Whats My Dog Thinking

START TO THINK LIKE A DOG

How dogs communicate

Dog breeds

The art of dogwatching

What’s the function?

Mislabelling behaviours

Trigger stacking

MY AMAZING DOG

My dog is always licking his nose

My dog rolls onto her back

My dog loves a good scratch

My dog can tell the time

My dog digs and buries

My dog has a mad half-hour 42

My dog watches “window TV” 46

My dog smiles 48

My dog is obsessed with balls 50

My dog keeps jumping up 54

My dog spins and barks when he’s excited 56

My dog likes eating grass 58

My dog is a humper 62

My dog is a social media star 64

My dog sniffs absolutely everything 66

ME AND MY AMAZING DOG

My dog melts me with a look 72

My dog licks my face 74

My dog yawns in my face 76

My dog looks ready to pounce on me 80

My dog pees when I get home 82

My dog brings me a present

when I come home 84

My dog gets jealous 88

My dog follows me around the house 90

My dog ignores me 92

My dog chews my stuff 94

MY AMAZING DOG

AND OTHER ANIMALS

My dog hassles my cat 100

My dog chases anything that moves 102

My dog uses other animals as furniture 106

My dog hates other dogs 110

Other dogs hate my dog 112

When my dog meets another dog... 116

My dog rolls in animal poo... and worse! 124

My dog barks at the postie 126

My dog brings all the boys to the yard 128

WHAT IS UP WITH

MY AMAZING DOG?

My dog won’t eat 134

My dog eats poo 138

My dog eats toys 140

My dog pees indoors and on the furniture 144

My dog gets his willy out! 146

My dog growls at me 148

My dog mouths and nips 152

My dog bites… for real! 154

My dog chases his tail 158

My dog won’t calm down 160

My dog won’t shut up 162

My dog won’t fetch 166

My dog won’t come back 168

My dog won’t stop pulling 170

My dog hates his harness 172

My dog hates people 174

My dog hates being left 178

My dog hates being bathed or groomed 180

Index 184

Breed index 189

Resources 190

Acknowledgements 191