[Yorkie Mum]

I am finding it funny as well. I am on page 57 of 130. Which I hope to finish on the plane ride out to see a trainer that started her change to gentle because of a terrier.

I like the list of resources in the back.

I think the funny is good for those that would never think that a small dogs needs training to suck them in to even considering it the possibility their darlings need a little guidance. IE "the arm pit piranhas as she calls them.
I like this quote.. "Lots of people tell you that training your small dog is optional. Really,how much trouble can a little ball of fluff get into?
The answer is a lot."

I like this one too "" My dog thinks he's is a big dog." Nothing could be further from the truth. Your dog may have the courage of a big dog and certainly has all the brain. What he knows he doesn't have is a big dogs size, and he is right. When he's growling and snapping at the big dog, it's because he figures that he's safer being an aggressor."

But A dog does not think like a kid and a trick to get a kid to eat or do what is asked will not make an once of sense to a dog.
The author is anthropomorphizing a dog in one spot and "Lukomorphic" in another and it is not a good thing.
Dogs are neither a furry kid nor a wolf in drag but a dog. That thinking sets up a dog and owner to fail.
I know that this thinking is in its early stages the fact I got it figured out a while ago and the research is now just catching up and proving, yes indeed I am right is fun to watch it start to ripple through training.
Anything that makes someone stop and consider that their little Fido is in need rules for a good life.
This book is a good place to start and I like that it is geared for small dogs.
Which in all my reading is something until now I have not found in print but it needs modifying or reversions made to it in future additions.

Joy