How Smart Is Your Dog? - by David Taylor (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A quirky, practical and fun guide to keeping your dog mentally stimulated and engaged, giving you new ways to bond with your best friend - the perfect gift for dog owners.

Bonding with your dog through play and training is the most important thing you can do as a pet-owner. Every dog parent wants to ensure that their hound has adequate stimulation.

They seem clever enough, but how smart is your dog really?

Calculate your pup's IQ from their performance using these fun tests. No matter what their breed, this book will guide you through each test and challenge everything from memory to the ability to learn new skills, with the results allowing you to truly understand the inner workings of your dog's mind. And if they don't turn out to be quite the wonderdog you expected, How Smart is Your Dog? shows you the best ways to sharpen their wits and improve their intelligence.

Highlights include:
- The Canine Mind: How brainy is your dog? Your dog's brain, Canine reasoning
- The Canine Thought: Spatial awareness, Super senses, Personality
- Testing Aims & Scores: Contrasting abilities, Physical differences, Test and train
- IQ Tests & Results: Houdini hound, Mega maze, Breed bonuses
- Other Ways to Improve Your Dog's IQ: Health and IQ, Diet and IQ, Brain foods

Other titles in the series:
Games to Play with Your Dog, My Dog Thinks He's Human?! and My Cat is Ignoring Me!?

About the Author

David Taylor is an eminent and highly respected veterinary surgeon. He founded the International Zoo Veterinary Group in 1969 and now travels widely across the globe, treating everything from giant pandas to killer whales. He is the author of over 40 pet care books including the bestsellers The Ultimate Dog, You and Your Dog and Hamlyn's My Dog is a Genius, as well as Test Your Dog's IQ, another title in the Hamlyn All Colour Petcare range. He has also appeared on several TV shows.