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Dec 02, 2014Aandrews19 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I am preparing to bring a puppy into my home and this book helped me bring into focus what life will look like once he arrives. It is the second training book that I have read and while I think the first title offered more practical, step by step training advice, I do believe that this title has a lot of value. It made me think very introspectively about how I personify my pets in a way that may be inappropriate for their healthy development; we can still love them like people while respecting that their instincts and needs come from a different place than ours. Cesar Millan does a great job of explaining where a puppy's "misbehaviors" are originating on an instinctual level and how we can reframe our actions in a way that a puppy will inherently understand. My 3 star rating only comes from the many references to his other books and the occasional unnecessary tangent. I have no idea where the comment below about his tactics being scary and harmful to dogs is coming from.