Barbara Woodhouse - No Bad Dogs: The Woodhouse Way (1982)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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