Total Page : 416
Publisher : Harvest Books
Publication Date : 2008 04 21
>> Merle s Door is wonderful
I have a lab who is a free spirit He loves to explore eat sleep run and just be a wonderful goof Merle s Door was just so much fun to read I take a ferry to work everyday and would laugh every morning on my way to work because this is such a good feeling about life book It was a perfect start to a perfect day I truly believe there are no bad dogs just bad people who hurt dogs
>> Merle s Door
I did not like it very much In fact I did not finish reading it
Thought it was something else
>> Buyer Beware
I m not sure what I was expecting but this wasn t it I m a dog trainer and find myself concerned that folks might think the ideas presented are worthy of consideration
One of the things that s a bit confusing is not knowing what the goal of this book was I believed it to be a loving narrative about a man and a dog This was definitely part of the book But then there was a lot of scientific data interspersed in the writing making you wonder if the author was trying to make it a training manual as well If that was the case it s more than a bit troubling Very few people have the lifestyle and work arrangements that this gentleman has It would be dangerous at best in most areas to allow dogs to roam freely without getting captured by animal control stolen or killed by traffic When he took to using a shock collar to try to train the dog not to go to a woman s house for the treats read filet mignon she was doling out that was the end for me If he had taken even two minutes to train his dog he wouldn t have had to rely upon cruel methods of punishment
On a personal note some of the tangents were exhausting Also to hear a man of his age refer to a moment where he and a woman were going at it his words while noticing the dog watching Really The story of the dog was great The story of what a dog can to do to a person s heart was remarkably sweet But compiled together with the author s ego scientific pontificating and bits of too much information about things that had nothing to do with the theme of the book I m sorry I took the time to read even the three quarters of it I finished
My sincere hope is that no one sees this book as a training manual It would be a great disservice to any of our beloved furry friends
