Toy-gutting. Anatomy-sniffing. Furniture-rubbing. Body-checking.
If you can’t find something your dog does in “What Dogs Want: A Visual Guide to Understanding Your Dog’s Every Move” by Arden Moore (Firefly Books, 2012), you likely own pythons.
The tidy paperback profiles 100 behaviors from irritating (rolling in smelly things) to YouTube-worthy (head-tilting and bed-hogging); from mostly harmless (eating grass) to worrisome (air snapping); and including a whole spectrum of barking and yapping.
For each, Moore tells what your dog is really saying; what vets say about the behavior; which breeds are known for it; and how to respond as your pup’s pack leader to either discourage it or milk it for cross-species fun.
It’s like reading with in your head.
