THE LANGUAGE OF DOGS

The Guide to Recognizing the Signals, Postures, and Emotions of Your Four-Legged Friend

Your dog talks to you every day. With the tail, with the ears, with a sideways glance, with a growl that we almost always misinterpret. The problem is not that dogs communicate too little: it is that we, always, have listened poorly.

This book was born to bridge that gap. Through the most solid discoveries of contemporary ethology, from the study that dismantled the myth of the "guilty look" to the science behind tail asymmetry, from Turid Rugaas's calming signals to the ladder of behaviors that precedes a bite, Dario Massetti guides the reader on a journey that combines scientific rigor and storytelling, real-life stories and international research.

It is not a training manual. It is an invitation to finally look with careful attention at the animal that has shared our homes for fifteen thousand years, and that we continue, despite everything, to know much less than we believe.

A book for those who already have a dog, for those about to get one, and for anyone who has ever felt the need to truly understand what lies behind that gaze.