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How Dogs Love Us
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The Underdogs tells the story of Karen Shirk, felled at age 24 by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, who was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was "too disabled". Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life.
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- By Natalie Baranski on 04-05-22
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More than 15 years ago, Tamar Geller began her career as a dog trainer by observing a scientific study of wolves in the wild. She realized that the socialization and parenting techniques they used to raise their cubs were rooted in bonding, communication, and play: not in aggression, dominance, or punishment. If people used these techniques when training their dogs, she realized, there would be no need for prong collars, choke chains, or any kind of physical or verbal aggression.
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How to Raise the Perfect Dog
- Through Puppyhood and Beyond
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- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
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A great primer on dog psychology
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Dog Sense
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Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither - and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a spokesperson, someone who will assert their specific needs.
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Good book
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By: John Bradshaw
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The Navy SEAL teams' elite K9 warriors do it all - from detecting explosives to eliminating the bad guys. These powerful dogs are also some of the smartest and most highly skilled working animals on the planet. Mike Ritland's job is to train them. This is the tale of how Ritland discovered his passion and grew up to train these elite dogs. After becoming a SEAL, he was on combat deployment in Iraq when he saw a military working dog in action, and he instantly knew he'd found his true calling.
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Engaging
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New York Times best-selling author Nick Trout has captivated audiences with his books that take us behind the scenes into the heartwarming - and sometimes heartrending - world of veterinary medicine. In a perfect follow-up to his first two books, he turns his lens inward and offers a funny, moving, and thoughtful, memoir about the animals he's had all his life. Nostalgic, warm, and insightful, Ever By My Side is about the power of animals to shape our lives....
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This guy is no James Herriot!
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A leading dog-blogger offers a tour of military working dogs' extraordinary training, heroic accomplishments, and the lasting impacts they have on those who work with them. Maria Goodavage here tells heartwarming stories of modern soldier dogs and the amazing bonds that develop between them and their handlers. Beyond tales of training, operations, retirement, and adoption into the families of fallen soldiers, Goodavage talks to leading dog-cognition experts about why dogs like nothing more than to be on a mission with a handler they trust.
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Excellent story of Service, Loyalty and Love
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The Age of Empathy
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Is it really human nature to stab one another in the back in our climb up the corporate ladder? Competitive, selfish behavior is often explained away as instinctive, thanks to evolution and "survival of the fittest", but in fact, humans are equally hard-wired for empathy. Using research from the fields of anthropology, psychology, animal behavior, and neuroscience, Frans de Waal brilliantly argues that humans are group animals.
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A Lot Of Things In Common With Our Animal Friends!
- By James on 08-14-11
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The Performance Cortex
- How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius
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Why couldn't Michael Jordan, master athlete that he was, hit a baseball? Why can't modern robotics come close to replicating the dexterity of a five-year-old? Why do good quarterbacks always seem to know where their receivers are?In this deeply researched book, sports and business reporter Zach Schonbrun explores what actually drives human movement and its spectacular potential. The groundbreaking work of two neuroscientists in Major League Baseball is only the beginning.
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Excellent!
- By MD on 07-01-23
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In the Company of Bears
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Imagine raising an orphaned bear cub, carefully reintroducing her to the wild, then being welcomed back, almost daily, to observe her wild world for more than 17 years. Imagine visiting her in her feeding spots, watching her with her mates and her young, peering into her den, and, over time, observing the lives of all the other wild bears in her territory and surrounding ones. That is what happened to Ben Kilham.
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Best Bear book I have read!
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The Brain Electric
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Leading neuroscience researchers are racing to unlock the secrets of the mind. On the cusp of decoding brain signals that govern motor skills, they are developing miraculous technologies to enable paraplegics and wounded soldiers to move prosthetic limbs, and the rest of us to manipulate computers and other objects through thought alone. These fiercely competitive scientists are vying for Defense Department and venture capital funding, prestige, and great wealth.
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Refreshingly not pop-neuro or pseudoscience
- By Jordon on 06-28-16
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- Cindy
- 08-06-15
misleading title
I love dog stories, but I expected some science from the title, and frankly I still don't know "how dogs love us". The majority of the book was how they got the dogs to go into the scanner.
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- karen
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Where is the information?
Would you try another book from Gregory Berns and/or LJ Ganser?
Not likely.
Would you ever listen to anything by Gregory Berns again?
Sure
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
yes
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment
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This book totally lacked substance. Misleading in title and description. The majority of the weak story was about preparing for and testing. After hours of listening it sounded as if the story was finally getting to the topic expected and there was less than 20 minutes left of the book. Very disappointing.
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- Original Dakota
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took a while to get going
there is a lot of information about how they did the study but to get to the meat of the story you had to get to chapter 20...seems too long to wait to get to the point to me.
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- Douglas
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it must be said that this is an interesting book, and it does render some insight into the similarities--and dissimilarities--of animal neurology to our own. It should be read along with Temple Grandin's Animals Make Us Human and anything by Marc Beckoff, especially his The Emotional Lives Of Animals... Now, that said, know that the author is coming in from the point of view of neurology, and he does some question begging, particularly in regard to the assumption that neurology can "find" emotions--let alone love! Sure we can see that areas of the brain are at work at certain times--dogs feel pleasure when we pet them or show them affection--and it is beyond a doubt that animals have emotions. But to make the assertion that their much less developed brains have the same complicated feelings and thoughts that we call "love" is a mighty big leap. As animals have much less frontal cortex than we do and function much more out of the limbic system, I figure it one of two ways: 1) animals cannot contemplate their emotions the same as we do, and thus cannot feel something we call "love" OR 2) since animals can't rationalize their emotions or override them as easily as we do, they actually feel MORE DEEPLY than a human can. Now, which it is is anyone's guess, but an MRI alone is not going to do it. Enjoy this book. There is some very valuable science and some real insight here, but do take its final assumptions with a grain of kibble.
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- M. Shults
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Mistitled, academic, uninformative
This book's title should be, "All About my Experiment and ME!"
I bought this book expecting to learn a lot about how dogs think, how they think about their humans, and other general information as to the current scientific understandings of dog psychology.
What I got, was 22 chapters before the author even begin to hint at anything having to do with revealing something I might not already know about my dog. Instead of informative science news about mutt mentality, this was mostly a long trudge through arcane academic arcania about how this guy's experiment was put together, a lot about him, himself, his family, his dogs, his staff, and he, him, and his,
Since I bought this listen for a road trip with my wife and my dog, we listened through to the end, and got very little for our investment in time and patience. If you are looking for a book about the fine details of one particular science experiment, then this is for you. If you were looking for a book which will reveal new information about science's understanding of canine thinking, then you will find very thin gruel in this book.
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- AMG
- 11-27-15
Very slow going
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I am at chapter 9 of the book and we have yet to get to any actual findings. The details of the academic legal bureaucracy are not interesting. Somehow I suspect the publisher encouraged this buildup, but I just want to skip ahead to the science or findings that I hope will materialize. If this were a real book, I would have skipped ahead and be done by now.
What could Gregory Berns have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Cut out a significant level of detail.
What three words best describe LJ Ganser’s voice?
clear
neutral
appropriate
Could you see How Dogs Love Us being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
Yes. I could see this happening, but I wouldn't advise anyone to be in it.
Any additional comments?
The extremely poor overdubbing of one of the author's dogs' name is distracting and annoying.
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- Rae
- 12-03-15
Misleading title
The reality of research spending a lot of time thinking you are making head way to answer your hypothesis, so you push to get the answer only to find that answer elusive. For me this book was disappointing, having had a career in clincal medicine research, I could appreciate the work, however, the title is misleading. This is dry clincical read. Too much like reading articles in medical journals. Entertaining it was not.
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- Lawrence Parylla
- 12-02-15
waste of time
This book spent all its time explaining how they were able to get a dog's head into an MRI scanner, but I never learned how dogs love us. I gave up on listening 1/2 way through this book because it was filled with information about operating an MRI, but did not address the issue of how dogs love us
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- Kathleen McDonald
- 03-20-15
Way too technical
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
The book never told us how dogs love us. It explained over and over how awake dogs were used to map the canine brain.
What could Gregory Berns have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
He wrote the book he set out to write. The title does not explain what the book is about.
Did LJ Ganser do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Yes.
What character would you cut from How Dogs Love Us?
None.
Any additional comments?
I want authors to be clear about their intentions and subject matter.
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- Karina K.
- 10-10-14
Very scientific but very interesting
What did you love best about How Dogs Love Us?
I love the passion the author has for his dogs and the passion for science. Only true dog people, not to be mistaken with dog owners, would understand why he did what he did.
Were the concepts of this book easy to follow, or were they too technical?
As a RN with 5 years of Neurology experience, it was easy. I am sure that if you know nothing about radiology or neuroscience, it will be a little hard to follow.
I know that because my husband was a little (a lot) lost.
Which scene was your favorite?
Kelly chasing the ducks by the river and when she cuddled with the author (awwwww).
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I would not make a film about this book. Unless the movie was for Vet, Radiology or Neuroscience students.
Any additional comments?
If you are not into medical terminology and scientific studies, skip to chapter 23. Before that, the content is 90% study. VERY INTERESTING but, if you are looking for a mushy confy book, skip to chapter 24.
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