i must first admit that i have learnt 2 or 3 useful tips after reading this book. i was hoping that it'd be much more fruitful though.this book is written like the author is sitting down chatting with you throughout a relaxing day about her experience; dropping hints and tips on the best way to handle dogs, the differences between primates (human) and canids(dogs), dog's emotions, how they have personalities, dominance etc.
invariably, such 'talks' will involve stories with relevant points, as well as some that stray quite far from the theme. bbeing interesting, i think many readers will not mind the occasional light hearted irrelevant story.
despite the fact that there are some useful hints and tips on how to handle our best friends, they are too few and far in between. bulk of this book is somewhat repetitive, and the author tends to be too 'talkative'. also, there is just too much comparisons with other primates like baboons, gorillas etc are often used to draw similarities and differences with dog's behaviours.
i hope i do not come across sounding like a sexist but i find that this book will more likely appeal to female readers, who are more emotive. i always like the more text book style, indexed do this, do that; this is bad, that is good etc.
this is a good and interesting book to read, but getting only 2-3 useful tips out of 220 pages i feel isnt good enough. a good idea will probably be for you to imagine buying a book by agassi on tennis. you'll end up hearing a many heartwarming stories about his life/marriages; and the other half of the book tells you about tennis, how the ball spins, some techniques on service, returns but generally you'll only learn 2-3 tips about playing tennis well like how your legs should be positioned, what type of racket may suit your style etc.
