For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ellen Archer (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ellen Archer
Ellen Archer narrates 122 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,245 hours in all.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
356 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend is an audiobook by Patricia B. McConnell PhD: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ellen Archer, released October 15, 2006, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ellen Archer
- Released
- October 15, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781400173006
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend audiobook?
For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend?
For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend is narrated by Ellen Archer.
Is For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.