Doggie Language: A Dog Lover's Guide to Understanding Your Best Friend Lili Chin Book

Doggie Language A Dog Lover's Guide to Understanding Your Best Friend By Lili Chin is a charming, illustrated handbook for anyone who wants to deepen their bond with a dog. Ideal for new pet parents, experienced handlers, trainers, teachers, and gift buyers, this compact hardcover breaks down canine body language into clear visual cues and friendly explanations — making it an essential addition to any dog book collection or pet-care reference shelf.

Inside this bestselling author’s approachable guide you’ll find practical, picture-led insights that help decode what dogs are really trying to tell us. Misreading doggie body language is a common source of stress and missed opportunity; this book helps you recognize subtle signals so you can respond with confidence, improve communication, and create a safer, happier relationship with your furry family member.

What’s included

This listing is for the following edition and format:

• Title in this Set: Doggie Language A Dog Lover's Guide to Understanding Your Best Friend By Lili Chin
• Condition: BRAND NEW
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781787837010

About the book

Small but mighty, the book uses friendly illustrations to map common postures, facial expressions, tail positions, and other behavioral signals to likely emotional states. Whether you're interpreting play bows, whale eyes, or subtle ear movements, the visual approach makes complex behavior easy to remember — perfect for quick reference during walks, vet visits, training sessions, or classroom demonstrations.

About the author

Lili Chin is an accomplished illustrator whose dog and cat behavior artwork is trusted by compassionate animal trainers, behaviorists, educators, and welfare advocates globally. Her illustrations have been featured in major campaigns, including a World Health Organization dog bite prevention project, and used by organizations such as Fear Free Pets, RSPCA, IAABC, and the American Animal Hospital Association. Her first book, "Doggie Language" (Summersdale, Hachette), became a bestseller and has been translated into multiple languages. Lili’s experience makes this dog behavior guide authoritative and practical — trusted by professionals and pet lovers alike.

Why readers love this guide

• Clear visual cues and labelled illustrations make it easy to understand canine body language.
• Compact hardcover format for durability — great for gifting or classroom libraries.
• Written by an illustrator whose work supports welfare and bite-prevention initiatives worldwide.
• Practical for everyday use: training sessions, vet visits, shelters, and family reading.

This illustrated paperback-style hardcover is more than a reference — it’s a tool for empathy. Whether you're shopping for a thoughtful gift for a dog owner, building resources for a classroom or training program, or simply hoping to improve day-to-day life with your pet, Doggie Language offers clear, actionable guidance. Bring home this trusted guide and start listening to your dog in a whole new way — making walks, playtime, and quiet moments safer, happier, and more connected.