Dogperfect: An Interactive Program for Finding the Dog You Want and Keeping the Dog You Find

I found this book to be very informative and stimulating. For someone who is looking for some professional to give them a cut and dry answer to their prospective dog relationship questions this is not the right book. For someone who is interested in the mechanics and development of a highly unique (and ultimately rewarding) interpersonal relationship with a member of another species then this is the book you want. Just like people, cultures, and snowflakes, dogs are just as special and unique as individuals and breeds. This book is designed as more of a workbook or troubleshooting guide with a dash of dry humor and executed with the author's adroit writing style. If you are interested in all the different breeds get The Atlas of Dog Breeds of the World. If you are interested in developing a health well informed relationship with your specific dog (and learn a few things about yourself along the way) get this book.

I read it all night! This book explains with real-life cases. I recommend it to anyone with a love for dogs.

As a professional dog trainer, DogSmart, by Myrna Milani, is a book I recommend to all my students. Hopefully people will read it before buying a dog, but better late than never. This book is full of great recommendations on what to ask yourself before you commit to a lifetime relationship with your canine partner.

This is one of the best books I've ever read! Easy to understand, but she doesn't treat the reader like an idiot, either. Definitely not one of those 'you do it this way, and any other way is wrong' books. Also very interesting reading, and not so dry you put it down after three paragraphs.

First, let me tell you about my point of view. During the past 30 years as an adult, I have lived with 5 dogs: 4 were family pets, 3 serious hunting dogs, 2 very good hunting dogs and 2 very good family pets (oddly enuff, the same 2!) The dogs have varied in size from 25 to 90 pounds and all had very individual personalities.I have a bias toward books. I believe I can take care of any problem, do anything, if I just lay my hands on the right book. So I have read and owned many dog training books. For sound advice on family dogs, I have come to rely on Job Michael Evans. He was the anonomous writer for the Monks of New Skete and eventually became a professional dog trainer, specializing in problem pets. His stuff works.Then I found the book at hand: DogSmart by Myrna Milani. This one volume sums up the theory behind the detailed advice from Evans. By basic in the headline above, I do not mean dumbed down or insultingly elementary. In understandable language you are given the information you need to understand how to prevent confusion and problems developing between you, the neighbors and your dog. If you have the theory and principles, you can invent your own solutions for your unique situation.This should be every prospective dog owner's first and most fundamental dog book.And interestingly, Milani dedicates this book to William E. Campbell, and the late Job Michael Evans.