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Gersande La Flèche

gersande@millefeuilles.cloud

Joined 1 year, 5 months ago

💬 they/them ; iel/lo

🍵 Lots of nonfiction, literary fiction, poetry, classical literature, speculative fiction, magical realism, etc. English, French, and many translations.

📖 Beaucoup de non-fiction, de fiction littéraire, de poésie, de classiques, de spéculatif, de réalisme magique, etc. Lecture en anglais et en français, et beaucoup de traductions.

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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (2003) No rating

Straw Dogs is a work of philosophy, which sets out to challenge our most cherished …

I've received a recommendation from a friend for this book, though the rec also came with some warnings that sometimes Gray goes off the rails in ways that don't seem completely reasonable. But that the book was still worth reading, so throwing it on the TBR.

The Other End of the Leash (EBook, 2009, Random House Publishing Group) 5 stars

The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary, new perspective on our relationship with …

A lot of this book is very wise. I don't have a ton to nitpick, and they really would be nitpicks, about the theoretical and practical advice this book communicates. If you're trying to better understand how to communicate effectively with dogs (and maybe other people too), this book has a lot to offer. It's not a training manual, it definitely goes deeper, but it helps to explain why "dog training" is at its core a two-creature process, and the human has to work just as hard as the dog to get it right.