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Summary: What's w/the Dog Training Advice!?
Review: "My Dog's Tale" is largely a journal for your canine, with room for a few photos as well. It has lined pages on which you can record your dog's milestones, such as "Puppy's First Day Home" and "Memorable Firsts". I would have given "My Dog's Tale" 5 stars - except that the book's author sprinkled little "pointers" throughout the journal. Some pages are completely filled with advice so that they're essentially wasted - my solution was to affix large photos onto these pages and cover up the text completely. Ms. Glantz seems to be confused as to what a "journal" is - it IS a place for the individual to compose personalized entries. It ISN'T a training book. If I had wanted "tips", I would have bought a book on dog training. Otherwise, "My Dog's Tale" is one of the better companion animal journals I've found. It has cute, appealing sketches and a nice color palate (mostly muted blues). It isn't too "busy", but it's still attractive to look at. The pages are large enough for two standard-sized photos (there are about a dozen pages set aside for pictures, but I ended up putting many more in, over the author's text). It's probably most useful for someone who's just adopted a puppy, as some of the journal entries focus on puppy-specific milestones (e.g., puppy's first...). Many of the entries can be filled in at any stage in your dog's life, though. The feline version of "My Dog's Tale" is "My Cat's Tale", also by Lorie Glantz. The format is identical. "My Dog's Tale" is nice journal, but, sadly enough...it COULD have been a GREAT journal!
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Summary: What's w/the Dog Training Advice!?
Review: "My Dog's Tale" is largely a journal for your canine, with room for a few photos as well. It has lined pages on which you can record your dog's milestones, such as "Puppy's First Day Home" and "Memorable Firsts". I would have given "My Dog's Tale" 5 stars - except that the book's author sprinkled little "pointers" throughout the journal. Some pages are completely filled with advice so that they're essentially wasted - my solution was to affix large photos onto these pages and cover up the text completely. Ms. Glantz seems to be confused as to what a "journal" is - it IS a place for the individual to compose personalized entries. It ISN'T a training book. If I had wanted "tips", I would have bought a book on dog training. Otherwise, "My Dog's Tale" is one of the better companion animal journals I've found. It has cute, appealing sketches and a nice color palate (mostly muted blues). It isn't too "busy", but it's still attractive to look at. The pages are large enough for two standard-sized photos (there are about a dozen pages set aside for pictures, but I ended up putting many more in, over the author's text). It's probably most useful for someone who's just adopted a puppy, as some of the journal entries focus on puppy-specific milestones (e.g., puppy's first...). Many of the entries can be filled in at any stage in your dog's life, though. The feline version of "My Dog's Tale" is "My Cat's Tale", also by Lorie Glantz. The format is identical. "My Dog's Tale" is nice journal, but, sadly enough...it COULD have been a GREAT journal!
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Summary: Fun, insightful, valuable, touching
Review: Of all the birthday presents I got last month, this was my favorite! I thought I knew how to take care of a dog -- how hard could it be? Little did I know! The distilled training and medical advice has been really useful -- the book actually teaches you how to raise your dog, instead of just owning it. The book has loads of great tips and techniques that I had never thought of before. Frankie, my puppy, is already so well behaved that my friends are truly impressed. The best thing about the book though are the journal pages. They are a great way to make sure I capture the important moments in my new best friend's life as they happen. I'm definitely buying a few to give to the dog lovers on my Christmas list.
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