Dogs Can Sign, Too

Name: Dogs Can Sign, Too
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ISBN: 9781587613531

A Breakthrough Method for Teaching Your Dog to Communicate

Sean Senechal

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Celestial Arts
25 August 2009

Dogs as pets

Imagine being able to ask your poodle, ""Who's at the door?"" and having her respond, ""It's Katy."" Or asking your golden retriever, ""Do you want a treat?"" and him responding, ""No, water."" Or asking your Border collie, ""Which toy do you want?"" and getting the response, ""Stick.""

If you've ever wondered what dogs would tell us if they could, now you can find out. The K9Sign system teaches dogs to communicate to us-making it a first in any dog training book category.

Dogs Can Sign, Too is the first book dedicated exclusively to the K9Sign system for teaching dogs to communicate to their human companions using a vocabulary of gestures.

This extraordinary education tool, developed by the creator of AnimalSign Language exclusively for the canine community, teaches people and their pets a unique mode of communication that employs an extensive lexicon of specific signs. Sample signs range from general concepts, such as ""Food"" or ""Play"" to identifying special treats, such as ""Liver"" or ""Cheese"" and specifying a favorite toy, such as ""Ball"" or ""Frisbee."" Signs also include useful questions such as ""Who's that?"" or ""What type?"" to naming a particular friend or family member, or even indicating a stranger.

Learning and practicing K9Sign is a fun, challenging, and rewarding experience for both you and your dog that is sure to deepen the human-canine bond while expanding our ideas about interspecies communication.

Imagine being able to ask your poodle, ""Who's at the door?"" and having her respond, ""It's Katy."" Or asking your golden retriever, ""Do you want a treat?"" and him responding, ""No, water."" Or asking your Border collie, ""Which toy do you want?"" and getting the response, ""Stick.""

If you've ever wondered what dogs would tell us if they could, now you can find out. The K9Sign system teaches dogs to communicate to us-making it a first in any dog training book category.

Dogs Can Sign, Too is the first book dedicated exclusively to the K9Sign system for teaching dogs to communicate to their human companions using a vocabulary of gestures.

This extraordinary education tool, developed by the creator of AnimalSign Language exclusively for the canine community, teaches people and their pets a unique mode of communication that employs an extensive lexicon of specific signs. Sample signs range from general concepts, such as ""Food"" or ""Play"" to identifying special treats, such as ""Liver"" or ""Cheese"" and specifying a favorite toy, such as ""Ball"" or ""Frisbee."" Signs also include useful questions such as ""Who's that?"" or ""What type?"" to naming a particular friend or family member, or even indicating a stranger.

Learning and practicing K9Sign is a fun, challenging, and rewarding experience for both you and your dog that is sure to deepen the human-canine bond while expanding our ideas about interspecies communication.

By: Sean Senechal
Imprint: Celestial Arts
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9781587613531
ISBN 10: 1587613530
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 25 August 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Introduction - 1 Chapter 1 AnimalSign Language - 9 Chapter 2 K9Sign Language - 23 Chapter 3 Understanding How Dogs Learn - 38 Chapter 4 Learning K9Sign - 53 Chapter 5 Before You Teach K9Sign - 63 Chapter 6 Before Your Dog Learns K9Sign - 75 Chapter 7 How to Teach the Human K9Signs to Your Dog - 78 Chapter 8 Dogs Can Sign to You - 111 Chapter 9 How to Teach the Canine K9Signs to Your Dog - 117 Chapter 10 The Future of Signing Animals - 194 Acknowledgments - 199 The AnimalSigners - 202 References and Suggested Reading - 206 Index - 212

SEAN SENECHAL is the founding director of the AnimalSign Center (www.animalsign.org) in Monterey County, California, and the creator of K9Sign Language. She also teaches Human Biology and Behavior at California State University Monterey Bay, as well as Canine Biology and Behavior as part of the CSUMB Extension Program. Sean is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, the American Behavior Society, and the American Associations for the Advancement of Science. Her work has been featured on Animal Planet, and she is a contributing expert to www.raisingcanine.com, www.simpledogtrainingsecrets.com, and www.thepoochplace.com.