Synopses & Reviews
Review
Beautifully written and deeply engrossing,
Your Dog Is Your Mirror is destined to change the way we think about dogs.”
Lee Charles Kelley, dog trainer and bestselling mystery novelist
A fascinating read.”
Modern Dog
There are scores of books on how to change the outward behavior of a dog. But Kevin Behan challenges us to look deeper, to examine the dogs behavior as an emotional reflection of its owner, revealing our own unresolved issues. Your Dog Is Your Mirror is beautifully written, with entertaining and insightful examples from throughout Kevin Behans remarkable career. This book will forever change your relationship with your dog, and you will never look at your dog in the same way again. It is a must-read for every committed dog owner.”
Kyra Sundance, internationally bestselling author of 101 Dog Tricks and 101 Ways to Do More with Your Dog!
Your Dog Is Your Mirror is a very thought-provoking book that will force you to reconsider who we are and who dogs are and why we are so attracted to one another
.Whether you agree with Behans provocative theories or not, the age-old adage that no one knows you like your dog clearly rings true. I learned a lot from this wide-ranging and unique book.”
Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals and The Animal Manifesto
Synopsis
In
Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dogs behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by
our emotion. The dog doesnt respond to what the owner thinks, says, or does; it responds to what the owner
feels. And in this way, dogs can actually put people back in touch with their own emotions. Behan demonstrates that dogs and humans are connected more profoundly than has ever been imagined by
heart and that this approach to dog cognition can help us understand many of dogs most inscrutable behaviors. This groundbreaking, provocative book opens the door to a whole new understanding between species, and perhaps a whole new understanding of ourselves.
Synopsis
Even those dog lovers who feel they understand their pets better than anyone are sometimes bewildered by a mysterious behavior or response. This, asserts Kevin Behan, is because our dog's actions and attitudes are driven not by what we say or do but by what we
feel. Two provocative conclusions follow from Behans argument: Because of unresolved emotions in our past, our dog may well know us better than we know ourselves. And because dogs "know us by heart," they can help us connect with and heal our buried issues. Based on dogs evolving as cooperative group members, Behan's approach offers practical ways to decode and change behaviors — and profound ways to learn from the mirror our dogs provide.
About the Author
Kevin Behan learned the dominance theory of dog training from his pioneering father, John Behan. He evolved his alternative approach after training and rehabilitating thousands of dogs. The founder of the Canine Arts kennel, he lives in southern Vermont.