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Title: Animal Happiness by Vicki Hearne ISBN: 0-06-092606-6 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good stuff in here for those with patience
Comment: As an ex-shepherd, I found Ms. Hearne was often right on the mark in describing the strange relationships one must develop with animals to effectively train them. She does a good job of describing the personalities of a wide variety of animals - especially in the first half of the book. Human language can feel terribly inadequate when talking about the minds of animals, but she manages to help you understand a particular dog or horse without getting too anthropomorphic.
Alas, the book has some very long and uninspired philosophical rants. These can be very repetitious. Sometimes Ms. Hearne seems infatuated with her own cleverness in using language than to have a serious concern about saying anything.
So this book has some nuggets in it if your willing to wade through the prolix.
Rating: 4
Summary: Dog is my Co-Pilot
Comment: This is a fabulous book of essays on animal behavior and our humble, fumbling attempts to understand just what "animal happiness" entails. MS. Hearne is both an animal trainer and a philosopher and, in this book, as well as "Bandit" and "Adam's Task: Calling Animals by Name", she distinguishes herself as a quirky original thinker in both domains.
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Title: Adam's Task: Calling Animals by Name (Common Reader Editions) by Vicki Hearne ISBN: 1585790125 Publisher: Akadine Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Bandit: Dossier of a Dangerous Dog by Vicki Hearne, John Hollander ISBN: 158579046X Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Intelligence of Dogs: A Guide to the Thoughts, Emotions, and Inner Lives of Our Canine Companions by Stanley Coren ISBN: 0553374524 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell ISBN: 0345446798 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: A People's History of the United States : 1492-Present (Perennial Classics) by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0060528370 Publisher: Perennial Classics Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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