The Dog Whisperer
A Compassionate, Nonviolent Approach to Dog Training

I really wanted to like this more than I did, because it came to me highly recommended, but I found myself wanting to shake Owens rather a lot. The good: the training methods described herein, when Owens finally gets around to describing them in detail about 150 pages in, would probably work pretty w......more

I like this approach much better than Cesar Milan's - this guy allows dogs to have more personality than does Cesar, who I feel kind of expects dogs to behave like robots.......more

There's some great advice in this book and my dog has been responding positively (mostly) to the training exercises outlined here. However, much like when reading Melville's Moby-Dick, you have to wade through a lot of slush to get to the gems.......more

DNF. I think at this book because I thought it was written by Cesar Chavez, the man who is commonly known as the dog whisperer. It is not. I tried a number of times to read this book and never finished it. I just didn’t find it interesting even though I love my dogs and I love the show that Cesar Ch......more

Very intuitive and helpful insight into dog care and training. Training tips took my 10 month old pup from pulling on leash to healing at my side in one session. ! Food and other topics so very important too. Lots of “dog-eared” pages in this book AKA resource.......more