Barbara Woodhouse Quotes

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Dogs understand your moods and your thoughts, and if you are thinking unpleasant things about your dog, he will pick it up and be downhearted.

Barbara Woodhouse

I do not believe that a dog can be cured by a psychiatrist, but I think some owners could be helped by one.

Barbara Woodhouse

The eyes of a dog, the expression of a dog, the warmly wagging tail of a dog and the gloriously cold damp nose of a dog were in my opinion all God-given for one purpose only-to make complete fools of us human beings.

Barbara Woodhouse

You need eyes that tell the dog who watches them what you are feeling toward it, even though the message may be hidden from the outside world. Above all, you nee telepathy so that the dog thinks with you. These things are not always born in people. They can be developed as any sense or gift can be developed. That is, providing the person wishes to develop them is honest in mind, because with animals you cannot cheat...

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There is no such thing as a difficult dog, only an inexperienced owner.

Barbara Woodhouse

The dog has an enviable mind; it remembers the nice things in life and quickly blots out the nasty.

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Dogs aren't born knowing what or what not to do; they only learn like children.

Barbara Woodhouse

Barbara Woodhouse

Barbara Woodhouse

Born: May 9, 1910

Died: July 9, 1988 (aged 78)

Bio: Barbara Kathleen Vera Woodhouse, was a dog trainer, author, horse trainer and television personality. Her 1980 television series Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way made her into a household name in the UK.

Known for:

No Bad Dogs: The Woodhouse Way (1982)
Dog Training My Way (1954)
How Your Dog Thinks
Barbara Woodhouse on Training Your Dog
Barbara Woodhouse on Handling a Problem Dog

Barbara Woodhouse on Wikipedia

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