Love Is All You Need

The Revolutionary Bond-Based Approach to Educating Your Dog

By: Jennifer Arnold

Narrated by: Jennifer Arnold

Dogs are the most social animals on the planet, second only to humans in their ability to read and understand emotion. Even chimps and bonobos, our closest genetic relatives, are no match for dogs when it comes to social cognition.

Jennifer Arnold understands this better than anyone, having spent the past 25 years training service dogs for people with disabilities at Canine Assistants. She is a pioneer in the emerging field of "bond-based" dog training, and her methods have overturned the conventional wisdom, which holds that dogs must learn to obey external cues like "sit", "stay", and "heel." In contrast, Arnold's groundbreaking methodology, bond-based choice teaching, rests on the belief that dogs are social learners, and they can be taught to make choices and interpret what we want from them, as opposed to simply following commands.

©2016 Jennifer Arnold (P)2016 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Best Book about Dog AND Human Behavior

have read many dog books. this is at the top of my list. Narrator was awesome! learned so much, plus funny, great stories, kept my attention.

Best book I have ever read about dogs. Period.

Must read. I am ex USMC K9 and this book is THE BOOK. I can not recommend this enough.

What a wonderful book.

Thank you for this book. It gets to the core soul of sharing our lives with dogs.

Wonderful book truly a new type of understanding and training a dog

To me this is after thousands of years of dogs coming forward to live with humans since the cave days. During all that time we use them as a tool or something for work on the farm. There has never been an outlook of humans and dogs working together not one superior to the other not one beating the other to become submissive this is truly most peoples experience with their dogs a bond that is very strong not some thing on a TV commercial. Most dogs would die for their owners gladly the bond is so strong this is not created by most trainers. This is truly a completely different outlook refreshing and wonderful. If you want a well behaved dog or an assistant dog that your life depends on this is how you create it

Love Is all You Need truly

“Love Is All You Need” is a heartfelt, emotional story that really pulled me in. The characters felt real and relatable, and the way the story unfolded kept me invested the whole way through. It’s not just a romance—it’s about connection, healing, and hope. I appreciated how the author didn’t rush anything and let the emotions build naturally. The narration was also well done and added a lot to the experience. If you enjoy love stories with depth and sincerity, this one is worth your time. Simple, powerful, and meaningful.