kennel Club breed listing, Coren has used statistical analysis to reclassify the most popular dog breeds by personality types. He then offers a simplified personality test for humans, evaluating people in four areas. Merging the personality test with the dog-breed analysis results in a listing of the most compatible dog breeds for various types of people. Coren is a little excessive in providing historical background, but he is fun to read even when not especially relevant. Of interest to "dog people" everywhere, this book is recommended for most pet collections. Deborah Emerson, Monroe Community Coll., Rochester, NY

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780684855028
  • Publisher: Free Press
  • Publication date: 4/28/2000
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 633,534
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Stanley Coren, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, is a recognized expert on dog-human interaction who has appeared on Dateline; The Oprah Winfrey Show; Good Morning, America; 20/20; Larry King Live; and many other TV and radio programs. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a beagle, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, and a Nova Scotia duck-tolling retriever, as well as his wife and her cat.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 4, 2003

    A dog person and owner

    This is a great book. Had some friends take the short quiz in it just for fun. The results had turned out true for them all. The book is very informative and insightful. Good basis for someone looking into getting a dog.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 21, 2000

    My Dog, My Self

    Loved this book. A surprising personality quiz to match you up with group/groups of breeds that you would be compatible with. Some touching stories also. Recommend for any dog lover, or someone thinking of getting a dog.

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  • Posted October 22, 2011

    Highly Recommended-Awesome book

    I had a Yorkie for 13 years. He has been gone for about 5 years. I needed to decide which type of dog I would like next. I choose the Belgian Teruven and an Airedale Terrier along with the Yorkshire Terrier.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 8, 2003

    Quiz !?

    I thoght that the book was vary interesting. But when I took the quiz I got a group of breeds thatI have never been interested in.

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