Michael Schaffer (1)

As dog lover with a lot of interest in how dogs and people interact, I jumped on this book. Dogs on the national level! Dog sociology! Dog culture in 21rst century America! Unfortunately, the book was mildly interesting, but not nearly as involving as it could have been. Schaffer provides lots and lots of facts about how much we spend on our dogs, and how silly a lot of the spending is, but I didn't get much sense of why. Nor was he nearly as funny as he could have been, given the wealth of show more material at his disposal. The great American dog book remains to be written. show less

Found it too heavy to finish so browsed enough to give an opinion. Lots of facts, as in LOTS and I did not find it an easy for fun read. Maybe there are parts, but lots of big paragraphs of stuff did not engage me. Probably good for people that like that.

Found it too heavy to finish so browsed enough to give an opinion. Lots of facts, as in LOTS and I did not find it an easy for fun read. Maybe there are parts, but lots of big paragraphs of stuff did not engage me. Probably good for people that like that.

Nothing earth shattering but a couple of ways to think about things that will help me remember to maintain a proper position.